Some Old Breton vocabulary remains in the present day as philosophical and scientific terms in Modern Breton.

Modern day control engineering ( also called control systems engineering ) is a relatively new field of study that gained a significant attention during 20th century with the advancement in technology.

Modern day social stratification in Caribbean nations such as Jamaica and Haiti developed during the colonial era.

* Modern day Orthodox Jewish views on evolution

Modern day Afghanistan was conquered by the Maurya Empire, which was led by Chandragupta Maurya from Magadha ( modern day Bihar in India ).

The History of Modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition of its autonomy from the Ottoman Empire by the Great Powers ( the United Kingdom, France, and Russia ) in 1828, after the Greek War of Independence, to the present day.

Following a change in vowel pronunciation that marks the transition of English from the medieval to the Renaissance period, the language of the Chancery and Caxton became Early Modern English ( the language of Shakespeare's day ) and with relatively moderate changes eventually developed into the English language of today.

Modern day el Amarna.

Modern military doctrine, organization, and norms are all based on Napoleonic premises, even to this day — though whether these premises are necessarily also " Clausewitzian " is debatable.

Modern day Pakistan was conquered by Chandragupta Maurya, who overthrew the powerful Nanda Dynasty of Magadha and established Maurya empire: He conquered the trans-Indus region to the west, which was under Macedonian rule-annexing Balochistan, south eastern parts of Iran and much of what is now Afghanistan, including the modern Herat and Kandahar provinces-and then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's army.

Modern day Purple Heart presentations are recorded in both hardcopy and electronic service records.

Modern day works continue to support the claims of the ancients that rhetoric is an art capable of influencing civic life.

He has been dubbed the ' Father of Modern Philosophy ', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.

Modern day clergy and practitioners within some religious movements have no problem classifying the religion's sacred stories as " myths ".

The Modern Irish word Samhain is derived from the Old Irish samain, samuin, or samfuin, all referring to 1 November ( latha na samna: ' samhain day '), and the festival and royal assembly held on that date in medieval Ireland ( oenaig na samna: ' samhain assembly ').

Vijaya and his followers were said to have arrived in Sri Lanka after being exiled from the city of Sinhapura in Kalinga ( Modern day Orissa ), East India.

Modern day semi-trailer trucks often operate as a part of a domestic or international transport infrastructure to support containerized cargo shipment.

The famous waka poets of the day ( including Ki no Tsurayuki ) gathered the waka of ancient poets and their contemporaries and named the anthology " Kokin Wakashū ", meaning Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems.

Modern six-days last less than 12 hours a day and the madison is now only a featured part, so staying on the track throughout is more feasible.

Film maker SiyaBonga Makhathini has directed the film " We Still are Warriors " which captures the essence of the Modern day Zulu Stick fighter, descendant of the kings of old.

Modern day sleighs combine light metals, steel runners, and an aerodynamic composite body.

* Alan Fenton, The Return of Arthur Series set in Modern day

Modern day combine harvesters ( or simply combines ) operate on the same principles and use the same components as the original threshing machines built in the 19th century.

Image: Modern Camera Obscura. JPG | Image of a modern day camera obscura

Mr P J M Roberts was educated at Tiffins, Kingston upon Thames and then read Modern History at Merton College, Oxford where he received a first class honours degree.

* Museum of Modern Art, Kingston, Jamaica

* Modern commercial New Kingston Complex

Modern scientific studies have shown that walking, besides its physical benefits, is also beneficial for the mind — improving memory skills, learning ability, concentration and abstract reasoning, as well as reducing stress and uplifting one's spirits.

In general, Modern Orthodoxy's " overall approach .. is the belief that one can and should be a full member of modern society, accepting the risks to remaining observant, because the benefits outweigh those risks ".

Modern elements of tribute are restricted to highly formal and ceremonial rituals, such as: formal gifts being given to prove either fealty or loyalty upon the inauguration of a president ; a wedding of a president's child while the president is in office ; the accession or the marriage of a member of a royal family ; and even in those show business marriages that are largely staged, where studios, banks, and other stars prove their loyalty through expensive gifts in the hope of future benefits, which if not given will result in loss of business.

" Would-be plaintiffs cannot deliver unordered goods or services and demand payment for the benefit .... A corollary is that one who does have an enforceable contract is bound by the contract's terms: subject to a few controversial exceptions, she cannot sue for restitution of the value of benefits conferred ..." < ref name = Laycock > Douglas Laycock, < i > Modern American Remedies < i >, 3rd edition ( 2002 ) pg.

Modern proponents, such as Morris, argue that circumcision reduces the risks of a range of infections and diseases as well as conferring sexual benefits.

Modern technology has reduced the weight disadvantage, and the benefits of a continuous low floor allowing easier access plus additional entrance doors for smoother loading have led to reconsiderations of the use of articulated buses.

Also, d20 Modern includes the moreau character race ( s ), a group of anthropomorphic creatures with individual benefits and drawbacks.

Modern Pueblo oral traditions hold that the Pueblo originated to the north of their current settlements, from sipapu, where they emerged from the underworld.

Alexander I ( c. 1078 – 23 April 1124 ), also called Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim ) and nicknamed " The Fierce ", was King of the Scots from 1107 to his death.

Alexander II ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam ; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim ) ( 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249 ) was King of Scots from

Alexander III ( Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair ; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair ) ( 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286 ) was King of Scots from 1249 to his death.

Modern Anah lies from west to east on the right bank along a bend of the river just before it turns south towards Hit, and presents an attractive appearance.

Modern IFVs are well-armed infantry carriers, differencing from earlier APCs by their heavier armament allowing them to give direct-fire support during an assault.

** Early Modern Britain, Britain from the Tudor period, from 1485 to 1707

* Modern Bulgarian – dates from the 16th century onwards, undergoing general grammar and syntax changes in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The historical development of the Bulgarian language can be described as a transition from a highly synthetic language ( Old Bulgarian ) to a typical analytic language ( Modern Bulgarian ) with Middle Bulgarian as a midpoint in this transition.

Modern boomerangs used for sport are often made from carbon fibre-reinforced plastics, thin aircraft plywood, or other high-tech materials.

Dryden: " The rest in shape a beagle's whelp throughout, With broader forehead and a sharper snout " The Cock and the Fox, and again: " About her feet were little beagles seen " in Palamon and Arcite both from Fables, Ancient and Modern ( 1700 )

Modern historians have proposed wide ranging numbers for the infantry, from 20, 000 – 100, 000 with a consensus of perhaps 25, 000 ; estimates for the cavalry are in the range of 1, 000.

Modern Christian churches tend to be much more concerned with how humanity can be saved from a universal condition of sin and death than the question of how both Jews and Gentiles can be in God's family.

The language became recognizable as Modern Khmer, spoken from the 19th century till today.

Modern microprocessors appear in everything from automobiles to cell phones and children's toys.

Modern structural concrete differs from Roman concrete in two important details.

Modern research has located 20, 000 mass graves from the Khmer Rouge era all over Cambodia.

* Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China ( 1999 ), 876pp ; well written survey from 1644 to 1990s excerpt and text search ; complete edition online at Questia

* Spence, Jonathan D. The Search for Modern China ( 1991 ), 876pp ; well written survey from 1644 to 1980s excerpt and text search ; complete edition online

Modern societies generally regard crimes as offences against the public or the state, as distinguished from torts ( wrongs against private parties that can give rise to a civil cause of action ).

The glossing was probably brought to England as Old French crimne ( 12th century form of Modern French crime ), from Latin crimen ( in the genitive case: criminis ).

Modern calculations in quantum chemistry usually start from ( but ultimately go far beyond ) a molecular orbital rather than a valence bond approach, not because of any intrinsic superiority in the former but rather because the MO approach is more readily adapted to numerical computations.

Examples of cognates in Indo-European languages are the words night ( English ), nuit ( French ), Nacht ( German ), nacht ( Dutch ), nag ( Afrikaans ), nicht ( Scots ), natt ( Swedish, Norwegian ), nat ( Danish ), nátt ( Faroese ), nótt ( Icelandic ), noc ( Czech, Slovak, Polish ), ночь, noch ( Russian ), ноќ, noć ( Macedonian ), нощ, nosht ( Bulgarian ), ніч, nich ( Ukrainian ), ноч, noch / noč ( Belarusian ), noč ( Slovene ), noć ( Serbo-Croatian ), νύξ, nyx ( Ancient Greek, νύχτα / nyhta in Modern Greek ), nox ( Latin ), nakt-( Sanskrit ), natë ( Albanian ), noche ( Spanish ), nos ( Welsh ), nueche ( Asturian ), noite ( Portuguese and Galician ), notte ( Italian ), nit ( Catalan ), noapte ( Romanian ), nakts ( Latvian ) and naktis ( Lithuanian ), all meaning " night " and derived from the Proto-Indo-European ( PIE ), " night ".