Near the beginning of the first book of the Elements, Euclid gives five postulates ( axioms ) for plane geometry, stated in terms of constructions ( as translated by Thomas Heath ):

With the emergence of monarchy at the beginning of Iron Age II the king promoted his own family god, Yahweh, as the god of the kingdom, but beyond the royal court religion continued to be both polytheistic and family-centered, as it was also for other societies in the Ancient Near East.

The widespread use of iron weapons which replaced bronze weapons rapidly disseminated throughout the Near East ( southwest Asia ) by the beginning of the 1st millennium BC.

Near the end of World War II, the United States military invaded the Mariana Islands on June 15, 1944, beginning with the Battle of Saipan, which ended on July 9 with the Japanese commander committing seppuku ( a traditional Japanese form of ritual suicide ).

However the idea of immortality which appears in the syncretistic religions of Near East did not exist in the Eleusinian mysteries at the very beginning.

Near the end of the recovery, the rower squares the blade ( rotates the blade to perpendicular to the water ), and then repeats the stroke again, beginning with the catch.

Near the beginning of the tale, the narrator says he would be " mad indeed " if he should expect a reader to believe the story, implying that he has already been accused of madness.

Near the end of the 2nd millennium BCE, new waves of barbarians, this time riding on horseback, wholly destroyed the Bronze Age world, and were to be followed by waves of social changes that marked the beginning of different times.

Near the beginning of the essay, Derrida argued:

Pewter was first used around the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East.

Near the end of the Han Dynasty in the beginning of the 3rd century, Jingzhou was ruled by regional warlord Liu Biao.

" Near the beginning of his administration, Nixon ordered Mitchell to implement school desegregation in the South to comply with court rulings largely ignored by three previous administrations.

Near the beginning of the 20th century, it was shown that a result of Fermat's little theorem could be used to test for primality.

Near the beginning of the Warring States Period there is a shift from chariots to massed infantry, possibly associated with the invention of the crossbow.

Near the end of Ptolemy's reign, the value of Egyptian coins dropped to about fifty percent of its value at the beginning of his reign.

Near the entrance of the cathedral, a rich merchant, Bartolomeu Joanes, built a funerary chapel for himself in the beginning of the 14th century.

Near the end of Armada, the Autobots and Decepticons join forces to defeat the planet-devouring Unicron, and the beginning of Energon sees them as uneasy allies.

Near the beginning of the 18th century, a manuscript of Perotti ( 1430 – 1480 ), archbishop of Siponto ( Manfredonia, in Apulia ), was discovered at Parma containing sixty-four fables of Phaedrus, of which some thirty were previously unknown.

Near the beginning of the Christian era, the Latin alphabet had already undergone its principal changes, and had become a definite system.

New Chronology is an alternative Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers beginning with A Test of Time: The Bible-from Myth to History in 1995.

Near the end of the Swedish rule the defence structures of Narva were greatly improved – beginning in 1680s, an outstanding system of bastions, planned by the renowned Swedish military engineer Erik Dahlbergh, was built around the town.

Near the beginning of each episode of The New Yankee Workshop, Abram recites a standard monologue about safety.

Near the end it is heard in the strings in stretto ( overlapping entries, a new one beginning before the last has ended ).

Near the beginning, Alice discovers and reads " Jabberwocky ".

Her project was entitled " When the Dust Settles, Year 2: A Multivariate Study of the Patterns of Near and Far Dispersal of Windblown Particulate Matter "

Famous cinéma vérité / direct cinema films include Les Raquetteurs, Showman, Salesman, Near Death, The Children Were Watching, and Grey Gardens.

* Near Death Experience Research Foundation: Ken Ring Intro

One Minute Silence came together in the early 1990s when Irish vocalist Brian Barry got together with guitarist Chris Ignatiou under the name " Near Death Experience ".

The lyrics deal with Near Death Experience and a man who cannot seem to die.

" Six Studies of Out-of-the-Body Experiences " Journal of Near Death Studies.

Earle is also the subject of two biographies, Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet, by David McGee and Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle by Lauren St. John.

** “ A Total Near Death Experience ,” written by Alan Grant, art by Barry Kitson, in 2000 AD # 629 – 630 ( 1989 )

Among hundreds and then later thousands of witness accounts, the experiences of these people shared common traits which eventually became known as the " Near Death Experience " ( NDE ).

* Near Death ( 1989 )

** Near Death Experience ( goth rock band )-a band from Los Angeles that was active during the 1990s.

** Near Death Experience ( punk band )-a band from Lawrence, Kansas formed in 1984

** Crossover thrash band Cro-Mags have an album called Near Death Experience, released in 1993.

** Near Death by Nancy Kilpatrick

(" Near Death Experience ") ( 1995, Mercury )

Hidaka is most known for the roles of Mikage Matsunaga ( Miracle Girls ), Minami Asakura ( Touch ), Akane Tendo ( Ranma ½ ), Satsuki Kusakabe ( My Neighbor Totoro ), Near ( Death Note ), Seta Sōjirō ( Rurouni Kenshin ), Jean Roque Raltique ( Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ), Kikyo ( InuYasha ), and Noriko Takaya ( Gunbuster ).

* Death Note ( 2006 – 2007, Near )

: Contents: The Pilgrim Road, The Man-Eater, Terror, Arrival, Investigation, The First Kill, Locating the Leopard, The Second Kill, Preparations, Magic, A Near Escape, The Gin Trap, The Hunters Hunted, Retreat, Fishing Interlude, Death of a Goat, Cyanide Poisoning, Touch and Go, A Lesson in Caution, A Wild Boar Hunt, Vigil on a Pine Tree, My Night of Terror, Leopard fights Leopard, A Shot in the Dark, Epilogue

The hostile character's or creature's state of health ( Uninjured, Barely Injured, Injured, Badly Injured, or Near Death ) is shown on a tool-tip, which appears when the mouse pointer is held above it.

* Near ( Death Note ) ( Real Name: Nate River ), a character in Death Note

3DO shut down the game on August 31, 2000 and it was re-released by Near Death Studios, Inc. in 2002.

Near Death Studios was co-founded by former Meridian 59 developers Rob " Q " Ellis and Brian " Psychochild " Green.

Meridian 59 game developer, Near Death Studios, announced that they will be closing their doors as of January 6, 2010.

Meridian 59 will continue running, just not as a commercial concern of Near Death Studios.