Originating about 1800 BC from the Corded Ware Culture on the North German plain, the Germanic peoples expanded into southern Scandinavia and toward the Vistula river during the Nordic Bronze Age, reaching the lower Danube by 200 BC.

Originating in France, musical Impressionism is characterized by suggestion and atmosphere, and eschews the emotional excesses of the Romantic era.

Originating in Seattle, Washington, as the Seattle Pilots, the club played for one season in 1969 before being acquired in bankruptcy court by current MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and then moved to Milwaukee.

Originating in either Western Scotland or Ireland, the sparr was widely used by the galloglass.

Originating about 1650 to 1700, it was sparked by philosophers Baruch Spinoza ( 1632 – 1677 ), John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ), Pierre Bayle ( 1647 – 1706 ), physicist Isaac Newton ( 1643 – 1727 ), and philosopher Voltaire ( 1694 – 1778 ).

Originating in a USO activity created by Canadian Don Reid for World War II soldiers, the game was developed into a radio show by Reid and John Moses.

Originating in the late 1950s and 1960s, modal jazz is epitomized by Miles Davis's " Milestones " ( 1958 ), Kind of Blue ( 1959 ), and John Coltrane's classic quartet from 1960 – 64.

Originating within the Gardnerian tradition of the Craft, the first Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and which he utilised first in his Bricket Wood coven and then in other covens which he founded in following decades.

Originating in the 12th century, it was partially re-built by James Fowler of Louth in 1870.

Under these almost all civil actions, other than those connected with insolvency, are now begun by the completion of a ' Claim Form ' as opposed to a ' Writ ', ' Originating Application ', or ' Summons ': see Rules 7 and 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules.

Originating from vaudeville, the show is historically significant for the evolution of the variety genre, by incorporating sitcoms like The Hickenloopers ; this added a narrative element to the traditional multi-act structure.

Originating in the early 19th century from dogs bred and used by Reverend John Russell, it has similar origins to the modern Fox terrier.

Originating in Thailand, it is named after the Nakhon Ratchasima province ( typically called " Korat " by the Thai people ).

Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881, and later incorporated the Geological Museum.

Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party, adopting its current name in 1982.

Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic ( Union des Démocrates pour la République, UDR ), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism.

Originating from the Italian parole (“ voice ”, “ spoken words ”), the term became associated during the Middle Ages with the release of prisoners who gave their word of honor to abide by certain restrictions.

Originating with an unpublished book, Doug's Got a New Pair of Shoes, by artist and series creator Jim Jinkins and writer Joe Aaron, the 1991 animated series Doug emerged on the Nickelodeon TV channel.

Originating in 1991 with a Charlotte, North Carolina, home built entirely by a crew of female volunteers, Habitat's Women Build program encourages women to make a difference by building homes and communities.

Originating in the Mennonite movement they were subsequently influenced by European pietism, which found its way into the Mennonite colonies of the southern Russian Empire.

Originating in the Kimek Khanate, they conquered large parts of the Eurasian steppe during the Turkic expansion of the 11th to 12th centuries together with the Cumans, and were in turn conquered by the Mongol invasions of the early 13th century.

Originating in the Tertiary ( Neogene ) and Quaternary ( Pleistocene ) Periods, the llanos ( plains ) of Apure are formed by sediments of little or no consolidation, with sandy and clayey deposits built up by floods in recent times.

Originating from Nesa, they conquered Hattusa in the 18th century BC, imposing themselves over Hattian and Hurrian speaking populations ( Hurrian was a Language Isolate and Hattian a Northwest Caucasian language ).

Originating in the Middle East, they were introduced to continental Europe via Italy and Spain ... Italian examples of this ornament, which was often used for bookbindings and embroidery, are known from as early as the late fifteenth century.

Originating as nomadic equestrians of Central Asia, they became sedentary during the 7th century, establishing the polity ( khanate ) of Old Great Bulgaria in the Pontic steppe.

Originating from Sri Lanka in forested streams from the Kelani basin to the Nilwala basin, they are found in streams on hills around 1000 ft ( 300 m ) in elevation.

Originating from China, they were first introduced to North America around 1895 as a source of pest control.

Originating from the gentlemen of Vizcaya, they joined with the first Spanish nobles and proved their nobility innumerable times in the Military and Royal Orders of the Maestranzas de Caballieras, the soceity of nobleman of Spain for practicing equestrian exercises.

Originating as a two person studio project in Finland during the year 1999, they have so far recorded three demos and four albums.

Originating in northern Asia Minor, traded by the sailors and explorers of developing countries, they became popular in the lower and hence hotter parts of the Mediterranean.

Originating in the Val di Pesa in the Chianti, they appear holding important posts in Florence in the twelfth century.

Originating in Rajasthani architecture where they were memorials for kings and royalty, they were later adapted as a standard feature in all buildings in Rajasthan, and most importantly in Mughal architecture.

Originating before the mechanical clock itself, in water clocks, such clocks were the earliest striking clocks ; they rang once for each canonical hour, and were used as reminders to summon monks or nuns to their prayers.

Originating as a semisweet wedding dessert from Central Europe, they have become popular in parts of the United States.

Originating in England, they provided an opportunity for the working class to afford newspapers, since the papers that had existed previously were expensive.

Originating in military efforts before World War II, its techniques have grown to concern problems in a variety of industries.

Originating from Japan in 1985, eleven installments of the game have been published in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and North America to date.

Originating from Digital Dancehall in 1985, the genre originally was produced on simple keyboards but eventually other synthesisers have been added.

Originating from the same interstellar cloud some two billion years ago, the stars have iron contents about a third that of the Sun.

Originating in the work of anthropologist Mary Douglas and political scientist Aaron Wildavsky, Cultural Theory has given rise to a diverse set of research programs that span multiple social science disciplines and that have in recent years been used to analyze policymaking conflicts generally.

Originating in 2004, eighteen Internet-distributed episodes of the series have been released to date.

Originating in 1992 these were released on cassette tape, then since 1997 have been commercial CD and vinyl releases.