Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation ( pronounced " Garner " or " Gowna ").

Prior to the 1900 season, the league changed its name to the American League and moved several franchises to larger, strategic locations.

Prior to achieving its independence, Cuba was a colony of Spain.

Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in a facility in Northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that now serves as HP's United States headquarters.

Prior to the suspension, Peace Corps had more than 100 volunteers throughout the country, and the program is gradually increasing its numbers again.

Prior to Verdi's body's being driven from the cemetery to the official memorial service and its final resting place at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, Arturo Toscanini conducted a chorus of 820 singers in " Va, pensiero ".

Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to embarking for England, Hamlet hides Polonius's body, ultimately revealing its location to the King.

Prior to 1983, the town was in an eponymous seat of its own.

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to 1990 Saudi Arabia played an important role in restraining the many Islamist groups that received its aid.

Prior to its conception, laparoscopy was a surgical approach with very few applications, mainly for purposes of diagnosis and performance of simple procedures in gynecologic applications.

Prior to its acquisition by Chevron, Unocal settled a similar human rights lawsuit for a reported multi-million dollar amount.

Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but during its last years it was afflicted by shortages of goods in grocery stores, huge budget deficits, and explosive growth in money supply leading to inflation.

Prior to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and its eventual decipherment, there had been no understanding of the Ancient Egyptian language and script since shortly before the fall of the Roman Empire.

Prior to his work on the saxophone, Sax made several improvements to the bass clarinet by improving its keywork and acoustics and extending its lower range.

Prior to its dissolution in 1991, the USSR had the second largest economy in the world after the United States.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to the Omride period the site appears to have been the center of an extensive wine and oil production area, which may have accounted for its choice as the new capital.

Prior to its affiliation with The Greens – European Free Alliance, the SNP had previously been allied with the European Progressive Democrats ( until 1984 ), Rainbow Group ( 1989 – 1994 ) and European Radical Alliance ( 1994 – 1999 ).

Prior to the Bantu expansion, it is likely that Khoisan languages, or languages like them, were spread throughout southern and eastern Africa.

Prior to the expansion of Highway 61 to a four-lane highway, it passed directly through the city.

Prior to the expansion, ADC replaced the 473d Fighter Group with the 56th Fighter Wing, along with its 62d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, to Sawyer as the host unit.

Prior to the first closure experiment in Biosphere 2, initial tests were carried out in a smaller, 480 cubic meter onsite facility ( the " Test Module "), looking at potable water generation, atmospheric sealing, atmospheric expansion and contraction, and the behavior of life systems inside a closed ecological system.

Prior to the expansion project, passengers had to pass back through the ticketing area of the airport to reach the baggage claim area.

Prior to 2010, the league saw a steady rate of expansion and contraction.

Prior to the expansion of the Roman Empire into the region, Gallic tribes had occupied the peninsula, dividing it into five regions that then formed the basis for the Roman administration of the area.

Prior to expansion, the P. S.

Prior to its release, the expansion was said to double the amount of room in the game, but that it would not use a duplicate of the map, rather it would be adding new content.

Prior to the expansion of the capital city, this rank belonged to Thanh Hóa with 3, 400, 239 people.

Prior to incorporation in the year 1895, Castle Brewery had operations in Cape Town to serve the steady expansion of a settler community from the mid-17th century.

Prior to the 2009 season, the large south scoreboard was disassembled to make way for the construction of the new stadium expansion.

Prior to the expansion of the tournament to 64 teams, all # 1 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with three exceptions.

Prior to its 2012 expansion, Saputo Stadium seated 13, 034 supporters in three main stands, and was expanded to seat 20, 341.

Prior to this, Atlanta had not been a planned expansion location for House of Blues.

Prior to the actual entrance of the United States in the World War II, Captain Isbell was actively engaged in operations vitally connected with the expansion of US bases.

Prior to this expansion, the cafeteria was located where the library is today, on the third floor.

Prior to the expansion period, the inflaton field was at a higher energy state.

Prior to the expansion of viticulture, Martinborough was largely a rural service town for nearby farms.

Prior to French colonial expansion, Kayes was a small village.

) Prior to the expansion, the notable single-game record occurred on July 1, 1982, when 9, 389 showed up for the pitching match-up of Mark Fidrych versus Dave Righetti.

Prior to this expansion, University Heights was a relatively affluent residential neighborhood of Newark.

Prior to the expansion, the urban area was up to Kipling Avenue and to the Humber.

Prior to Half-Life 2, they had developed or helped develop every Half-Life expansion game or port, including Opposing Force, Blue Shift, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Half-Life for the Sony PlayStation 2 ( including Half-Life Decay ), and Half-Life for the Sega Dreamcast ( including Half-Life Blue Shift ).