Prior to the rise of Kizzuwatna, the heart of that territory in Cilicia was first referred to by the Hittites as Adaniya.

Prior to independence, the French establishment and Catholic Church feared Opangault's radicalism and favored the rise of Fulbert Youlou, a former priest.

Prior to the rise of the railroad industry, rivers and canals were the major " highways of commerce " in the American Midwest.

Prior to the rise of the fast food chain restaurant, people generally had a choice between greasy spoon diners where the quality of the food was often questionable and service lacking, or high-end restaurants that were expensive and impractical for families with children.

Prior to these changes, The Independent had a daily circulation of around 217, 500, the lowest of any major national British daily, climbing to claim a 15 % rise by March 2004 ( to 250, 000 ).

Prior to the recent rise in MPEG-4 encoding in consumer devices, a progressive scan form of M-JPEG also saw widespread use in the “ movie ” modes of Digital Still Cameras, allowing video encoding and playback through the integrated JPEG compression hardware with only a software modification.

Prior was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC TV documentary series Tory!

Prior to the rise of Athens, Sparta considered itself to be the leader of the Greeks, or hegemon.

Prior to her husband's rise to power, Maria Amalia and her husband had to cope with a persistent money problem due to the fact that they had no income aside from that which they were given by the English crown.

Prior to the rise of Theravada Buddhism, both Indian Brahmanic religion and Mahayana Buddhism were present in Thailand.

Prior to the rise of social media networks, K-Pop concerts and related events outside East and Southeast Asia were mostly unheard of.

Prior to no-till farming's rise in popularity, the annual tilling of the soil often exposed arrowheads and other artifacts.

'" Prior to his rise to prominence as a writer, he was best known as the line editor for Andrew Rev's incarnation of Comico.

Prior to the rise of suburban shopping malls and in the 1970s, the Roslindale business district, Roslindale Square, was a major shopping district for the city of Boston, with department stores, showrooms, food markets, and a movie theatre.

Prior to his son's rise to fame, Poe had been known simply as ' Fernando Poe '.

Prior to the rise of Christianity, certain " homosexual " practices had existed among certain groups, with some degree of social acceptance in ancient Rome and ancient Greece ( e. g. the pederastic relationship of an adult Greek male with a Greek youth, or of a Roman citizen with a slave ).

Prior to the rise of video games, Sega produced arcade games that resemble video games, but were in fact electro-mechanical games that used rear image projection in a manner similar to the ancient zoetrope to produce moving animations on a screen.

Prior to the rise of Reza Khan, Khaz ' al had never attempted to separate his sheikhdom from Qajar Persia, to which he had maintained staunch loyalty.

Prior to the rise of classical economics in the eighteenth century, the economies in Europe and its North American colonies were governed by a variety of ( formal and informal ) regulations designed to prevent " greed " from overcoming " morality ".

Prior to the 2008 – 09 season, a Rivals. com writer called Drew the Big 12 " coach on the rise ", due to Drew's success in recruiting talent to Baylor.

Prior to arriving at Montreal, Saladin withdrew, realizing that if he met Nur ad-Din at Shaubak, he would be refused return to Egypt because of Nur ad-Din's reluctance to consolidate such massive territorial control to Saladin.

Prior to his death, he had his chief officers swear an oath of loyalty to Izz al-Din, as he was the only Zengid ruler strong enough to oppose Saladin.

To that, William, as Prior of the Order, added the purpose of raising funds to ransom captives from the Muslim armies of Saladin.

Prior to his death, according to the Book of Jubilees, Amram was among those who went to Egypt and recovered the bones of the sons of his grandfather and great uncles ( excluding those of Joseph which had already been brought to Canaan ), so that they could be reburied in the cave of Machpelah.

Prior to this, the flow of spice into Europe from India was controlled by Islamic powers, especially Egypt.

Prior to the Italian invasion of Egypt, under Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw, the RAF in Egypt — which comprised nine squadrons — focused its activities on ground support, reconnaissance, and only when necessary aerial combat with the Italian Regia Aeronautica.

Prior to the ascendancy of Anwar Sadat to president of Egypt in 1970, the Middle East had been an important arena in the global superpower competition, most lucidly displayed in the arms sales and cooperation between the American and Soviet governments with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran allied to The United States, and Egypt, Syria, and Iraq allied with the Soviet Union.

Prior to the 3rd Intermediate Period of Egypt from the ( 15th century BCE ), names of semitic-speaking pastoral cattle nomadic peoples of the Levant appear, replacing previous Egyptian concern with the Hurrianised ' prw (' Apiru or Habiru ).

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Prior to the unification of Egypt, the land was settled with autonomous villages.

Prior to the Hellenistic period, imperial cults were known in Ancient Egypt ( pharaohs ) and Mesopotamia ( since Naram-Sin ).

Prior to the Kushites building these pyramids ( which are located in modern day Sudan ), there had been no pyramid construction in Egypt and the Nile Valley for more than 500 years.

Prior to that, most of the passengers had disembarked in Egypt for a tour of the Pyramids, and the ship set out to sea to return later for the touring passengers.

Prior to Piye's Year 20 campaign into Egypt, the previous Nubian ruler – Kashta – had already extended his kingdom's influence over into Thebes when he compelled Shepenupet, the serving Divine Adoratice of Amun and Takelot III's sister, to adopt his own daughter Amenirdis, to be her successor.

Prior to the 2011 revolution which dispossessed Hosni Mubarak, elections in Egypt were criticized by the domestic opposition as well as international observers as being grossly fraudulent, bordering on show elections.

A list of the nearly 700 books in his library is preserved in the Bodleian Library while architecture and related crafts made up the bulk of his books ; other subjects covered included: antiquities, coins, and heraldry ; histories of England, Scotland and Rome and other nations ; literature included works by Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe and Matthew Prior ; travel books including Egypt, the South Seas, Russia, Hungary, Lapland, Virginia, Ceylon and Abyssinia, missionary travels included China, Formosa, Guinea, Borneo and the East Indies ; books on religion included both Anglican and Roman Catholic works ; and even cookery books.

Prior to his rule, Egypt had been governed by the Ottoman Empire, and while he still technically owed fealty to the Ottoman Porte, Muhammad Ali sought to gain full independence for Egypt.

Prior to that, he spent nine years ( 1988 – 1997 ) heading the epigraphic efforts at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt.

Prior to her career in this office, the Assyrians had invaded Egypt in 671 B. C., sacked Thebes and robbed its temples of their many treasures.

Prior to the Roman conquest of Egypt, he had served as an immortal advisor to its kings and queens, and the last person to awake him for consultation had been Cleopatra, the last ruler of Egypt.

Prior to World War 2, there was a higher percentage of endogamous marriages than after World War 2.

Prior to that he was associated with Long Island University in Brooklyn.

With the Prior Analytics, Aristotle is credited with the earliest study of formal logic, and his conception of it was the dominant form of Western logic until 19th century advances in mathematical logic.

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 modern times, there was no distinction between architects, engineers and often artists, and the title used varied depending on geographical location.

Prior to the First Buddhist Council, it was proposed that Ananda not be permitted to attend on the grounds that he was not yet an arahant.

Prior to the 1950s, Alberta was a primarily agricultural economy, based on the export of wheat, beef, and a few other commodities.

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.

Prior to the Revolution, New Englanders consumed large quantities of rum and beer, as maritime trade provided them relatively easy access to the goods needed to produce these items: Rum was the distilled spirit of choice, as the main ingredient, molasses, was readily available from trade with the West Indies.

Prior to the emergence of the term Mizrahi, the term " Arab Jews " was sometimes used to describe Jews of the Arab world.

Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian-speakers ( and others influenced by Persian ) to denote the Pashtun people.

Prior to the tunnel being built, the LIRR's western terminus was Atlantic Street at Clinton Street.

Prior to burial in the Panthéon, the body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arc during the night of 22 May 1885.

Prior to the controversy surrounding Agent Orange, there was already a large body of scientific evidence linking 2, 4, 5-T to serious negative health effects and ecological damage.

Prior to 1991 the law was stricter, when changes more clearly defined which businesses were exempt such as pharmacies, hospitals, and restaurants.

Prior to the release of the VHS Volumes, a laserdisc titled Beavis and Butt-Head: The Essential Collection was issued in 1994, containing sixteen episodes from the second and third seasons.

Prior to 1969, the National League champion ( the " pennant winner ") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

Prior to 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.

Prior to the South African tour, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and a planned tour of Germany in the fall of 1980 was canceled.

Prior to the 1963 Act, it was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons.