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 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 the rise of Saladin, Egypt was the center of the Shia Fatimid Caliphate, the only period in Islamic history when a caliphate was ruled by members of the Shia branch of Islam.

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 the development of fast SIMD floating-point processors, most digital implementations of RGB -> Y ' UV used integer math, in particular fixed-point approximations.

Prior to TFT, passive matrix LCD displays could not keep up with fast moving images.

Prior to the 2008 general elections in Bangladesh, the Awami League announced in its manifesto, its " Vision 2021 " and " Digital Bangladesh " action plans to transform Bangladesh into a fast developing Middle Income Country by 2021.

Prior to 1926, all stations on the line had platform faces to all four tracks, and the tracks were labelled as ' fast ' and ' slow '.

Prior to the major engineering works to create the " Thameslink Box " at St Pancras, Mill Hill Broadway was also served at peak times by Moorgate fast trains.

Prior to the 20th century, and indeed into its early decades, the pace of discovery of new species was fast ; during this period, with numerous collecting expeditions into species-rich areas not previously visited by western ornithologists, up to several hundred new species per decade were being described.

Prior to that in 2005 a new manouvre brigade appeared in the British Army, 19th Light Brigade, as a fast, agile, lightly armed Brigade to balance the mix of Heavy and Light Brigades in the British Army order of battle.

Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week.

Prior to the second-to-last challenge, the players are usually treated to a small food reward ( a hearty breakfast or similar meal ) for making it this far.

Prior to 1992, Fairmont had been home to a major regional frozen food canning operation.

Prior to the Governing Body meeting, Ministers adopted the Bali Declaration on the Treaty that commits them to engage in further enhancing Treaty implementation to help meet the challenges of agricultural biodiversity erosion, food insecurity, extreme poverty and the effects of climate change ; and calls upon parties and relevant stakeholders to prioritize activities relevant to the MLS, sustainable use of PGRFA, and Farmers ’ Rights, and to mobilize more funds.

Prior to that, food production was expanded by simply cultivating new areas rather than through technical improvements in production methods, which was possible only because of China's vast size.

Prior to attaining Buddhahood, prince Siddhartha practiced a short regime of strict austerity -- following years of serenity meditation under two teachers -- during which he consumed very little food.

Prior to the following stages of the oral phase, the mandible depresses and the lips abduct to allow food or liquid to enter the oral cavity.

Prior to the advent of factory farming with its use of " zero-grazing " feeding techniques, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses.

Prior to the mid-20th century, these improvements in public health were primarily in the areas of food handling, water supply, sewage, and personal hygiene.

Prior to this change in the way of doing business, the customer of a grocer would walk up to a counter or display and ask for the food items they wanted to purchase, or hand over a grocery list, as an order that the grocer or other clerks would then fill and charge the customer for.

Prior to the 19th century, when European explorers first encountered the Modoc, like all Plateau Indians, they caught salmon during salmon runs and migrated seasonally to hunt and gather other food.

Prior to the construction of transitional homes, immediate necessities such as food, water and medicine were distributed to affected families.

Prior to colonisation and the introduction of metals and wire, food was laid out on clean sticks, bark, large leaves and other vegetation to minimize direct contact with the hot rocks and reduce burning.

Prior to the order, the City Health Inspector had cited the organization for distributing food without a license.

Prior to the influx of British and Americans in the mid-1850s the ancestors of the 12 aboriginal tribes followed seasonal cycles of food availability ; moving to the rivers for fish runs, mountain meadows for berries and deer, or the plateau for roots.

Prior to the study ’ s release, the Labor Department ’ s inspector general stated that young trainees were twice as likely to rely on food stamps after JTPA involvement due to the fact that the training showed the individuals how to apply for food stamps ( 2 ).

Prior to the war, Stepanakert's economy revolved mostly around food processing, silk weaving, and winemaking.

Prior to refrigeration, some family farms depended on pigs as a primary source of meat and shortening ( lard ) for year-round food.

Prior to 1 January 2000, these regulations applied to most pre-packaged food but on that date, they were extended to cover selling transactions where the product was weighed in front of the customer.

Prior to their arrival, Malinta's laterals had served as high command headquarters, hospital and storage of food and arms.

Prior to European settlement, the Beeliar subgroup of the indigenous Noongar people obtained food and drinking water from the river edges and open grassy areas.