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The advent of the Age of Enlightenment provided an intellectual framework which welcomed the practical application of the growing body of scientific knowledge — a factor evidenced in the systematic development of the steam engine, guided by scientific analysis, and the development of the political and sociological analyses, culminating in Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations.
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Maneuver warfare also developed with an astonishing pace with the advent of the tank, replacing the archaic cannons of the Enlightenment Age.
The distinction between the spiritual and the religious became more common in the popular mind during the late 20th century with the rise of secularism and the advent of the New Age movement.
Spears were one of the most common personal weapons used in the Stone Age, and they remained in use as important military and hunting implements until the advent of firearms.
Although Imperial Airways and Pan-American World Airways both began flying to Bermuda in the 1930s ( by which time the summer had become more important for tourists making briefer visits ), it wasn't until after the Second World War, when the first airport for landplanes was built, and the advent of the Jet Age that tourism really realised its potential.
* The advent of the Age of the Holy Spirit predicted by Joachim of Fiore, according to his interpretation of the Book of Revelation, chapter 6.
At Siyyid Kázim's death in 1843, he had counselled his followers to leave their homes to seek the Lord of the Age whose advent would soon break on the world.
Alger's works received favorable comments and experienced a resurgence following his death ; up until the advent of the Jazz Age in the 1920s, he sold about seventeen to twenty million volumes.
Finally, both Thrawn's and Karrde's ability to piece together far-reaching ( and accurate ) conclusions from the merest shreds of evidence, thus increasing the value of that evidence, mirrored the real-world advent of the Information Age and its emphasis on knowledge as a key military asset.
The meeting was made possible by the introduction of the idea of two parallel worlds: Earth-One, the contemporary DC Universe which had been depicted since the advent of the Silver Age ; and Earth-Two, the parallel world where the Golden Age events took place, and where the heroes who were active during that period had aged more or less realistically since that time.
The Information Age formed by capitalizing on the computer microminiaturization advances, with a transition spanning from the advent of the personal computer in the late 1970s to the internet's reaching a critical mass in the early 1990s, and the adoption of such technology by the public in the two decades after 1990.
With the advent of the Information Age and improvements in communication, this is no longer the case.
In the early 1960s, at the advent of comics ' so-called Silver Age, a new round of superhero sidekicks made their debuts.
The Golden Age of US animation is a period in the United States animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued into the early 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation.
Concurrent with the advent of alphabetic characters in the Iron Age, humans became aware of the metal iron.
Campanella's aim was to establish a society based on the community of goods and wives, for on the basis of the prophecies of Joachim of Fiore and his own astrological observations, he foresaw the advent of the Age of the Spirit in the year 1600.
Radio " piracy " began with the advent of regulations of the public airwaves in the United States at the dawn of the Age of Radio.
Other examples may date as late as the Early Bronze Age, but the well known prolific and sophisticated Magdalenian style seen at Lascaux in France ( c. 15, 000 BCE ) and Altamira in Spain died out about 10, 000 BCE, coinciding with the advent of the Neolithic period.
Until the advent of iron, bronze was the most advanced metal for tools and weapons in common use ( see Bronze Age for more detail ).
With the advent of the Jet Age, the airport's runway was extended northward into Tampa Bay and the first commercial jet service to PIE was operated by Northwest.
Beginning at the advent of the Jet Age where transoceanic ship service declined a gradual transition from passenger ships as mean of transportation to nowadays cruise ships started.
The advent of metalworking in the Bronze Age brought additional media available for use in making art, an increase in stylistic diversity, and the creation of objects that did not have any obvious function other than art.
The " charro film " was a genre of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema between 1935 and 1959, and probably played a large role in popularizing the charro, akin to what occurred with the advent of the Hollywood Western.
In popular culture in the United States, the Age of Aquarius refers to the advent of hippies and New Age movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Alchemy steadily declined with the advent of modern science during the Enlightenment.
This novel discusses the advent of the Enlightenment and the ideas of the French Revolution in the New World.
GEP students also learn about the origin of the Empiricism in Science with the advent of European Enlightenment.
This prohibition was reconsidered with the advent of European influence during the Age of Enlightenment.
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The advent of digital technology in photography has provided additional means of controlling the extent of image sharpness ; some methods allow extended DOF that would be impossible with traditional techniques, and some allow the DOF to be determined after the image is made.
Conversely, Derek Bickerton and others argue that the advent of abstract words provided a mental basis for analyzing higher-order relations, and that any communication system that remotely resembles human language utterly relies on cognitive architecture that co-evolved alongside language.
In addition, the advent of music startups using. fm domain names has provided a new stream of revenue to the government.
A solution appeared with the advent of Novell NetWare which provided even-handed support for dozens of competing card / cable types, and a much more sophisticated operating system than most of its competitors.
This format of end-user computing reached mainstream obsolescence in the 1990s due to the advent of personal computers provided with GUIs.
The advent of the Internet provided the means for the creation of many new micronations, whose members are scattered all over the world and interact mostly by electronic means.
In the past, many rural pubs provided opportunities for country folk to meet and exchange ( often local ) news, while others — especially those away from village centres — existed for the general purpose, before the advent of motor transport, of serving travellers as coaching inns.
The advent of the Industrial Revolution in Britain provided a great boost to cotton manufacture, as textiles emerged as Britain's leading export.
The advent of the Internet has provided the electronic way of book distribution without the need of physical printing, physical delivery and storage of books.
Before the advent of Islamic states and European colonialism, the rivers provided the main means of communication, although Java's many rivers are mostly short.
Before the advent of the European system of education in Mysore, agraharas ( Brahmin quarters ) provided Vedic education to Hindus, and madrassas provided schooling for Muslims.
Until the advent of the hollow-base Minié ball, which obturates upon firing to seal the bore and engage the rifling, the patch provided the best means of getting the projectile to engage the rifling.
Air conditioning in movie theaters and then in homes, along with the advent of automobiles which provided access to the less crowded and more appealing Long Island state parks, especially Jones Beach State Park, lessened the attractions of Coney's beaches.
The advent of PostScript, supplemented by the PDF file format, provided a universal method of proofing designs and layouts, readable on major computer and operating systems.
Starting in 2007, the company ran month long advent calendar promotions which provided free CDs and discounts throughout the holiday season.
Near the end of the 20th century the advent of satellite-based Global Positioning Systems ( GPS ) provided yet another means for any individual to determine true north accurately.
With the recent advent of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes ( ECP )— either hard-wired or radio-controlled — and integrated electronics for locomotive control and engineer's cab display systems, DP can now be provided via the ECP brake communication media, and other manufacturers are able to provide this capability.
According to Michael Kasavana, National Automatic Merchandising Association at Michigan State University, the advent of reliable, affordable wireless technology has made telemetry practical and provided the medium through which cashless payments can be authenticated.
With the advent of the telegraph in 1851, a more sophisticated system became possible because this provided a means whereby messages could be transmitted ahead of the trains.
With the advent of the Chrystie Street services, the Q designation was suspended as Brighton Line express service was provided by the D service via 6th Avenue in Manhattan.
The advent of the model provided a testable framework for subsequent work, and a strong stimulus for the experiemental study of human memory.
Just as the expense of books gave rise to the library, the advent of data services provided by school and public library computers was a natural progression during this period in history.
With the advent of siege cannons, however, the fortifications became obsolete, but their massive size still provided effective defence, as demonstrated during the Second Ottoman Siege in 1422.
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