The role of an earthquake in starting the destruction of whole cities is tremendously frightening, but fire may actually be the principal agent in a particular disaster.

Kraus argues that " the whole song stands so near the events that one feels everywhere as if the terrible pictures of the destruction stand still immediately before the eyes of the one lamenting.

Genocide is " the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group ", though what constitutes enough of a " part " to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars.

On Novinha's request for a Speaker, Andrew Wiggin leaves for Lusitania, a colony turned into a virtual prison, with its expansion severely limited and its whole existence devoted to the work of xenologers who study the Pequeninos, the first sentient beings found since the destruction of Formics.

These wars provoked death and destruction in the whole south of Italy: the Sack of Molfetta at the hands of the French, July 18 – 19, 1529, was an episode that stalled the economic rebirth of the city.

( He considered his Requiem his best work, however: " If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one, I should crave mercy for the Messe des morts ".

In Hindu mythology the whole universe is the dance of the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja, a name for Lord Shiva, the Hindu ascetic yogi and divine purveyor of destruction of evil.

In her book, Arendt wrote that: " To a Jew this role of the Jewish leaders in the destruction of their own people is undoubtedly the darkest chapter of the whole dark story.

From there they see the whole Temple ( the Temple Mount ) and there they weep and lament the destruction of this House.

Deforestation has occurred for two reasons: ( a ) the storms, which have uprooted whole forests ; and, ( b ) the timber industry's limitless destruction of primeval forests all over the world, including the tropical rainforest.

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" The whole human race knows that the Roman and Persian kingdoms resemble two great luminaries, and that, like a man's two eyes, they ought mutually to adorn and illustrate each other, and not in the extremity of their wrath to seek rather each other's destruction.

That it once existed has been sufficiently shown ; but the whole spirit and tendency of English constitutional and social development tended to its early destruction.

With respect to the latter, the ambitious Lassalle attempted to make common cause with the conservative Bismarck by his new book Herr Basitat-Schulze, declaring: that he " must inform Your Excellency that this work will bring about the utter destruction of Liberals and the whole Progressive bourgeoisie.

The situation became critical in 1558 – 1560, when floods of Muscovites poured over the land, threatening the whole province with destruction.

In the “ War of the Palatine Succession ” ( 1688 – 1697 ) – also called the “ War of the Grand Alliance ”, the “ Nine Years ’ War ” or occasionally, the “ War of the League of Augsburg ” the town experienced the greatest and most far-reaching destruction in its history by General Melac: the expulsion of its inhabitants and the whole town put to the torch, including the cathedral with the tombs of the ancient emperors, churches, monasteries, and guild halls.

He was guarding a pile of wood not far from 36 barrels of gunpowder with which Fawkes intended to blow up Parliament House the following day and cause the destruction, as James put it, " not only ... of my person, nor of my wife and posterity also, but of the whole body of the State in general ".

This means completely disarming the German Army and people ( including the removal or destruction of all war material ), the total destruction of the whole German armament industry, and the removal or destruction of other key industries which are basic to military strength.

Biljana Plavšić acting individually or in concert with Radovan Karadžić, Momčilo Krajišnik and others planned, instigated, ordered, committed or otherwise aided and abetted the planning, preparation or execution of the destruction, in whole or in part, of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat national, ethnical, racial or religious groups, as such, in several municipalities, including but not limited to Doboj.

At the time of its construction in 1981 and 1982, the Rideau Centre was somewhat controversial: a whole block of stores was torn down to make room for the Rideau Centre, and many people were opposed to their destruction.

* Genocide, the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group

“ Shared ” victories were either credited to one of the pilots concerned, or to the unit as a whole – the destruction of the aircraft had to be physically confirmed by locating its wreckage – or an independent witness to the destruction had to be found.

For instance, the Athenian Isocrates ( 436 – 338 BC ) in his Plataicus ( which details the destruction of Plataea by the Thebans ), makes no mention of the Theban victory in Leuctra, and harshly reviles Thebes throughout.

" Our laws of gavelkind, had ill effect, applied to the succession as the freedom of the State ; it balanced the power and raised the competition of the younger branches against the elder ; a Theban war of Welsh brethren ending in family blood, and national destruction.

" More serious than the destruction of the Gothic army ," writes Herwig Wolfram, " than the loss of both Aquitanian provinces and the capital of Toulose, was the death of the king.

His older brother, Antimenidas, appears to have served as a mercenary in the army of Nebuchadnezzar II and probably took part in the conquest of Judaea and the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC.

Following the capture of Kilkis, the Greek army's pace was not quick enough to prevent the destruction of Nigrita, Serres, and Doxato and massacres of non-combatant Greek inhabitants at Demir Hisar and Doxato by the Bulgarian army.

The first Anglo-Afghan War ( 1839 – 1842 ) resulted in the destruction of a British army ; it is remembered as an example of the ferocity of Afghan resistance to foreign rule.

The Romans then mounted two sieges of Capua, which fell in 211 BC, and completed their conquest of Syracuse and destruction of the Carthaginian army in Sicily.

For example, Josephus ' description of the death of John the Baptist includes consideration of his virtues, the theology associated with his baptismal practices, his oratorical skills, his influence, the circumstances of his death, and the belief that the destruction of Herod's army was a divine punishment for Herod's slaughter of John.

He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction in World War II to a central position in Europe, rebuilt its army and came to terms with France, helped make possible Western European unification, opposed rival East Germany, and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.

The rocket's devastating destruction also helped to lower the morale of the German army.

After conducting researches in the 12th century, the Seljuk sultan Ahmed Sanjar ordered a city and shrine to be built on the location, where it stood until its destruction by Genghis Khan and his Mongol army in the 13th century.

After the destruction of the Greek forces in Asia Minor and the expulsion of Ottoman sultan by the Turkish army under the command of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Ankara-based government of the Turkish national movement i. e. Turkey, rejected the Treaty of Sèvres that was signed by the Ottoman Empire.

" However, a famine broke out and Rome was unwilling to supply them with either the food they were promised or the land ; open revolt ensued leading to 6 years of plundering and destruction throughout the Balkans, the death of a Roman Emperor and the destruction of an entire Roman army.

The next day, Cordoba surprises the retreating Protestant army with his cavalry, resulting in the destruction of most of the Protestant army.

Otto II then prepared for a new campaign against the Muslims and obtained a settlement with the Republic of Venice, whose assistance he needed following the destruction of his army at Stilo.

* The Battle of Fei River-Former Qin forces are defeated by the numerically inferior Eastern Jin army, preserving the Jin state in the south and precipitating the destruction of Former Qin in the north.

Following the destruction of the French Army of the Loire, remnants of the Loire army gathered in eastern France to form the Army of the East, commanded by General Charles Bourbaki.

On land he again defeated the Moors, who attempted to retake Ceuta in 1418 ; but in an expedition to Tangier, undertaken in 1437 by King Edward ( 1433 – 1438 ), the Portuguese army was defeated, and could only escape destruction by surrendering as a hostage Prince Ferdinand, the king's youngest brother.

The latter resulted in the destruction of Harald Hardråda's Viking army, but also affected the English army's battle-worthiness at Hastings.

The speed and efficiency of the destruction by Sherman's army was remarkable.

Charles XII moved from Saxony into Russia to confront Peter, but the campaign ended with the destruction of the main Swedish army in Poltava ( now Ukraine ), and Charles's exile in Ottoman Bender.

Grant's campaign objective was not the Confederate capital of Richmond, but the destruction of Lee's army.

Grant's campaign objective was not the Confederate capital of Richmond, but the destruction of Lee's army.

When Hussein objected and offered to participate in Egypt's defense, Nasser warned him " to save his army from destruction.