The islanders welcomed Venetian rule ; the claims of Antonello ’ s uncle Arnà, who had lands in Argolis, were satisfied by a pension.

The twentieth century saw a wholesale language shift, with islanders changing their language practices to the extent that there were no monolingual Corsican speakers left by the 1960s.

Forty-two people were killed and 75 % of the islanders ' homes were destroyed or severely damaged.

The lowest division represents a period when the heavens hung low over the earth, which was inhabited by animals that were not known to the islanders.

There is a system of stone beacons that were built at regular intervals to signal the approach of ships, and warning the islanders against invasions by pirates.

During these tests islanders were not evacuated.

In June 1921, the League announced its decision: the islands were to remain a part of Finland, but with guaranteed protection of the islanders, including demilitarization.

In 1644, the islanders were faced with many months of hardships, due to delayed shipment of supplies, bad harvests and cyclones.

The islanders lost their status as ' Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies ' ( as defined in the British Nationality Act 1948 ) and were stripped of their right of abode in Britain.

The fall can be explained mostly by emigration, especially since 2002 when the islanders were granted full British citizenship.

In Medieval times islanders were crossing the strait to form fishing villages on Livonian coast, in particular Pitrags village.

The classic materials are flax, hemp or wool ; those of the Balearic islanders were said to be made from a type of rush.

The only currency in use on the island at this time was the potato, and islanders labouring to construct the station were paid in kind with naval supplies for their own use, such as wood, paint and tea.

The Americans were dependent on Bermuda for salt, which the islanders offered the rebels in exchange for food.

If the islanders were not able to pay for solar lanterns with cash, reasoned the project developers, they can pay with crops

Although the population at the time consisted of about 500 native islanders and less than 50 whites, only the latter were permitted to hold office.

The Jesuits learned that the islanders were said to have been good at reindeer husbandry.

But, altogether the feats of the Torres Straits islanders equalled those reported by travellers from other parts of the world, they were due to the power of attending to minute details in familiar and strictly limited surrounding, and not to supernormal visual acuity.

During the period known as Blackbirding, in the 1870s and 1880s, hundreds of thousands of Pacific islanders ( many of them from the New Hebrides ( now Vanuatu ) archipelago ) were enslaved and forced to work on plantations, mainly in Queensland, Australia and Fiji.

Manufactured clothing, medicine, canned food, tents, weapons and other goods arrived in vast quantities for the soldiers, who often shared some of it with the islanders who were their guides and hosts.

When World War II broke out and the German military occupied the island, he ensured that the islanders were largely left in peace.

The legal process being terminated, Peter went to war, on the advice that the islanders were burdened by taxes and would readily rise in his support.

This tax replaced the county tax, which the islanders were also exempt from paying, not being part of a county.

They arrived at the islands one night in December 1823 and soon overpowered the islanders in the absence of their warriors.

Although Ishmael always tells the islanders " I won't force you ", it soon becomes apparent that his decisions go largely unquestioned and his suggestions are obeyed like orders.

Although Ishmael always tells the islanders " I won't force you ", it soon becomes apparent that his decisions go largely unquestioned and his suggestions are obeyed as if they were orders.

Wulfhere of Mercia had invaded in 661 and forced the islanders to convert, but as soon as he left they had reverted to paganism.

The people hit the hardest by the new GST will be the people on the lowest incomes, however, to try to prevent islanders living below the poverty line, the States of Jersey introduced an Income Support service in January 2008.

For many years the islanders and the Germans argued over the lease, including its the terms and the importation of labourers, however the Germans remained until the lease expired in 1890.

The dispute however was finally shifted from a colonial dispute to an ethnic dispute between the Turkish and the Greek islanders.

The GameCube version, however has one additional ending with the islanders not building a monument this time, but a large rocket that blasts them up into space.

Over the term of the 1999-2008 Labour government, social statistics for Maori and Pacific islanders did generally improve, however the statistics for white New Zealanders showed a greater improvement, resulting in the ' gaps ' actually increasing.

In 1797, however, Napoléon Bonaparte conquered Venice, and by the Treaty of Campo Formio the islanders found themselves under French rule, the islands being organised as the départments Mer-Égée, Ithaque and Corcyre.

Once Greek independence was established after 1830, however, the islanders began to resent foreign rule and to press for enosis-union with Greece.

During the final preparation, the displaced islanders began to protest their move ; however, they were unsuccessful in preventing the " shot.

Tristan islanders, however, were still permitted to harvest seabirds from the island.

In sporting events in which Jersey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations-there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.

The cultural differences existing within the Torres Is., at least in the perception of the islanders, essentially match language boundaries: that is, two groups are recognised — the ' people of Hiw ' vs the ' people of Toga '; however, a secondary, less essential division is drawn between the two populations of Lo and Toga.

Many, particularly the Orang Laut ( islanders from Johor maritime territories ), however felt that the declaration was improper.

In sporting events in which Guernsey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations-there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.

Fishing was their favourite exercise, however selling coir ropes and thatches made by islanders and collection of cowry shells, turtle shells and ambergris were being sold to produce their major income.