The period 2700 – 2300 BC saw the first appearance of the Sumerian abacus, a table of successive columns which delimited the successive orders of magnitude of their sexagesimal number system.

The period from 700-1130 CE ( Pueblo I and II Eras ) saw a rapid increase in population due to consistent and regular rainfall patterns.

The period of Darling's captaincy saw the emergence of outstanding Australian players such as Trumper, Warwick Armstrong, James Kelly, Monty Noble, Clem Hill, Hugh Trumble and Ernie Jones.

" Wretch " also represents a period in Newton's life when he saw himself outcast and miserable, as he was when he was enslaved in Sierra Leone ; his own arrogance was matched by how far he had fallen in his life.

This period of Greek art saw a veneration of the human physical form and the development of corresponding skills to show musculature, poise, beauty and anatomically correct proportions.

However, the subsequent period saw the departure of manager van Gaal along with an exodus of many key players including Clarence Seedorf in 1995 ; Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Finidi George, and Nwankwo Kanu in 1996 ; Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars, and Winston Bogarde in 1997 ; Ronald de Boer and Frank de Boer in 1998 ; and Edwin van der Sar and Jari Litmanen in 1999.

However, this was significantly less successful than conventional regulation in the European Union, which saw a decrease of over 70 % in SO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions during the same time period.

The same period saw the rapid rise of Persia, previously an unimportant kingdom in present-day southern Iran, to a position of great power, and in 539 BC Cyrus II, the Persian ruler, conquered Babylon.

This period included eighteen consecutive winning seasons ( 1968 – 1985 ) -- an unprecedented run of success that saw the Orioles become the envy of the league, and the winningest team in baseball.

The period of nationalisation saw sweeping changes in the national railway network.

The Napoleonic wars left the province ravaged, but the postwar period saw the start of industrialization.

520 BCE falls between the start of the Persian empire in 539 BCE and 520 BCE a period that saw major kings such as Zerubbabel helped lead the Jews in their return to the land.

The revolutionary period saw the introduction of policies favouring French over the regional languages, pejoratively referred to as patois.

The late Medieval period saw the recitation of certain hours of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, which was based on the Breviary in form and content, becoming popular among those who could read, and Bishop Challoner did much to popularise the hours of Sunday Vespers and Compline ( albeit in English translation ) in his ' Garden of the Soul ' in the eighteenth century.

This period also saw the process of decolonisation commence with the partition and independence of India and Pakistan, followed by the independence of British colonies in Africa and Asia.

The Second Great Awakening, a period of religious revival that occurred in the U. S. during the early 1800s, saw the development of a number of unrelated churches.

The language of this transition period, from about the 14th to 18th centuries, is referred to as Middle Khmer and saw borrowing from Thai, Lao and, to a lesser extent, Vietnamese.

The period saw increasing threat of Ottoman conquest and struggle against the Republic of Venice for control of coastal areas.

The period from 1946 to 1951 saw continuous full employment and steadily rising living standards, which increased by about 10 % each year.

Smaller pterosaurs became extinct prior to the Maastrichtian during a period that saw a decline in smaller animal species while larger species became more prevalent.

Overall, more than two million tourists visited Crete last year, and this increase in tourism is reflected on the number of hotel beds, rising by 53 % in the period between 1986 and 1991, when the rest of Greece saw increases of only 25 %.

The six-year period after 1931 — when the cane toad was most prolific, and the white-grub saw dramatic decline — saw the highest-ever rainfall for Puerto Rico.

The 1920s saw an interim period during which cavalry remained as a proud and conspicuous element of all major armies, though much less so than prior to 1914.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

This period ended with the rise of the Qin Dynasty and the subsequent purge of dissent.

If it does, ocean levels would rise by a few metres in a very short period of time.

The Empire of Akkad collapsed in 2154 BC, within 180 years of its founding, ushering in a period of regional decline that lasted until the rise of the Third Dynasty of Ur in 2112 BC.

Urban populations there had peaked already by 2, 600 BC, and ecological pressures were high, contributing to the rise of militarism apparent immediately prior to the Akkadian period ( as seen in the Stele of the Vultures of Eannatum ).

A period of large trade deficits and improper real estate investment hit Bulgaria hard during the late-2000s recession, resulting in a 5. 5 % GDP decline in that period, a rise in unemployment, and spending at least five quarters in its worst recession since the early 1980s.

Constant fighting between federalists and centralists gave rise to a period of instability, which came to be known as la Patria Boba ( the Foolish Fatherland ).

Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four years, a dramatic rise from the one-and-a-half year average of the 1900-1944 period.

As noted above, some world-systems analysts such as Janet Abu-Lughod thought China invented capitalism during this period with the rise of a monied economy and the invention of paper currency.

This clearly shows a rise in Bishops status and power during this time period.

The postwar period coincided with the rise of the radio disc jockey as a celebrity separate from the radio station, also known as a " radio personality ".

His meteoric rise and fall were clearly the stuff of legend, and few if any players, either before or since, have had such an immense impact over so brief a period.

The period after the American Occupation led to a rise in diversity in movie distribution thanks to the increased output and popularity of the film studios of Toho, Daiei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu, and Toei.

The rise of support for anarchism in this period of time was important in influencing the politics of fascism.

This period also saw the rise of the political " clubs " in French politics.

Use of flags outside of military or naval context begins only with the rise of nationalist sentiment by the end of the 18th century ; the earliest national flags date to that period, and during the 19th century it became common for every sovereign state to introduce a national flag.

The period from 1086 to 1156 was the age of supremacy of the In no chō and of the rise of the military class throughout the country.

Before a new employee could rise to the level of mastery, he had to go through a schooling period during which he was first called an apprentice.

After this period he could rise to the level of journeyman.

The community which gave rise to Matthew originated in Palestine, but: " There the community ’ s mission to Israel failed, and eventually, probably in the period preceding the Jewish War of 66-70, they were forced to leave the land of Israel.

The period known as classical antiquity began with the rise of the city-states of Ancient Greece out of the Greek Dark Ages.

The post-war period also witnessed a significant rise in the standard of living of the Western European working class.