These wars largely ended with Arab defeats, with a fairly well-known commander, Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, perishing in one instance.

These various controversies have led to William being seen by some historians either as one of the creators of England's greatness or as inflicting one of the greatest defeats in English history.

These defeats in the east and the west of the island proved decisive for the Turks and they abandoned their siege and departed.

These external factors began with crushing military defeats at Byzantium, Toulouse and Tours, which led to the Great Berber Revolt of 740 in Iberia and Northern Africa.

These defeats progressively led to disenchantment of the population with the regime, that already was in an awkward position because it was also brushed with the tar of the depredations of the French " sister republic " that mainly viewed the Batavian Republic as a milch cow, both collectively ( in its demands for loans at very low interest rates ) and individually ( in the demands of French officials for bribes and other extortions ).

These electoral defeats partly accounted for the party's financial problems.

These two defeats undermined the French confidence that had greeted the success at Yorktown.

These Christian defeats prompted the Third Crusade, which began two years after the Battle of Hattin.

These defeats helped provoke an internal rebellion ( the Tây Sơn rebellion ) which would soon sweep the Nguyễn out of power.

These tapestries were woven in Tournai between 1465 and 1470, and taken as plunder from Charles the Bold after one of his defeats during the Burgundian Wars against the Swiss.

These defeats were arguably caused by recklessness on Masamune's part.

These defeats were due to a debt in public finance and the number of seats in the city council.

These include battles such as Frederick the Great ’ s victories at Mollwitz in 1741, Hohenfriedeberg in 1745, Leuthen ( 1757 ) and Zorndorf ( 1758 ), and his defeats at Gross-Jägersdorf in 1757 and Kunersdorf in 1759.

These efforts at creating military institutions followed military defeats in the Seven Years ' War ( 1756-1763 ).

These defeats were stricken from public record by the Emperor's order, yet surviving crewmen and colonial defenders brought stories back to Centauri Prime.

These defeats set the tone for most of the following outings of the team, who are regarded as whipping boys in the qualifying sections of the European Championship and the World Cup.

These losses were followed by two defeats by Italy, and a 3 – 0 home win over Serbia and Montenegro was little consolation, as the Finns finished fourth in the group.

These two operations were colossal defeats for the German army and completely destroyed a large number of German formations.

These defeats undermined Dutch morale and prestige.

These triumphs healed the wound of two successive Yorkshire Cup final defeats in 1955 and 1957.

These devastating defeats ended Persian control over Mesopotamia, and left the Persian capital Ctesiphon unguarded and vulnerable to Muslim attack.

These two families suffered heavy defeats at the hands of Nobunaga and his chief general Hideyoshi Toyotomi, so in 1571 they sought a stronger alliance with the temples.

These minor triumphs were a Republican honour granted for unspectacular victories or defeats of slave revolts.

These defeats led Flaithbertach to call in the naval help of the men of Dál Riata but their fleet was destroyed at the mouth of the Bann in 734.

These religious also struggled for a deeply personal, intimate relationship with God.

These deaths, her divorce from Fairbanks, and the end of silent films left Pickford deeply depressed.

These are the factors to which Davis traces a heroin habit that deeply affected him for the next four years.

These delve deeply into the rich and complex texture of the Universe providing a great sense of verisimilitude, also exploring some of Hamilton's darker themes.

These kinds of corruption are deeply embedded in the Thai society for many reasons.

These, together with his Dichos de Luz y Amor, or " Sayings of Light and Love ," and St. Teresa's writings, are the most important mystical works in Spanish, and have deeply influenced later spiritual writers all around the world.

These orchids have two ovoidal bulbs, deeply webbed and with many small and short lobes.

These imperial robes consist of a number of tunics and cloaks, of scarlet cloth heavy embroidered in gold and including an elbow length cape with a deeply scalloped edge, fringed in gold ( the scallops on either side of the opening on the front being particularly long, giving them the appearance of a western priest's stole ) and two large squares of scarlet cloth similarly heavily embroidered and fringed in gold attached to each shoulder.

These stories are deeply embedded in Hindu philosophy and serve as parables and sources of devotion for Hindus.

These ridges are the remnants of an ancient, much larger plateau that has been deeply eroded into an extensive series of river valleys.

These highlands are deeply incised by creeks and rivers.

These omissions reduce Joan's role in this scene to a virtual spectator, and coupled with this, Brenda Blethyn portrays the character as if deeply troubled by something ( presumably the loss of contact with her ' fiends ').

These are discussed more deeply in an article on standard user models.

These bullets are designed to penetrate deeply through muscle and bone, while causing a wound channel of nearly the full diameter of the bullet.

These bullets are designed to penetrate deeply enough to reach vital organs from any shooting angle and at a far enough range.

These actions were deeply unpopular and soon Sicilian opinion became inflamed against him.

These works are deeply contrapuntal to please a London audience still in love with Corelli, compared to the galant work that was fashionable on the Continent at the time of their composition.

Curnoe and his friends also formed the Nihilist Party of Canada, which featured two campaign songs: “ Don ’ t Vote ” and “ Close the 49th Parallel .” These seemingly frivolous activities reflected his deeply held beliefs that Toronto art was imitating New York art.

These fish are not closely related to sharks, which are in a different taxonomic class, but they do have some body parts that resemble those of sharks such as their skeletons, primarily composed of cartilage, and their deeply forked heterocercal tail fins.

These groups often featured poetic lyrics loaded with indirect double-meanings and deeply philosophical challenges to the status quo.

These thin plates, however, are quickly destroyed when the battery is deeply discharged, making them unsuitable as house batteries.

These arguments are deeply concerned with the implications of predestination, and often seem to echo the standard argument against free will.

These arguments are deeply concerned with the implications of predestination.

These two concepts are deeply related to the pursuit of happiness in Buddhism and are not merely philosophical games, as in the case of the Greek philosophers.