These states consisted of kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities, free Hanseatic cities and one imperial territory.

These conquerors soon became settled, and adopted many of the local customs, forming many small and warring kingdoms.

These were the first of the Rajput states, a series of kingdoms which managed to survive in some form for almost a millennium, until Indian independence from the British.

These Heraclids were a group of Dorian kings who conquered the Peloponnesian kingdoms of Mycenae, Sparta and Argos ; according to the literary tradition in Greek mythology, they claimed a right to rule through their ancestor.

These tribes and kingdoms were soon overshadowed by the rise of the Gok-Turks in 555, the Uyghurs in 745 and the Yenisei Kirghizs in 840.

These Sahelian kingdoms had neither rigid geopolitical boundaries nor rigid ethnic identities.

These expeditions were typically carried out by African kingdoms, such as the Oyo empire ( Yoruba ), the Ashanti Empire, the kingdom of Dahomey, and the Aro Confederacy.

These would be used to great effect by the Successor kingdoms and the Parthians and, later, by the Sassanians and Sarmatians.

These are ancient sources which cover the histories of the powerful ancient Sinhalese kingdoms of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa which lasted for 1500 years.

These Vikings were Hispanised in all Christian kingdoms, while they kept their ethnic identity and culture in Al-Andalus.

These kingdoms were sometimes grouped together and ruled by a single, provincial ruler.

These political marriages were summed up in the following Latin elegiac couplet: Bella gerant aliī, tū fēlix Austria nūbe / Nam quae Mars aliīs, dat tibi regna Venus, " Let others wage war, but thou, O happy Austria, marry ; for those kingdoms which Mars gives to others, Venus gives to thee.

These kingdoms contributed a lot to the economic and cultural landscape of Bengal.

These kingdoms gradually lost all vestiges of their independence, particularly following the Rebellion of the Seven States.

These Giudicati consist of four independent kingdoms in which Sardinia was divided at that time.

These kingdoms increased their wealth and power through exchanges with European, Arab and other seafaring traders, whether they were legitimate vessels or pirates.

These monarchs adopted the cultural traditions of subjects in their territories and expanded their kingdoms.

These borders contained the kingdom of Rwanda as well as a group of smaller kingdoms on the shore of Lake Victoria.

These three kingdoms defined the political division of Francia until the rise of the Carolingians and even thereafter.

These kingdoms eventually fell in wars with the Witch-king of Angmar, though the Dúnedain of the North survived as the Rangers.

These bridges would serve as both obstacles preventing Brian's fleet from traveling up the Shannon and as a means by which the armies of the Provinces of Meath and Connacht could cross over into each other's kingdoms.

These lands were for the next seven centuries to constitute the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.

These troops of different faiths were joining to the service of the Christian kingdoms as they once had been under the command of the Muslim kingdoms.

These shifts in alliance and allegiance not only increased the difficulties confronting the English embassy as a whole, but also directly involved the two Savoyards, Amadee and Othon.

These destructive forces also have a seriously adverse effect upon the watersheds and their life-supporting waterflows, and upon the other renewable forest resources.

These can also move a short distance but at right angles to the tappets.

These bunks also serve as a fence, so part of the additional cost must be attributed to the fence.

These observations indicate that the lunar maria heat up more rapidly and also cool off more rapidly than do the mountainous regions.

These contour diagrams also suggest a rather rapid falloff in the radio brightness with latitude.

These were the years when people flocked to Manchester not only to play golf, which had come into vogue, but also to witness the Ekwanok Country Club tournaments.

These free-standing statues were usually marble, but also the form rendered in limestone, bronze, ivory and terracotta.

These normally play an important role in controlling the growth of algae and also forage on detritus that accumulates as sediment on the bottom.

These had dual function since they were also used as pure consonants.

These three differ from each other in the way they treat vowels: abjads have letters for consonants and leave most vowels unexpressed ; abugidas are also consonant-based, but indicate vowels with diacritics to or a systematic graphic modification of the consonants.

These antibiotics may also be prescribed to patients with a documented allergy to penicillin.

These ideas were found in a number of Kabbalistic works from the 13th century, and also among many mystics in the late 16th century.

These metals were also used to strengthen each other, for more practical purposes.

These scholars also maintain that Jesus was the only human ever elected and that individuals must be " in Christ " ( Eph 1: 3 – 4 ) through faith to be part of the elect.

These findings are based on laboratory studies, and in clinical settings have also been shown to eliminate bacterial infection.

These experiments also led to a number of patents: for example, he invented a new form of laminated bent-plywood furniture in 1932.

These alleged refugees claimed the ancestry of Sargon of Akkad ( whose dynasty died out some 15 centuries before the fall of Assyria ), they also contradictionally claimed ancestry from Nabopolassar, a Babylonian king of Chaldean extraction who played a major part in the destruction of the Assyrian Empire.

These include Hindu astrology ( also known as " Indian astrology " and in modern times referred to as " Vedic astrology ") and Chinese astrology, both of which have influenced the world's cultural history.

These pits were also used to steam foods by adding heated rocks or embers and then seaweed or corn husks ( or other coverings ) placed on top to steam fish and shellfish as well as vegetables ; potatoes would be added while still in-skin and corn while in-husk, this would later be referred to as a clambake by the colonists.

These techniques also tend to form the backbone of most undergraduate analytical chemistry educational labs.

These activists also point out that heavy subsidization of developed nations ' agriculture and the aggressive use of export subsidies by some developed nations to make their agricultural products more attractive on the international market are major causes of declines in the agricultural sectors of many developing nations.

These highly educated immigrants were also responsible for educational reform and the enlightened, revolutionary spirit that developed in Aarau.

These bacteria also secrete proteins that enable the AC-II to enter host cells, where the exogenous AC activity undermines normal cellular processes.

These are also sometimes called simply AC1, AC2, etc., and, somewhat confusingly, sometimes Roman numerals are used for these isoforms that all belong to the overall AC class III.