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 also helped introduce new music, painting, dancing and sculpture into Bengali art-forms as well as many temples were constructed during this period.

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 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 variations must eventually be measured horizontally as well as vertically.

These rituals and beliefs eventually evolved over time into the vast array of “ developed ” religions.

These four elements were eventually codified in most states.

These historians point towards the unstable oligarchies established by Lysander in the former Athenian Empire and the failures of Spartan leaders ( such as Pausanias and Kleombrotos ) for the eventually suppression of Spartan power.

These eventually created a state within the state.

These problems were eventually solved as jet aircraft reached transonic and supersonic speeds.

These abbreviated volumes soon became very popular and eventually supplanted the Roman Catholic Church's Curia office, previously said by non-monastic clergy.

These advances were passed on through Byzantium and Islamic times, eventually making their way back to Europe.

( These were eventually replaced by small mortars ).

These were all eventually repaid with interest.

These carrier groups eventually formed the Fast Carrier Task Force, which became the primary battle force of the U. S. Fifth and Third Fleets.

These wines eventually became known as the " Super Tuscans ".

" These data marts can eventually be integrated to create a comprehensive data warehouse.

These included criteria that the group maintains a myth or collective memory of their homeland ; they regard their ancestral homeland as their true home, to which they will eventually return ; being committed to the restoration or maintenance of that homeland ; and they relate " personally or vicariously " to the homeland to a point where it shapes their identity.

These microprocessors were most prominently used in a variety of DEC workstations and servers, which eventually formed the basis for almost all of their mid-to-upper-scale lineup.

These primordial structures would eventually become the galaxies we see today.

These invaders appeared in Asia Minor in 278 – 277 BC ; others invaded Macedonia, killed the Ptolemaic ruler Ptolemy Ceraunus but were eventually ousted by Antigonus Gonatas, the grandson of the defeated Diadoch Antigonus the One-Eyed.

These factors eventually began to impact the operating system's efficiency and stability.

These acquisitions eventually transformed the Hohenzollerns from a minor German princely family into one of the most important in Europe.

These instruments were eventually installed in the Macfarlane Observatory.

These stories soon reached the national ( and later the international ) press, which described a " monster fish ", " sea serpent ", or " dragon ", eventually settling on " Loch Ness Monster ".

These trails became primitive roads which were eventually paved.

These debates eventually came to be edited together into compilations known as the Talmud: the Talmud Yerushalmi ( Jerusalem Talmud ) for the compilation in Israel, and Talmud Bavli ( Babylonian Talmud ) for the compilation undertaken in Babylon.

These decisions eventually affected the whole economy, forcing the nation to acquire external debts.

These forces eventually came to be known as the " Colorado " s and the " Liberals ".