This economic stagnation is argued to have commenced with the demise of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924, with trade networks being disrupted and societies torn apart with the creation of new nation states ; prior to this, the Middle East had a diverse and growing economy and more general prosperity.

The reign of Casimir the Great was a period of growing prosperity of Lesser Poland.

Since 1984, relations between Sikhs and Hindus have moved towards a rapprochement helped by growing economic prosperity ; however, in 2002 the claims of the popular right-wing Hindu organisation the RSS that " Sikhs are Hindus " angered Sikh sensibilities.

Batlle had two terms ( 1903 – 07 and 1911 – 15 ) during which, and taking advantage of the nation's stability and growing economic prosperity, he instituted major reforms such as a welfare program, government participation in many facets of the economy, and a plural executive.

While a large part of the population continued to struggle with high unemployment and deprivations in the aftermath of World War I, the upper class of society, and a growing middle class, gradually rediscovered prosperity and turned Berlin into a cosmopolitan city.

The decade is seen particularly by many Western nations as a period of peace and growing prosperity as the threat of Cold War conflict ended with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union.

* Most of Europe enjoyed growing prosperity during the 90s however problems including the massive 1995 general strikes in France following a recession and the difficulties associated with German reunification lead to sluggish growth in these countries.

The growing national economy and prosperity led to a recovery during the 1960s, with some down years during the early 1970s in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

According to Chinese legend, the Zhou lineage began with Emperor Ku and proceeded from him to Qi, Buku, Ju, and then Gongliu, before Gugong Danfu moved the Zhou clan from Bin ( 豳 or 邠 ) to an area in the Wei River valley, where they founded a town that became central to the Zhou clan's growing prosperity.

" In 1856, with Harriet's declining health and Jack's growing reputation and prosperity, they moved into Harriet's childhood home, a mansion with a garden, where the children ran free.

It enjoyed great prosperity, however, due to their growing of spelt, a grain that was put into groats, wine, roses, spices, unguents etc., and also owing to its manufacture, especially of bronze objects, of which both the elder Cato and the elder Pliny speak in the highest terms.

Sheep farming did not lead to the prosperity hoped for and wine growing, which was badly hit by the phylloxera crisis during the closing decades of the 19th century, has had to compete with other more established areas of France.

He had hoped that growing prosperity would enable the population to manage much of their social security by self-reliance and end the necessity for a widespread welfare state.

The town suffered in the plague of 1349, but recovered enough, and with encouragement from the Canons, and growing general prosperity, to have a new church ( now St. Mary's, behind the buildings on the south side of Market Hill )) constructed with limestone from the Wash and decorated with Thetford flint.

Although in the end he could not compel total capitulation from his enemies, his victories allowed Britain to rise from a minor to a major power, ensuring the country's growing prosperity throughout the 18th century.

In Britain there was economic prosperity ; exports " zoomed ", according to The Times, and the economy was growing at an annual rate of four per cent.

After the union ( 1707 ) things mended slowly but surely, curious evidence of growing commercial prosperity being the enormous extent to which smuggling was carried on.

Tocqueville considered the separate spheres of women and men a positive development, stating: " As for myself, I do not hesitate to avow that although the women of the United States are confined within the narrow circle of domestic life, and their situation is in some respects one of extreme dependence, I have nowhere seen women occupying a loftier position ; and if I were asked, (...) to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply ,— to the superiority of their women.

During this period of prosperity, many incomes doubled in a generation, described by economist Frank Levy as “ upward mobility on a rocket ship .” The substantial increase in average family income within a generation resulted in millions of office and factory workers being lifted into a growing middle class, enabling them to sustain a standard of living once considered to be reserved for the wealthy.

At the center of middle-class culture in the 1950s was a growing demand for consumer goods ; a result of the postwar prosperity, the increase in variety and availability of consumer products, and television advertising.

Before he was thirty, his growing prosperity allowed him to buy a whiskey-importing business.

Transistor radios were extremely successful because of four social forces — a large number of young people, a post – World War II baby boom, a public with a disposable income amidst a period of prosperity, and the growing popularity of rock ' n ' roll music.

San Juan Pueblo, a small town midway of La Ceiba and Tela is showing prosperity and quickly growing into one of the most industrialized towns.

Irish nationalism has changed dramatically since the Free State era, and particularly since the 1960s, with growing prosperity signalling new economic and social priorities.

He helped to initiate the first independent legal political organizations and became prominent in the Soviet Union's growing political opposition.

His parents helped nurture his growing interest in science by buying him chemistry sets and reading materials.

Many cacti have a short growing season and a long dormancy and are able to react quickly to any rainfall, helped by an extensive but relatively shallow root system.

In the few years after Okrent helped popularize fantasy baseball, a host of experts and businesses emerged to service the growing hobby.

) The construction of freeways and underpasses by the municipal government, the implementation of reversible lanes during peak rush hour traffic flows, as well as the establishment of the Department of Metropolitan Transit Police ( PMT ) has helped traffic flow in the city ; however, the Guatemalan metropolitan area still faces a growing transportation problem.

His reforms helped to gradually transform the PRC into one of the world's fastest growing economies.

Cheap and plentiful pamphlets as well as the growing popularity of scientific lectures as entertainment also helped spread phrenology to the masses.

Brought into the country by book smugglers despite the threat of stiff prison sentences, they helped fuel a growing nationalist sentiment that finally led to the lifting of the ban in 1904.

By 1899, he was openly associating with the emerging Marxist social-democratic movement which helped make him a celebrity among both the intelligentsia and the growing numbers of " conscious " workers.

The crop failures of the “ Year without a Summer ” may have helped shape the settling of the " American Heartland ", as many thousands of people ( particularly farm families who were wiped out by the event ) left New England for what is now western and central New York and the Upper Midwest ( then the Northwest Territory ) in search of a more hospitable climate, richer soil, and better growing conditions.

That change helped merchants satisfy the salt requirements of an ever growing demand.

Beard growing contests sponsored by Bob's Barber Shop and many other odd activities helped to bring this community together.

The incorporation helped to serve the growing city which was outgrowing its current infrastructure.

He helped provide capital for the growing business.

Its mid-19th century growing industrial, commercial, and transportation significance, helped transform the town into a social and cultural center.

Although a tough period, Spokane's economy had begun to benefit from economic diversification, being the home to growing companies such as Key Tronic and having research, marketing, and assembly plants for other technology companies helped lessen Spokane's dependency on natural resources.

In 2004, Jack Meredith ( 1925-2007 ) recorded his recollections of growing up on Tower Hill, including the story of how he helped dig the ditches that electrically connected the three WMMN broadcast towers.

The first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands ( an idea fully realized in Johnson v. M ' Intosh ).

These artists were among a growing number whose committed advocacy of the composer helped his music to reach a wider audience.

Many genres of literature made their début during the Edo Period, helped by a rising literacy rate among the growing population of townspeople, as well as the development of lending libraries.

The sack of some Thracian towns helped Alexios ' situation a little, but meanwhile hostility between the restive Crusaders and the inhabitants of Constantinople was growing.

Up to this point, Chrysler-Plymouth outlets did not have a sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) to sell, and adding the Jeep line helped dealers offer customers a range of vehicles in a rapidly growing market segment.

However, Branch noted that the revelation in a contemporaneous McClure's magazine story of " Camp's $ 100, 000 slush fund ", along with concern about the violence of the growing sport, helped lead to President Theodore Roosevelt's intervention in the sport.