Though conquerors, the Chaldeans were rapidly and completely assimilated into the dominant Babylonian culture, as the Amorites before them had been, and after the fall of Babylon in 539 BC the term " Chaldean " was no longer used to describe a specific race of people, but rather a " socio-Economic " class, regardless of ethnicity.

Though politically dominant, these Germanic invaders were gradually absorbed into the Venetian population over the centuries.

Though Nepal Bhasa was the dominant language in the Kathmandu valley, Nepali is the most dominant nowadays. Nepali is now used in government and as the everyday language of a growing portion of the local population.

Though a minority of scholars follow the Augustinian hypothesis, most scholars ( including Christians and non-Christians ) date the composition of the Christian gospels to between 70 and 100 CE, a time after Christianity had separated from Judaism ( and after Pharisaism emerged as the dominant form of Judaism ).

Though the Jola are the dominant ethnic group in the Casamance, they represent only 4 % of the total population of Senegal.

Though the dominant Hanna-Barbera Productions launched a phenomenon with the 1981 premiere of The Smurfs on NBC, very little else which they produced in this decade caught on.

Though Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash had some parts in writing some songs for the group, Hendryx would emerge at the end of 1972 as the dominant songwriter of the three.

Though this image appeals to the modern western reader, its development was part of the position Chán held during the Song Dynasty as dominant, and state-controlled form of religion.

Though East Coast hip hop was dominant throughout the late 1980s, N. W. A's Straight Outta Compton presented the toughened sound of West Coast hip hop, which was accompanied by gritty, street-level subject matter.

Though the courts originally adopted the British Hicklin test, an American test was finally set down in Roth v. United States, in which it was determined that obscenity was material whose " dominant theme taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest " to the " average person, applying contemporary community standards ," and was, " utterly without redeeming social importance.

Though the power of appointment is listed among the reserve powers, in fact the Governor-General abides by strict conventions, and has always appointed the leader of the dominant party in the House of Representatives.

Though successful on all surfaces, it was on clay courts where Evert was most dominant.

Though PDP is the dominant form of connectionism, other theoretical work should also be classified as connectionist.

Though Flutter managed to climb to a reported 30 % market share, Flutter's backers were content to broker a merger which left Betfair the dominant partner by a reported ratio of 84: 16.

Though the views are sometimes attributed to him, Clements never argued that climax communities must always occur, or that the dominant cause of vegetation is climate, or that the different species in an ecological community are tightly integrated physiologically, or that plant communities have sharp boundaries in time or space.

Though still the most dominant provider of telephone services, it has had competition from the sole cable provider in the country ( since September 2006 ), Hot, which offers a cables based telephone and internet access services as of 2005, and with 012 Smile and more recently 013 netvision and Orange.

Though his party was effectively gone, Santamaria and his National Civic Council took a strong diametrically opposed stance to dominant neoliberal / New Right tendencies within both the ALP and Liberal parties throughout the eighties and early nineties.

Though this opposition first became highly popularized in 1999, it can be traced back prior to the 1980s when the Washington Consensus became a dominant development in thinking and policy-making.

Though the technical content and number of techniques varies by lineage, the first Chart One was simply a collection of 15 upper-body dominant techniques Shimabuku felt were necessary for proper development.

Though still a teenager, Matthews became one the most important players in a dominant Hawthorn team in 1971.

Though the music is atonal in the sense that it does not follow the techniques of the major / minor tonality system dominant in the West during the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, the piece is written with other methods for controlling pitch to direct the harmonic flow.

Though simple and effective, this kind of conservative dominant pole compensation has two drawbacks:

Though South Korea's case involved enriching uranium to levels near weapons grade, the country itself voluntarily reported the isolated activity and Goldschmidt has argued " political considerations also played a dominant role in the board's decision " to not make a formal finding of non-compliance.

Though they would produce some very memorable and lasting songs, Arlen and Mercer were not given strong material to work on.

Though it was a great relief when the big brains on these shows turned out to be frauds and phonies, it did irreparable damage to the ego of the editor and many another intelligent, well-informed American.

Though there is obviously nothing new about these techniques, they do challenge the worker's skill to articulate them precisely on the spot and on the basis of quick and accurate diagnostic assessments.

Though the accused raised many other objections, he did not object on this crucial point at any stage of the proceedings.

Though President John F. Kennedy was primarily concerned with the crucial problems of Berlin and disarmament adviser McCloy's unexpected report from Khrushchev, his new enthusiasm and reliance on personal diplomacy involved him in other key problems of U.S. foreign policy last week.

Though he was glad she got on well with his young folks, she ought to be welcome at the finest house in the land, too.

Though such works as Coming of Age in Samoa and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword remain popular with the American public, Mead and Benedict never had the impact on the discipline of anthropology that some expected.

Though the prison chaplain accuses the state of stripping Alex of free will, the government officials on the scene are pleased with the results and Alex is released into society.

Though Carrel was skeptical about meeting with a priest Presse ended up having a profound influence on the rest of Carrel's life.

Though aware of the plot, Agrippina embarked on this boat and was nearly crushed by a collapsing lead ceiling only to be saved by the side of a sofa breaking the ceiling's fall.

Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.

Though there might be blocs of opinion, sometimes enduring, on important matters, there were no political parties and likewise no government or opposition ( as in the Westminster system ).

Though both ended up as rogue governments and did not follow through on their constitutional promises, they began as responses from the Athenian elite to what they saw as the inherent arbitrariness of government by the masses ( Plato in the Seventh Epistle does remark that the Thirty made the preceding democratic regime look like a Golden Age ).

Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.

Though from vastly different backgrounds, within three months Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married on 29 December 1812.

Though respected for their contributions to various academic disciplines ( respectively mathematics, linguistics, and literature ), the three men became known to the general public only by making often-controversial and disputed pronouncements on politics and public policy that would not be regarded as noteworthy if offered by a medical doctor or skilled tradesman.

Though Thomas was confirmed and took a seat on the Court, Hill's testimony focused national attention on the issue of workplace sexual harassment.

" Though already an apostle, Apollos was open to instruction on a fine point of Christian doctrine.

Though Anthony himself did not organize or create a monastery, a community grew around him based on his example of living an ascetic and isolated life.

Though only a minority of the population, the movement rebelled on Sunday 7 December, the day after the news of the coup arrived.

Though there is some debate on the exact mechanism of conjugation it seems that the pili are not the structures through which DNA exchange occurs.

Though his recordings sold well, he was not so influential on some younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as they could other commercially successful artists.

Though there are many important differences of interpretation and opinion of the Bible on which Christianity is based, Christians share a set of beliefs that they hold as essential to their faith.