Throughout European history, philosophers such as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, among others, contemplated the possibility that souls exist in animals, plants, and people ; however, the currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the 19th century by Sir Edward Tylor, who created it as " one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first ".

Throughout the 17th through 19th centuries, boxing bouts were motivated by money, as the fighters competed for prize money, promoters controlled the gate, and spectators bet on the result.

Throughout the 19th century and early 20th century, the area adjoining today's Battery Park City was known as the Greek quarter ; a long-standing reminder of the ethnic past was the former St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Throughout the 19th century, the Great Powers shared different aims over the " Eastern Question " and the integrity of the Ottoman Empire.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, each party held the presidency for roughly equal periods of time.

Omniglot goes so far as to assert " Corsican first appeared in writing towards the end of the 19th century ...." Throughout the 19th and 18th century there was a steady stream of writers in Corsican, many of whom wrote also in other languages.

Throughout the 19th century, these anti-Napoleonic Freikorps were greatly praised and glorified by German nationalists, and a heroic myth built up around their exploits.

Throughout the 19th century there were frequent meetings under the Tree, including both General Assemblies and other political events.

Throughout the 19th century in France, the main line dividing left and right was between supporters of the French Republic and those of the Monarchy.

Throughout industrialization in the late 19th century about 10 percent of the Masurian populace emigrated to the Ruhr Area, where about 180, 000 Masurians lived in 1914.

Throughout the 18th century the Royal Navy gradually gained ascendancy over the French Navy, with victories in the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), inconclusive battles in the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), victories in the Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ), a partial reversal during the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), and consolidation into uncontested supremacy during the 19th century from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Throughout the 19th century, South Georgia was a sealers ' base as well as a whalers ' base beginning in the 20th century, until whaling ended in the 1960s.

Throughout the 19th century the Regular U. S. Army was small, and the state militias provided the majority of the troops during the Mexican-American War, the start of the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War.

Throughout the height of barbed wire sales in the late 19th century, Washburn, Ellwood, Gates, and Haish competed with one another, but Ellwood and Gates eventually joined forces again to create the American Steel and Wire Company, later acquired by The U. S. Steel Corporation.

Throughout the 19th century, Philadelphia had a variety of industries and businesses, the largest being textiles.

Throughout the first quarter of the 19th century, the United States Navy repeatedly engaged pirates in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and in the Mediterranean.

Throughout the 19th century, the port city of Galveston grew rapidly and the Strand was considered the region's primary business center.

Throughout the 19th century, the main line dividing Left and Right in France was between supporters of the Republic and supporters of the Monarchy.

Throughout the 19th century, the concertina was a popular instrument.

Throughout the 19th century, the country's climate continued to grow worse, resulting in mass emigration to the New World, particularly Manitoba in Canada.

Throughout the Mexican national history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Guadalupan name and image have been unifying national symbols ; the first President of Mexico ( 1824 – 29 ) changed his name from José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix to Guadalupe Victoria in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Throughout the 19th century, it was only in the tradition of all-male cathedral choirs that the countertenor voice had survived.

Throughout the 19th century, a modest economic growth took place.

Throughout the work of the later ninth century a calm, severe serenity displays itself.

Throughout the nineteenth century Christianity exerted its influence on American society as a whole primarily through the Protestantism of the older stock.

Throughout the 18th century in France, a new wealthy and influential middle-class was beginning to rise, even though the royalty and nobility continued to be patrons of the arts.

Throughout the 5th century BC, Athens sought to consolidate its control over Thrace, which was strategically important because of its primary materials ( the gold and silver of the Pangaion hills and the dense forests essential for naval construction ), and the sea routes vital for Athens ' supply of grain from Scythia.

Throughout the early twentieth century, boxers struggled to achieve legitimacy, aided by the influence of promoters like Tex Rickard and the popularity of great champions from John L. Sullivan to Jack Dempsey.

Throughout the century, the Party adopted a number of different names.

Throughout the Yuan Dynasty, which lasted less than a century, there was relatively strong sentiment among the populace against the Mongol rule.

Throughout part of the 20th century, some Canadian newspapers adopted American spellings ; for example, color as opposed to the British-based colour.

Throughout his life Hume, who never married, spent time occasionally at his family home at Ninewells by Chirnside, Berwickshire, which had belonged to his family since the sixteenth century.

Throughout the 20th century a minority of prominent scholars, such as John A. T. Robinson, have argued that John is as historically reliable as the synoptics.

Throughout the next century there was a strong expansion of national culture and a dissolution in central authority.

Throughout the century, Castilian ( what is also known today as Spanish ) gained a growing prominence in the Kingdom of Castile as the language of culture and communication, at the expense of Leonese and of other close dialects.

Throughout the 20th century, Honduras's agriculture has been dominated first by bananas and then to a lesser extent by coffee and sugar.

Throughout the 7th and 8th century power fluctuated between the larger kingdoms.

Throughout the twentieth century, human exploitation, shifting agriculture, forest fires, and uncontrolled grazing denuded large areas of Iraq ’ s natural forests, which in 2005 were almost exclusively confined to the northeastern highlands.

Throughout the later half of the 18th century, Louisiana was a pawn on the chessboard of European politics.

Throughout the history of the program, state government expenditures in the aggregate have usually matched or exceeded the Federal expenditures, while local districts all together have spent more than either Federal or state governments.

Throughout the 1960s and most of the 1970s, the military-led governments of Honduras ran a state-sponsored and state-financed economy.

Throughout the summer of 1835, the governments of both states continued their practice of one-upmanship, and constant skirmishes and arrests occurred.

Throughout the Guatemalan Civil War, both military and " civilian " governments utilized death squads as a counterinsurgency strategy.

Throughout the history of Jehovah's Witnesses, their beliefs, doctrines and practices have engendered controversy and opposition from the local governments, communities, or mainstream Christian groups.

Throughout the 1950s the governments of Ireland were worried about the influences of British television and the popularity of the medium.

Throughout history, nations ( or governments ) and religious organizations have owned property.

Throughout the conflict, the Indian central and state governments have supported both sides in different ways.

Throughout the 1970s, it was becoming clear from all sides that radical change was needed as a result of such economic crises as the 1973 oil shock, high inflation, industrial unrest and sterling devaluation, but 1970s governments lacked in totality the political will and leadership, the House of Commons majority, and the intellectual basis from which to change the system until the Conservatives led by Margaret Thatcher won the 1979 general election.

Throughout the war, the WJC lobbied the Allied governments to grant visas to Jewish refugees from Europe and to ensure the restoration of Jewish minority rights in areas liberated by the Allied forces.

Throughout 1962 the two companies and their respective governments talked about forming a consortium to share development and production costs on similar parts.

Throughout its history, members of the Native Sons have safeguarded many of the landmarks of California's pioneer days, purchasing and rehabilitating them and then donating them to the State or local governments.

Throughout his presidency, Houphouët-Boigny maintained a close relationship with France, a policy known as Françafrique, and he built a close friendship with Jacques Foccart, the chief adviser on African policy in the de Gaulle and Pompidou governments.

Throughout history, many different groups that opposed their governments have been called rebels.

Throughout the 1990s, he served in various advisory capacities to city and provincial governments relating to urban issues in the Toronto area.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, various federal, state and local governments in the United States conducted studies into the numerous sources of air pollution.

Throughout the world, only part of these costs is usually billed to consumers, the remainder being financed through direct or indirect subsidies from local, regional or national governments ( see section on tariffs ).

Throughout 1944, the governments of Romania, Bulgaria and Finland found ways to change sides.

Throughout the Middle-East, and in particular Egypt, the various branches of the Muslim Brotherhood have significantly challenged the secular nationalist or monarchical Muslim governments.

Throughout the 20th century, General Church leadership often equated governments led by dictatorships as being under the influence and control of Satan.

Throughout Western Europe, political authority was completely controlled by central governments, while leaders, such as Isabela I, were busy with the concept of how to increase the power of the state.

Throughout the integration process support came primarily from the two governments and their social elites ; neither the Senegalese nor the Gambian publics were really interested in integration.

Throughout the Cold War, both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all China and allowed countries to recognize either one or the other.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Bradford had a high profile as an activist against various social and economic reforms pursued by the governments of the day.