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, governments led from the Lords had often suffered difficulties governing alongside ministers sat in the Commons.

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 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 series, Bebop crew members ' pasts catch up with them, and the show regularly utilizes flashbacks to illustrate the history of the main characters.

Throughout 1939, in private, Hitler always referred to Britain as his main opponent, but portrayed the coming destruction of Poland as a necessary prelude to any war with Britain.

Throughout the show, the main theme could be re-styled in different ways depending on the episode.

Throughout the Star Trek franchise, the main characters ' isolation from Starfleet Command compels them to make and act upon decisions without Starfleet Command's orders or information.

Throughout the series, several main characters lose their original grail and must seek out free grails in order to survive.

Throughout his career, alongside the main performance of national events, the preservation and enhancement of Stanley ’ s own role as regional magnate was a very important sideshow.

Throughout the novel, all the main characters insist that they have long overcome conventional morality, that they are free agents in the truest sense of the word, but in spite of his hedonism Lynch-Gibbon's residual moral posture just will not go away.

Throughout the Middle Ages, the main outlet and port of the Ouse was at Seaford ( one of the Cinque Ports ).

Throughout the city's main thoroughfares, buses drive in designated lanes.

Throughout his career his main focus was on international economics, especially monetary policy, macroeconomic development, growth and international trade.

Throughout most of its history, United Fruit's main competitor was the Standard Fruit Company, now the Dole Food Company.

Throughout the book, the main theme rests on Bean's personal struggle against the IF administration, which seems bent on breaking Ender, even if it means murder.

Throughout the Ultima series, Lord British never leaves his castle, except for Ultima V, where his absence constitutes the main storyline, and at the end of Ultima VI, when he uses a red moongate to travel to the Isle of the Avatar.

Throughout the nineteenth century public health, sanitation and the influence of miasma became the main reasons to cremate.

Throughout much of the school's history, the main areas for study were in primary and secondary education, with a strong secondary area in preparing students for careers in the fields of medicine and the sciences.

Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard.

Throughout Guyana, English is the main language, and it is the only English speaking country of South America, although it is primarily spoken with a Caribbean dialect.

Throughout the run-up to the battle he had been concerned that the Japanese would try to draw his main fleet away from the landing area using a diversionary force, and would then make an attack around the flank of the U. S. carrier force — an " end run " — hitting the invasion shipping off Saipan.

Throughout the novel, Yossarian's main concern is the idea that people are trying to kill him, either directly ( by attacking his plane ) or indirectly ( by forcing him to fly missions ), and he goes to great lengths to stay alive.

Throughout the book, Yossarian's main concern is the idea that people are trying to kill him, either directly ( by attacking his plane ) or indirectly ( by forcing him to fly missions ).

Throughout the game, Sonic travels through six zones, each consisting of two main acts and a boss battle stage, where Sonic must fight Robotnik without any rings to protect him.

Throughout the south-central coast, bulgur, or whole wheat, is a main ingredient in quipes or tipili ( bulgur salad ).

Throughout its main voyage to the Jupiter moons, it was to be propelled by an ion propulsion system via either the HiPEP or NEXIS engine, and powered by a small fission reactor.