Thus the possibility of re-incorporating Portugal ( up to then Southern Galicia ) into a Kingdom of Portugal and Galicia as before was eliminated and Afonso became sole ruler ( Duke of Portugal ) after demands for independence from the county's church and nobles.

Thus in the spring of 1912, consultations between the various Christian Balkan nations resulted in a network of military alliances which became known as the Balkan League.

Thus permanent building societies quickly became mortgage banks and in such institutions there always existed a conflict of interest between borrowers and savers.

Thus, Octavian's victory at the Battle of Actium gave him sole and uncontested control of " Mare Nostrum " ( Our Sea i. e. the Roman Mediterannean ) and he became " Augustus Caesar " and the " first citizen " of Rome.

Thus, southern Germany once more became part of the Frankish kingdom, as had northern Germany during the first years of the reign.

Thus the " Cabal Ministry " never really unified in its members ' aims and sympathies, and fell apart by 1672 ; Lord Ashley, who became Earl of Shaftesbury, later became one of Charles II's fiercest opponents.

Thus she became a bear and gave birth to a son called Arcas.

Thus literary criticism became highly theoretical and some of those practicing it began referring to the theoretical dimension of their work as " critical theory "-a philosophically inspired theory of literary criticism.

Thus the Oracle fell in decay and the surrounding area became impoverished.

Thus, the long bay became a lake.

Thus, the remnants of the Springfield Presbytery became the Christian Church.

Thus the Eastern First Council of Constantinople became ecumenical only when its decrees were accepted in the West also.

Thus Zheng became Qin Shi Huang, abolishing the system where the huang / di titles were reserved to dead and / or mythological rulers.

Thus Galen summarised and synthesised the work of his predecessors, and it is in Galen's words ( Galenism ) that Greek medicine was handed down to subsequent generations, such that Galenism became the means by which Greek medicine was known to the world.

Thus, Gaius became an opponent of senatorial influence.

Thus Lord Aberdeen, a Peelite, became Prime Minister and headed a coalition ministry of Whigs and Peelites.

Thus, the camps became a mechanism for social and racial engineering.

Thus, even when tin became available again, iron was cheaper, stronger, and lighter, and forged iron implements superseded cast bronze tools permanently.

Thus, Jainism became a vital force under the Mauryan Rule.

Thus ( Gaius ) Julius Caesar adopted his sister's grandson, Gaius Octavius, who became a Julius, eventually named Imperator Caesar Augustus, normally called in English Augustus, the founder of the Empire.

Thus Jacob's herds increased and he became very wealthy.

Thus he became distinguished as the man " who made Israel to sin.

Thus 3 KAR, 5 KAR, and 11 KAR became 3 Kenya Rifles, 5 Kenya Rifles, and 11 Kenya Rifles respectively.

Thus, favoring M to some extent became identified as alignment with InterSystems.

Thus each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ ... The sufferings of Christ created the good of the world's redemption.

Thus, Johann Heinrich Zedler in 1741 wrote that " even though Europe is the smallest of the world's four continents, it has for various reasons a position that places it before all others ... its inhabitants have excellent customs, they are courteous and erudite in both sciences and crafts.

Thus it has the distinction of being the world's oldest named wine still in production.

Thus, CTC's engineers may be said to have fathered the world's most commonly used and emulated instruction set architecture from the mid-1980s to.

Thus the world's central banks are locked into a spiral of " competitive devaluation " in which the value of all fiat money systems is being eroded.

Thus perished all traces of the snouters, their unique ecosystem, and all the world's specialists on that intriguing subject — who happened to be holding their congress there at the time.

Thus while it refers to itself as the world's largest collection of Yiddish books, its holdings include fewer discrete titles than the notable Yiddish collections at the Jewish National and University Library or Harvard University's Widener Library.

Thus the six days of the world's creation, followed by a seventh of rest, were regarded as at once a history of the past and a forecasting of the future.

Thus Yiddish, once the language of the majority of the world's Jews, continues to be spoken, as are nearly all the languages discussed in the preceding section.

Thus, at the same meeting, the associations formalised the annual friendlies and the British Home Championship – the world's first international football competition – was born.

Thus most observant Twelvers do not eat caviar despite the fact that majority Twelver Iran is a primary center of the sturgeon-fishing industry and the world's largest exporter of caviar.

Thus, the boat race is considered second in vintage only to the prestigious Oxford and Cambridge boat race which is the world's oldest, continuing inter-institutional event.

Thus, although Hitler had built Germany into the world's most dominant power, the conspirators were afraid his hubris would eventually destroy that dominance.

Thus, Australia has a high proportion of the world's surviving, operable Birney cars.

Thus " Black Judaism ," as defined here, stands distinctly apart from " black Judaism ," or that Judaic expression found among black persons that would be acceptable to the world's Jewish community, such as conversion or birth to a recognized Jewish mother.

Thus it is a place rife with diseases and other problems that afflict vines, compared with many of the world's other wine regions, such as dry Chile or Australia.

12 Feb. 2012 .< http :// www. rcdb. com / document45. htm </ ref > Thus, the prototype for the world's first pneumatic launched roller coaster was created, and representatives from theme parks across the country flocked to Logan, Utah, S & S Worldwide's base, to witness the unveiling of Thrust Air 2000.

Thus, the FA Cup-the world's first national football tournament, based on Alcock's experience of inter-house ' sudden death ' competition at Harrow-was born.

Thus begins her life as one of the world's cleverest criminals.