Thus far the only people who have been attested with a high level of genetic, historical, linguistic and cultural research to be the descendants of the ancient Mesopotamians are the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and its surrounding areas in north west Iran, north east Syria and south eastern Turkey.

In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis — the land where his character King Kull originated — had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located, Thus they are ( in Howard's work ) the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish ( the Celtic Gaels ) and not the Picts, the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.

Thus, according to Hegel, a great man does not create historical reality himself but only uncovers the inevitable future.

Thus, since the 19th century many historical Jesus scholars have argued that only one of the two traditions could be authentic.

Thus Weber's methodology emphasises the use of comparative historical analysis.

Thus, the motif of " slavery in Egypt " reflects the historical situation of imperialist control of the Egyptian Empire over Canaan after the conquests of Ramesses II, which declined gradually during the 12th century under the pressure from the Sea Peoples and the general Bronze Age collapse.

Thus, Hellenic, Roman, Kemetic, Celtic, Germanic, Baltic and Slavic Reconstructionists aim for the preservation and revival of historical practices and beliefs of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, the Celts, the Germanic peoples, the Balts and the Slavs, respectively.

Thus, Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc saw the pagan religions of Africa of his day as relicts that were in principle capable of shedding light on the historical Paganism of Classical Antiquity.

Thus the earliest translations of the Greek text of the stone show the translators still struggling with the historical context and with administrative and religious jargon.

Thus, in the beginning of the 18th century, a French travel writer, the Baron de Lahontan, who had actually lived among the Huron Indians, put potentially dangerously radical Deist and egalitarian arguments in the mouth of a Canadian Indian, Adario, who was perhaps the most striking and significant figure of the " good " ( or " noble ") savage, as we understand it now, to make his appearance on the historical stage: Adario sings the praises of Natural Religion.

Thus for analyzing historical or criminal economic activities, or even professional sports, the instructional capital vs. individual capital vs. social capital distinction is essential.

He claimed that on top of individual exploitation, the capitalist also unjustly appropriates the additional value ( termed “ collective force ”) produced by co-operative activity as a “ force of one thousand men working twenty days has been paid the same wages that one would be paid for working fifty-five years ; but this force of one thousand has done in twenty days what a single man could not have accomplished, though he had laboured for a million centuries .” Thus the capitalist may have “ paid all the individual forces ” but “ the collective force still remains to be paid ” and which the capitalists “ enjoy unjustly .” Other notable anti-capitalist thinkers claim that the elite maintain wage slavery and a divided working class through their influence over the media and entertainment industry, educational institutions, unjust laws, nationalist and corporate propaganda, pressures and incentives to internalize values serviceable to the power structure, state violence, fear of unemployment and a historical legacy of exploitation and profit accumulation / transfer under prior systems, which shaped the development of economic theory:

Thus, the post-medieval gentlemanly code of the value of a man's honor, respect for women, and a concern for those less fortunate, is directly derived from earlier ideals of chivalry and historical forces which created it.

Thus, according to Paul L. Maier, the majority of Herod biographers and theologians hold that the Massacre of the Innocents is " legend and not historical ": Geza Vermes and E. P. Sanders, for example, regard the story as part of a creative hagiography.

Thus, it remains doubtful whether there is any historical basis for the famous ride.

Thus, in the study of historical Chinese culture, many of the stories that have been told regarding characters and events which have been written or told of the distant past have a double tradition: one which tradition which presents a more historicized and one which presents a more mythological version.

Thus, while early Jewish literature has few historical works, many notes on the history of Judaism have been introduced into the responsa.

Thus, Eliade argues, modern man can learn to see his historical ordeals, even death, as necessary initiations into the next stage of one's existence.

Thus, traditional societies, historical societies, religious societies, either in the East or in the West ( be they tribal, Bedouin, civilized Muslim or non-Muslim societies, in whatever social or cultural stage of civilization they may be ) have all been directly or indirectly influenced by these thoughts, intellectual currents and even new social realities.

Thus, in Descartes work, we can see some of the fundamental assumptions of modern cosmology in evidence-the project of examing the historical construction of the universe through a set of quantitative laws describing interactions which would allow the ordered present to be constructed from a chaotic past.

Thus, we must realize what we are ( beings who exist ) and what we are not ( a social / historical preoccupation ) in order to step out of bad faith.

Thus a claim that gender is socially constructed probably means that gender, as currently understood, is not an inevitable result of biology, but highly contingent on social and historical processes.

Thus, a museum is seen as just another business competing for entertainment dollars from the public, rather than as an institution that serves the public welfare through education or historical preservation.

Thus in historical analysis with an argument from silence, the absence of a reference to an event or a document is used to cast doubt on the event not mentioned.

Thus if the project team is reporting progress monthly, then no single activity or series of activities should be longer than one month long.

Thus an exchange with a hundred 10x10 switches in five stages could only have twenty conversations in progress.

Thus an exchange with forty 10x10 switches in four stages could have a hundred conversations in progress.

Thus Babylonian mathematics remained stale in character and content, with very little progress or innovation, for nearly two millennia.

Thus, he argues that important progress with respect to the goal of increasing meat production and consumption was obtained through the socialist agricultural system even if the plan officially " failed ".

Thus did Charlestown escape the more devastating aspects of “ progress .” Its heritage is preserved in the Historic District, which includes approximately 150 buildings.

No man has the right to say to his country, " Thus far shalt thou go and no further ", and we have never attempted to fix the " ne plus ultra " to the progress of Ireland ’ s nationhood, and we never shall.

Thus, there was no incentive for further technical refinement, and technical progress stagnated.

Thus, differing programming paradigms can be thought of as more like ' motivational memes ' of their advocates-rather than necessarily representing progress from one level to the next.

Thus, the Intermediate People's Court of Foshan, People's Republic of China in a 2009 case ruled as justifiable self-defense the killing of a robber who was trying to escape, because " the robbery was still in progress " at this time.

Thus, users and guests on FICS can watch the games in progress as they might watch any game between ordinary FICS users, and chat about the game with each other.

Thus, whereas the value of mechanics or biology or psychology is taken to be internal to the practice ( i. e., judged in terms of the progress of mechanical, biological, or psychological achievements ), the value of philosophy is taken to be external ( i. e., judged in terms of its effects on achievements in other fields, such as mechanics, biology, and psychology ).

Thus, the author shows us that women ’ s progress in the 1920s was still subject to serious labor-economic factors.

Thus the exarch faced threats from without as well as from within, hampering much real progress and development.

Thus, while the MDGs are a tool for tracking progress toward basic poverty reduction and provide a very basic policy road map to achieving these goals, they do not capture all elements needed to achieve the ideals set out in the Millennium Declaration.

Thus, the Belgian army, in the prepared fortifications of Antwerp and on the Yser, in conjunction with the planning of the British Admiralty, played a key role in the progress of the war.

Thus it is with human actions ; if one were omniscient, one would be able to calculate each individual action in advance, each step in the progress of knowledge, each error, each act of malice.

Thus, it can be safely said that the Kirat period had paved the way for further development and progress of Nepal in all sectors in future.

" Thus far, social progress has in a certain awkward manner taken care of itself, but in the near future it will have to be cared for.

Thus, their progress was leisurely and they took few precautions for defense, not sending out scouts or setting pickets to guard their encampments.

Thus Morgan introduced a link between social progress and technological progress.

Thus was born the idea of inevitable American future progress.

Thus, although the Kennedy Administration had originally contemplated finishing the round in six months, the round was plagued with delays and slow progress.