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.

Thus parliamentary constituencies were derived from the ancient boroughs.

Thus rta bears a resemblance to the ancient Chinese concept of tao and the Heraclitan, Stoic or Christian conceptions of the logos.

Thus, in the story " Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks ", the Time Patrol's resident agents in the Tyre of King Hiram are a twentieth century Israeli couple, who express their wish to help the ancient Tyrians " in order to compensate a bit for what our country is going to do here.

Thus the ancient Rabbis went to great lengths to try and account for the number of the names of God, by claiming that they account for the various aspects of God.

Thus, the ancient Kamboja, probably included the Badakshan, Pamirs and northern territories including Yagnobi province in the doab of the Oxus and Jaxartes.

Thus, in the pre-Buddhist times ( 7th / 6th c BCE ), the parts of modern Tajikstan including territories as far as Zeravshan valley in Sogdiana formed parts of ancient Kamboja and the Parama Kamboja kingdoms when it was ruled by Iranian Kambojas till it became part of Achaemenid Empire.

Thus wood from ancient structures can be matched to known chronologies ( a technique called cross-dating ) and the age of the wood determined precisely.

Thus, in ancient civilization, and even today with fortune telling as a true profession, humankind continues to be curious about its future, both out of sheer curiosity as well as out of desire to better prepare for it.

Thus, the major peculiarities of the ancient Greek political system were ; firstly, its fragmentary nature, and that this does not particularly seem to have tribal origin ; and secondly the particular focus on urban centres within otherwise tiny states.

Thus, ships carried a great deal of significance to the people of the ancient world, and this is expressed partly through the creation of boat and ship models.

Thus, in Botticelli's interpretation, Pankaspe ( the ancient living prototype of Simonetta ), the mistress of Alexander the Great ( the Laurentian predecessor ), becomes the lovely model for the lost Venus executed by the legendary Apelles ( reborn through the recreative talents of Botticelli ), which ended up in Rome, installed by Emperor Augustus in the temple dedicated to Florence's supposed founder Julius Caesar.

Thus ancient critics identified Sicelidas of Samos ( 1. 40 ) with Asclepiades the Samian, and Lycidas, " the goatherd of Cydonia ," may well be the poet Astacides, whom Callimachus calls " the Cretan, the goatherd.

Thus, even when fighting systems were outlawed by the Spaniards, Filipinos still maintained their centuries-old relationships with blades and blade fighting techniques that survive from ancient times and are still much alive as they have been adapted and evolved to stay relevant and practical in colonial and modern times.

Thus, as in Byzantine chant, the singing is always 2-parts, comprising a melody and an ison, but, as in Znamenny chant, the scale structure is always diatonic, the ornamentation is simplified in comparison with Byzantine chant, and the melodies are more similar to that of ancient Znamenny Chant, at the edge of being considered a local variety of this tradition.

Thus ' Nippur ' the ancient city of the Mesopotamian people was often termed as " navel ".

Thus this passage describes how the centrality of the ancient city of Jerusalem and of the altar of the ancient temple of Jerusalem within cosmic framework was equated to the navel of a mother that was seen as the source of life.

Thus, they think that the name Lulliacum or Lugniacum comes from the ancient Germanic word lund meaning " forest ", akin to Old Norse lundr meaning " grove ", to which the placename suffix "- acum " was added.

Thus, the two ancient names as Jambhiyagram and Jambubani prove that this district was important as a religious place for Jains and it was also a place of Gupta dynasty in the 19th century.

Thus, despite Dilmun's appearance in ancient texts dating from 3300-2300 BC archaeologists have failed to find a site for Dilmun dating to this period.

Thus some scientists propose new missions to the Moon to search for ancient rocks from Earth.

Thus all in all there is much reason for thinking that the ancient Taoists experimented systematically with hallucinogenic smokes, using techniques which arose directly out of liturgical observance.

Thus, the " Arab plan ", with court and hypostyle prayer hall, truly became a functional type with the construction of the Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Damascus ( completed in 715 by caliph Al-Walid I ) on top of the ancient temple of Jupiter and in place of the basilica of St. John the Baptist, the most sacred site in the city.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Thus, Gresham College, the first institution of higher learning in London, came to be established in 1597.

Thus, its history as an institution is intimately linked with the story of the Irish nationalism.

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 the UdK is one of only three universities in Germany ( along with the University of the Arts Bremen and the Folkwang University of the Arts ) to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution.

Thus the entire institution of Roman Catholicism and Canon law carried forth the hegemony of Rome as a system of thought, albeit with Christian overtones, to modern times.

Thus, the Company remains primarily as a charitable institution.

Thus, the Company now serves as an educational and charitable institution, whilst maintaining a link with its heritage by giving awards to fashion education.

Thus, it remains primarily as a charitable institution.

Thus the institution began 1998 in new facilities and under the leadership of her new President.

Thus, the listing of " enslavers " ( variously translated as " kidnappers " or " slave traders ") along with the ungodly in 1 Timothy 1: 10 suggests that though the existing institution of slavery was tolerated as the status quo, the enslavement of people was condemned as a sinful practice.

Thus this great institution was reborn as a survival measure.

Thus, Sigvat probably referred to an institution similar to the Danish heimþegar ( see below ) or to the housecarls of Canute the Great ( see below ): free men in the service of a king or lord, who gave them gifts as payment of said service.

Thus the institution became known as the Royal Marine School of Music in 1950.

Dickens also attacks the institution of slavery in the United States in the following words: :" Thus the stars wink upon the bloody stripes ; and Liberty pulls down her cap upon her eyes, and owns oppression in its vilest aspect for her sister.

Thus the use of ' institution ' in Institutional Pedagogy is broader than in its more colloquial sense.

Thus, in 1874, this predecessor of Alabama State University became America's first state-supported educational institution for blacks.

" Thus, in 1974, the institution was renamed again, as Mississippi Valley State University.

Thus in January 1552 Edward VI ordered that there was to be " one Grammar School in Guildford called the Free Grammar School of King Edward VI for the education, institution and instruction of boys and youths in Grammar at all future times forever to endure ", along with a grant of 20 pounds per year.

Thus, “ institutional need-based awards are less sensitive to need and more sensitive to ‘ academic merit ’ than the principles of needs analysis would lead us to expect .” It has been found that increasing an SAT score in the range of 100-200 points can result in hundreds of dollars more in institutional grants and on average substantially more if one is attending a private institution.

Thus, actual cooperation activities involving linkages with industry as well as things like the start of an invitation program to the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy and a human resource exchange with a public institution were promoted.

Thus, she charged Dr. Chull Soon Yim to succeed her as the fourth chancellor of CAU, and cultivate the university into a world-class institution in accordance with the ideal philosophies for which had presently strived.

Thus, one incentive for banks to create securitized assets is to remove risky assets from their balance sheet by having another institution assume the credit risk, so that they ( the banks ) receive cash in return.

Thus, at the turn of the century, within the space of a few years, they were asked to take charge of two out-of-state medical facilities, in addition to re-establishing such an institution in Manitowoc.