Under Frederick II, a Sixth Crusade was launched, capitalizing on an ongoing internal strife between al-Kamil and the Ayyubids of Syria and Palestine led by al-Mu ' azzam.

Under John Tzimiskes Syria was completely overrun ; Damascus itself, the former capital of the Islamic world, was captured, although only for a brief period.

Under the Umayyad's successors, the Abbasids ( 750-1258 ), Jordan was neglected and began to languish due to the geo-political shift that occurred when the Abassids moved their capital from Damascus to Kufa and later to Baghdad.

Under al-Mahdi the zawias of the order extended to Fez, Damascus, Constantinople and India.

Under Mamluk rule, Beit She ' an was the principal town in the district of Damascus and a relay station for the postal service between Damascus and Cairo.

Under Hulagu's leadership, the Mongols destroyed the greatest center of Islamic power, Baghdad, and also weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluks in Cairo.

Under Muslim rule Jerusalem did not achieve the political or cultural status enjoyed by the capitals Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo etc.

Under the Ottoman Empire, al-Khisas was administered as part of a sanjak in the vilayet of Damascus, and was later redesignated a part the vilayet of Sidon ( renamed the vilayet of Beirut ).

Under the Umayyads, the city of Damascus was the capital of the Islamic Caliphate and Syria formed the Caliphate's " metropolitan " province ; likewise, the elite Syrian army, the ahl al-Sham, formed the main pillar of the Umayyad regime.

Under that order, we have continued referring workers to the ranch.

Under Wudi, the works of Confucius were made the official imperial philosophy and required reading for civil service examinations in 140 BC which was continued nearly unbroken until the end of the 19th Century.

Under his watch, the Browns won the AAFC championship in all four years of its existence, including the AAFC's only perfect season in 1948, and continued to succeed after moving to the NFL in 1950.

Under successive PPP governments, the United States and Guyana continued to improve relations.

Under Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti's economic and political condition continued to decline, although some of the more fearsome elements of his father's regime were abolished.

Under Muhammad VI, Morocco has continued down a path toward economic, political, and social reform and modernization.

Under AOL, Netscape's browser development continued until December 2007, when Tom Drapeau, director of AOL's Netscape Brand, announced that the company would stop supporting Netscape software products as of March 1, 2008.

Under Henry Huntington's leadership, growth continued.

Under the leadership of Damar, the Cardassian Union, along with the Dominion, continued to gain ground over the Klingon-Federation alliance, and even after Benjamin Sisko and Elim Garak tricked the Romulans into breaking their nonaggression treaty with the Dominion and joining the alliance (" In the Pale Moonlight ") they still managed to keep the upper hand.

Under the SDIO's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office, headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson, the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories, universities, and in industry, and these programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, supercomputing / computation, advanced materials, and many other critical science and engineering disciplines: funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists, and which would be politically impossible to fund outside of the defense budget environment.

Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture.

Under these circumstances, work on the Castle Zagyg project continued even more slowly, although Jeffrey Talanian stepped in to help Gygax.

Under these governors, the great and small councils continued to discharge municipal business and to administer the Paduan law, contained in the statutes of 1276 and 1362.

Under the leadership of Reform / CA activist Randy Thorsteinson, the new party never sought a formal link with the CA, and if it had done so the overture would likely have been rebuffed since many Albertan CA members continued to support the Alberta Progressive Conservatives.

Under Islam, Egypt continued to be a great source of literary endeavour, now in the Arabic language.

Under Byzantine rule, Haifa continued to grow but did not assume major importance.

Under Anne, the Royal Collection began once more to expand, a policy continued by Anne's son Charles.

Under Henry VII the castle continued as the headquarters of the Council of Wales and served as the administration centre for Wales and the counties along the border, the Welsh Marches.

Under the model that was chosen, however, the territory of the former German Democratic Republic was simply incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany, and accordingly the Federal Republic of Germany, now enlarged to include the Eastern States, continued legally to exist under the same legal personality that was founded in May 1949.

Under the leadership of Dr. F. Jay Taylor, the college continued to grow and change over time.

Under Ivar the Boneless, the Danes continued their invasion in 869 by defeating King Edmund of East Anglia at Hoxne and conquering East Anglia.

Under efforts of masters from this school, traditional Chinese art reached another climax and continued to the present in forms of " Chinese painting " ( 中国画 ), or guohua ( 国画 ) for short.

His career continued to rise steadily with co-starring roles in standard big-budget studio films like Under Siege 2 ( 1995 ) and G. I.

Under Roman occupation the town ceded importance to the former Greek colony Ravenna as the continued siltation of the Po delta carried the seafront further to the east.

He continued starring in films throughout the 1980s, including Under Fire ( 1983 ) with Gene Hackman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986 ) with Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler, Extreme Prejudice ( 1987 ) and New York Stories ( 1989 ) under the direction of Martin Scorsese.

Under Boris I, Bulgarians became Christians, and the Ecumenical Patriarch agreed to allow an autonomous Bulgarian Archbishop at Pliska.

Under Ibn Marwan, the city was the seat of an effectively autonomous rebel state which was quenched only in the 10th century.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the town's autonomous County borough status was abolished, and Oldham has, since 1 April 1974, formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, within the Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.

Under his influence neurosurgery became a new and autonomous surgical discipline.

Under Soviet rule it was originally an autonomous area within Kazakhstan before becoming part of Uzbekistan in 1936.

Under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, autonomous prefectures cannot be abolished.

Under the act the US is committed to support democratic institutions in Hong Kong, and could terminate Hong Kong's special economic treatment if the US President considers Hong Kong is not autonomous enough to justify such treatments.

Under pressure from the Spanish government, the leader of ERC, Francesc Macià i Llussà, accepted an autonomous Catalan government instead, which recovered the historical name of Generalitat de Catalunya.

Under this pact, the population was integrated into an autonomous territory, along with six other cities, governed by Theudimer ( Teodomiro ).

Under Ottoman rule, the Orthodox Church acquired power as an autonomous millet.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the town's autonomous county borough status was abolished.

Under his rule, Serbia became an autonomous duchy within the Ottoman Empire.

Under the Executive Council, there are provincial level Regional Boards, as well as autonomous bodies, institutes and committees, with the structure extending down to Sub Branch Representative Council Boards in villages.

Under the conditions of the treaty, Ukraine as the Duchy of Ruthenia, would become a third and autonomous component of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, under the ultimate sovereignty of the King of Poland, but with its own military, courts, and treasury.

Under the Universities Act No. 16, 1978, the University of Sri Lanka was split into six independent, autonomous universities as University of Colombo, University of Peradeniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Kelaniya, University of Moratuwa and University of Jaffna.

From Aug 2007, MSRIT has been academically autonomous for both Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programs.

Under the conditions of the treaty, Ukraine would become a third and autonomous component of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, under the ultimate sovereignty of the King of Poland, but with its own military, courts, and treasury.

Under the circumstances, the official Soviet policy of national minorities prescribed formation of a Korean autonomous territory ( the proposed Korean ASSR ) for the large Korean community in the Russian Far East.

Under WQED managers Lloyd Kaiser and Jay Rayvid, the new WQEX was set up as an almost autonomous station within a station.

Under the terms of the merger, Neve Monosson was left with a high level of communal autonomy under the elected Neve Monosson Local Administration ( minhelet mekomit ) which was granted municipal status as an autonomous borough ( va ' ad rova ironi ) by the Interior Minister in 2005 within the implementation of the merger plan.

Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Under Britain's Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned into two autonomous regions, Northern Ireland ( six north-eastern counties ) and Southern Ireland ( the rest of the island ), on 3 May 1921.

Under the Local Government Act 1888 it became an autonomous county borough in 1889.

Under the direction of former principal Mr. Lee Hak Boon, the school achieved an autonomous status.