* Upon approaching the port, ships must display a quarantine flag, which has the letter ' Q ' on it, and wait for admittance into the port.

Of the three usual routes to Mecca, Ibn Battuta chose the least-travelled, which involved a journey up the Nile valley, then east to the Red Sea port of Aydhab, Upon approaching the town however, a local rebellion forced him to turn back.

According to the documentary Once Upon a Time, Sergio Leone, the film opened in medias res as the camera goes from focusing on a Russian hiding from the Nazis ' artillery fire to panning hundreds of feet away to show the German Panzer divisions approaching the walls of the city.

Upon hearing of the approaching raiding Indians and Loyalist, Covenhoven rode west along the ridge of Bald Eagle Mountain to warn settlers at Fort Antes ( opposite what is now Jersey Shore ) and the western part of the valley.

Upon sighting the approaching Korean fleet, some of the Japanese who had been busying themselves with plundering got back to their ships, and began to flee.

Upon approaching Port Arthur the Japanese came upon the Russian cruiser Boyarin, which was on patrol.

Upon learning that Red Guards were approaching the Forbidden City, Premier Zhou Enlai ordered the gates shut and troops posted, knowing of the Red Guard's reputation for destroying cultural objects.

Upon the defeat of the latter, Ittihad started leaning politically towards the approaching Bolsheviks who eventually Sovietized Azerbaijan on 28 April 1920.

Upon application of a constant stress, the material deforms at a decreasing rate, asymptotically approaching the steady-state strain.

Upon the accession of Emperor Wilhelm II in 1888, the party backed his naval policies and the formation of the German colonial empire, approaching towards the nationalist Pan-German League pressure group, while centrists like Adolf Grabowsky did not prevail.

Upon approaching the Seljuq leaders, the diplomat group unveiled their real intentions by suddenly attacking and killing the enemy commander and others who were attending.

Upon approaching Ghulja he was surrounded on mountain road, his troops were partly annihilated, partly fled to Muzart Pass on Tianshan Mountains and through it to Southern Xinjiang near Aksu.

Upon approaching the gates, the guards no longer recognised the King's son and refused him entry.

Upon approaching the station, the ride is slowed by a magnetic brake run.

Upon Epstein's death in 1967, James, who was approaching retirement, put the company up for sale.

Upon hearing that Dou was approaching, he decided to advance east to take up defensive position at the key Hulao Pass in advance of Dou's arrival, leaving a relatively small Tang army, under the command of his brother Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, at Luoyang.

Upon approaching the second buoy, the crew person pulls the tube in and passes it to the waiting patient.

Upon her approaching it, the Crystal shatters, and Gerome stands up to greet his exhausted daughter.

Upon his entry into the Senate, Smith was assigned to the committees on the District of Columbia, Geological Survey, Public Land, Irrigation and Reclamation, Railroads The 62nd United States Congress was in its second session at the time of his entry and, with the 1912 U. S. Presidential election approaching, the new Senator found the Republican majority split between Roosevelt and Taft supporters.

Upon their arrival near the great ocean of Kiwa, daybreak was fast approaching.

Upon encountering Humans, he decides to possess the body of a young Egyptian boy and rules the planet Earth as a God.

Upon their arrival on the Federation's flagship, they are attacked by battle droids and are forced to retreat to the planet, where they meet a clumsy Gungan named Jar Jar Binks ( Ahmed Best ), who assists the Jedi in reaching Queen Padmé Amidala ( Natalie Portman ).

Upon presenting their idea to the Padishah Emperor Elrood Corrino IX, in 10, 154 A. G. the Tleilaxu are granted the right to occupy the planet Ix by force ( with the help of Elrood's Sardaukar army ) and remake it into a laboratory station for the project.

Upon her release, she and her army of evil space aliens set their sights on conquering the nearest planet: Earth.

Upon crashing on the planet Gunsmoke, any advanced technology from the days of Earth is referred to as lost technology.

Upon contact with another species, the Oankali divide themselves in three groups: Akjai, who will keep their forms and will not participate in the trade ; Toaht, who will take part but will not settle the planet ; and Dinso, who will come down and " harvest " the planet as explained.

Upon arriving at the planet, the four members of the expedition arrange themselves into two shuttlecraft.

Upon arrival at the planet, Kirk leaves his helmsman, Lt. Sulu, in command of the ship with instructions to withdraw to friendlier space if the Klingon fleet should arrive.

The animated Star Trek episode " Once Upon a Planet " involved the Enterprise returning to the amusement park planet for another rest.

Upon communicating with Lutan in a more peaceful means, Lutan gives the crew permission to beam down to the planet and promises to return Yar after a banquet in his honor.

Upon collecting all the treasures, the trio depart the distant planet.

Upon contact with the planet eating Mellenares the Blood Nations reached an uneasy alliance with the Earth military forces and joined in combat against the mutual enemy.

Upon arrival, they find the planet still intact, but seemingly vacant with everyone having literally disappeared at the same time as the incident on their ship.

Upon both forces ' return to Earth, the Autobots discovered Scorponok's weak spot, and Fortress Maximus used the Master Sword to strike it, critically wounding Scorponok, who fled Earth and returned to planet Master, where he mined for G Metal to create a shield that could counter the Master Sword.

Upon landing on the now-dead planet, the explorers discover that the planet holds the last remains of a race which was destroyed when the supernova hit.

Upon the Jaridians ' arrival, they attack the planet and wreak massive destruction, presumably killing the bulk of the Taelon population.

Upon discovering a ' present day ' Earth completely unable to defend itself from the Cylons, Adama decided to just head off into deep space to lead the Cylons away from the planet, but Baltar suggested using Time Travel Technology to alter Earth's history so its technology would develop more rapidly up to a Colonial level.

Upon arrival, Science Officer Spock reports that all life in the system has been destroyed and Malur, a world with a recorded population of 4 billion, is now devoid of life, including the Federation science team that was on the planet.

Upon their arrival, they find the planet resembles Earth of the 1960s, but seems abandoned.

Upon arriving, however, Kirk discovers that the synthetic food discovery claim was just a ruse employed by Dr. Leighton to bring Kirk to Planet Q. Leighton reveals to Kirk his true motivation is for Kirk to confirm Leighton's suspicions that Anton Karidian ( Arnold Moss ), the leader of a Shakespearean acting troupe currently on the planet, is, in fact, Kodos " the Executioner ," the former governor of the earth colony of Tarsus IV, who was responsible for the massacre of over 4000 people — including members of both Kirk's and Leighton's families — 20 years before.

Upon beaming down to the planet, the landing party, consisting of Captain Kirk, First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy and three crewmembers ( Kelowitz, Lang, and O ' Herlihy ), find the outpost nearly obliterated.

Upon their arrival, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy finds the planet is a medical treasure trove of materials needed for various serums and drugs.