With the resources thus gained he undertook to enable Philip V to carry out an ambitious foreign policy to undo the Treaty of Utrecht, with the aim of countering the Habsburgs and recovering Spanish possessions in Italy, where he was responsible for unwarranted invasions of Sardinia ( November 1717, strongly supported by Sardinian politician Vicente Bacallar ) and Sicily ( July 1718 ), in spite of promises made to the Pope, while pressing Spanish causes in France with the Cellamare Conspiracy.

With the Kongolese refusing to give the Portuguese extra territorial rights and the Portuguese angry because of Kongolese support for previous Dutch invasions of the region.

With this technology, Earth developed robotic technologies, such as transformable mecha, to fight three successive extraterrestrial invasions.

With the rise of the Khazars ' state in the east, the invasions began to diminish and it was possible to create larger states.

With the end of the Roman Empire, Ostia fell slowly into decay, and was finally abandoned in the 9th century due to the repeated invasions and sackings by Arab pirates, including the Battle of Ostia, a naval battle in 849 between Christian and Saracens ; the remaining inhabitants moved to Gregoriopolis.

With the Tai migrations from the north and Khmer invasions from the east, the Mons of Dvaravati perished and gave their way to Khmer Lavo kingdom by around 1000 AD.

With the coming of the American Civil War in 1861, the Kaw and other Indians in Kansas suddenly became an asset as the state recruited them as soldiers and scouts to stave off invasions by slave-holding tribes and Confederate supporters in Indian Territory.

With the exception of the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, Japan did not face considerable outside threats until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century.

With the first of the Mongol invasions and the coming to power of the Mamluks, Bohemond VI took possession of the town and rewarded the Knights Hospitallers for their support by allotting them half of the town and half of the surrounding areas.

With the various migrations and political upheavals following the collapse of the Gökturk confederation and the Mongol invasions " Turkestan " gradually ceased to be a useful geographic descriptor, and was not used.

With the 5th Century AD fall of the Western Roman Empire as a result of the pressures of the Barbarian invasions, the Vandals, crossing over from Spain, overran much of the Roman province of Africa, establishing the short-lived Vandal Kingdom with its capital at Carthage in 430 AD.

With the ever-increasing number of raids against Joseon conducted by Japanese pirates ( wakō ) and the Red Turbans invasions of Korea, those who came to dominate the royal court were the reformed-minded Sinjin aristocracy and the opposing Gweonmun aristocracy, as well as generals who could actually fight off the foreign threats — namely a talented general named Yi Seong-gye and his rival Choe Yeong.

With the disintegration of Yuan, which had influenced the Korean peninsula since the Mongol invasions of Korea of 1238, Gongmin began efforts to reform Goryeo government.

With Sultan Mahmud's invasions of northern India, Persian culture was established at Lahore, which later produced the famous poet, Masud Sa'd Salman.

With the potential threat of invasions from France, Alba concentrated his force in the Southern Netherlands, in some cases removing troops from garrisons in the North.

With the Moorish invasions in the eighth century C. E., the de facto frontier between the Islamic state and the Christian one came to rest for a considerable period of time on the river Douro, around the year 1000.

With the invasions of Saipan and Iwo Jima, Allied forces began their campaign against the Japanese homeland.

With the fall of the Roman Empire, Spain was devastated by successive barbarian invasions, with stability only gradually appearing with the later years of the Visigothic kingdom.

With the disintegration of the Gupta empire, and continuous invasions of the Indian subcontinent by foreign armies, Patna passed through uncertain time like most of north India.

With the expansion of the Mongol Empire, the Mongols settled over almost all Eurasia and carried on military campaigns from the Adriatic Sea to Java and from Japan to Palestine.

With the breakup of the Empire, the dispersed Mongols quickly adopted the mostly Turkic cultures surrounding them and were assimilated, forming parts of Tatars ( not confused with a tribe in ancient Mongolia ), Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Yugurs and Moghuls ; linguistic and cultural Persianization also began to be prominent in these territories.

With the support of Angkor, Fa Ngoum returned to Muang Sawa with 10, 000 army to gain control and consolidate his kingdom, Princess Keo Kaengkanya died from plague, while he was campaigning North against the Mongols.

With the assistance of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols finished off the Jin in 1234.

With experienced Chinese engineers and bombardier corps who were experts in building trebuchets, Xuanfeng catapults and other machines, the Mongols could lay siege to fortified positions, sometimes building machinery on the spot using available local resources.

With the help of their mounted archer s, the Mongols conquered most of Eurasia.

With the Mongol army removed, the Mamluks then proceeded to conquer Syria and Iran, which had been previously ravaged by the Mongols.

With about 130, 000 or so armed men, the Mongol army was numerically inferior to the forces of the Khwarizim Empire, but through deception and rapid maneuver, the Mongols crushed the Khwarizim in several key battles.

With the fall of the Yuan Dynasty in China ( 1279-1368 ), Tannu Uriankhai was controlled by the Oirots ( western Mongols, also known as Zungars until the end of the 16th and early 17th centuries.

With this arrangement settled, the Mongols attacked the alliance's army and routed it.

With the descent of the Mongols on Polish territory ( 1241 ) the Jews in common with the other inhabitants suffered severely.

With their often complex reproductive needs and permeable skins, amphibians are often ecological indicators and in recent decades there has been a dramatic decline in amphibian populations of many species around the globe.

With the beginning of the slow decline of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century, and as a result of the expansionist policies of Czarist Russia in the Caucasus, many Muslim nations and groups in that region, mainly Circassians, Tatars, Azeris, Lezgis, Chechens, and several Turkic groups left their ancestral homelands and settled in Anatolia.

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With the decline of heavy manufacturing, Dayton's businesses have diversified into a service economy that includes insurance and legal sectors as well as healthcare and government sectors.

With the decline of sophisticated styles at the end of the baroque period, the fugue's central role waned, eventually giving way as sonata form and the symphony orchestra rose to a dominant position.

With the decline of the fur trade, the company evolved into a mercantile business selling vital goods to settlers in the Canadian West.

With the decline of the Chalukya empire, their feudatories, the Hoysalas of Halebidu, Kakatiyas of Warangal, Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri, and a southern branch of the Kalachuri, divided the vast Chalukya empire amongst themselves around the middle of 12th century.

With the decline of large herbivores by the late ice age, Pachycrocuta was replaced by the smaller Crocuta.

With the decline of grasslands 12, 500 years ago, Europe experienced a massive loss of lowland habitats favoured by spotted hyenas, and a corresponding increase in mixed woodlands.

With the rapid Arctic sea ice decline in the Hudson Strait, their range now extends deep into the northwest Atlantic.

With the era of rap metal on the decline, Kid Rock included several southern rock and country ballads on the album.

With the rise of the Roman Empire and the decline of the Seleucids, the area was conquered by the Roman Empire in 63 BC.

With the decline of Portuguese power, especially during the period when the crown of Portugal was combined with the crown of Spain ( 1580 – 1640 ), the Portuguese coastal settlements were ignored and fell into a ruinous condition.

With the decline of Nri kingdom in the 1400-1600 AD, several states once under their influence, became powerful economic oracular oligarchies and large commercial states that dominated Igboland.

With the loss of the theater chain, Paramount Pictures went into a decline, cutting studio-backed production, releasing its contract players, and making production deals with independents.

With the very sharp decline in world trade after 1929, its condition became critical.

With the gradual decline of the use of these local Slavic tongues, the term Wends slowly disappeared, too.

With the increase popularity of the MP3 players, it was the CD ( compact disc ) player that originally caused the decline of the Walkman.

With this new connotation, opéra comique had dominated the French operatic stage since the decline of tragédie lyrique.

With the decline of the Roman Empire, distinctions appeared also in organization, since the bishops in the West were not dependent on the Emperor in Constantinople and did not come under the influence of the Caesaropapism in the Eastern Church.

With the rising popularity of television news, the business of UPI began to decline as the circulation of afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fall.

With the decline of the Holy Roman emperors ' power starting in the 13th century, the Low Countries were largely left to their own devices.

With the decline of the Ottoman Empire after 1700, signs of revival started to emerge.

With the increased use of personal computers and the relative decline in societal awareness of heavy machinery, the term user interface is generally assumed to mean the graphical user interface, while industrial control panel and machinery control design discussions more commonly refer to human-machine interfaces.

With Mao's health on the decline, it was clear that Jiang Qing had political ambitions of her own.