Thus, the attack on the Soviet Union ( which together with Germany had partitioned central Europe in 1939 – 1940 ) was not pressed with sufficient strength.

Thus, until the 15th century, only minor trade and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia continued at certain terminals controlled by Muslim traders.

Thus the concept of the " Romantic period " may be meaningless outside of Europe and European-influenced cultures.

Thus republicanism entered our Romanic / Germanic world .... Up to this point, the conviction had prevailed in Europe that monarchy best served the interests of the nation.

Thus, first slavery and then serfdom gradually decreased in Europe as the population grew, but were reintroduced in the Americas and in Russia as large areas of new land with few people became available.

Thus William Rufus was secure in what was then the most powerful kingdom in Europe, given the contemporary eclipse of the Salian emperors.

Thus, the population in the U. S. is not aging to the extent as those in Europe, Australia, or Canada.

Thus it was generally assumed that any combat in Europe would end with apocalyptic conclusions.

Thus, the civil law systems of the countries of modern continental Europe, with the exception of Russia and the Scandinavian countries have, to different degrees, been influenced by the Napoleonic Code.

Thus, Russia found herself in a war with the whole of Europe allied against her.

Thus, it is not surprising that people left Alsace, not only for Paris – where the Alsatian community grew in numbers, with famous members such as Baron Haussmann – but also for more distant places like Russia and the Austrian Empire, to take advantage of the new opportunities offered there: Austria had conquered lands in Eastern Europe from the Ottoman Empire and offered generous terms to colonists as a way of consolidating its hold on the new territories.

Thus, the 19th century saw a new group of monarchs titled grand duke all around Central Europe.

Thus by the opening of the thirteenth century, it was already significant in trade with the continent of Europe and ranked as a port of the Hanseatic League It was one of the official " staple towns " of England, authorized to carry on the import and export trade.

Thus, the " Western Civilization ", comprising all the nations that have existed in Western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, was treated as a whole, and distinguished from both the " Orthodox " civilization of Russia and the Balkans, and from the Greco-Roman civilization that preceded it.

Thus the victory motivated more nations to join the alliance and in effect ended the fear of a French conquest of Europe.

Thus, Richelieu's policies were the requisite prelude to Louis XIV becoming the most powerful monarch, and France the most powerful nation, in all of Europe during the late seventeenth century.

Thus, ' Ship of Fools ' crisscrossed the sea and canals of Europe with their comic and pathetic cargo of souls.

Thus, in North America, protected areas were about safeguarding dramatic and sublime scenery ; in Africa, the concern was with game parks ; in Europe, landscape protection was more common.

Thus cast iron frying pans and cookware did not become possible in Europe until 3000 years after the introduction of iron smelting.

Thus, Johann Heinrich Zedler in 1741 wrote that " even though Europe is the smallest of the world's four continents, it has for various reasons a position that places it before all others ... its inhabitants have excellent customs, they are courteous and erudite in both sciences and crafts.

Thus almost uniquely in Europe, many of the UK's canals remain as they have been since the 18th and 19th century: mostly operated with narrowboats less than 7 feet ( 2. 3 m ) wide and 70 feet ( 23 m ) long ( although in parts of the country slightly larger canals were constructed, called ' broad ' or ' wide ' canals, which could take boats that were wide and long ).

Thus, their conception of Stegosaurus would include three valid species ( S. armatus, S. homheni, and S. mjosi ) and would range from the Late Jurassic of North America and Europe to the Early Cretaceous of Asia.

Thus, the library users have access to the libraries of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, the Bank of Greece, the National Documentation Centre, as well as to several libraries in Europe.

Thus while Ireland was one of the first states in Europe to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights it was one of the last to incorporate the Convention into domestic law.

Thus when Premier Khrushchev intimated even before inauguration that he hoped for an early meeting with the new President, Mr. Kennedy was confronted with a delicate problem.

Thus, a robust surveillance system involving human clinicians and veterinarians may identify a bioweapons attack early in the course of an epidemic, permitting the prophylaxis of disease in the vast majority of people ( and / or animals ) exposed but not yet ill.

Thus the view from Whitehall early in 1916: If defeat was not imminent, neither was victory ; and the outcome of the war of attrition on the Western Front could not be predicted.

Thus were preserved and securely dated an early decorated church and a synagogue decorated with extensive wall paintings.

Thus, this early revolt against colonial rule ( one of the first in Spanish America ) was, paradoxically, an expression of loyalty to the Spanish king.

Thus, it is possible that I Corinthians was written during Paul's first ( brief ) stay in Ephesus, at the end of his Second Journey, usually dated to early 54 AD.

Thus early 1950s historian of fandom Jack Speer began to label successive generations of fans as First Fandom, Second Fandom, Third Fandom, and so forth ... all the way to Seventh Fandom and beyond.

Thus, during the 1960s and early 1970s, Portuguese development plans promoting strong economic growth and effective socioeconomic policies, like those applied by the Portuguese in the other two theaters of war ( Portuguese Angola and Portuguese Mozambique ), were not possible.

Thus, in Chile, Argentina and the Canary Islands, godo was an ethnic slur used against European Spaniards, who in the early colony period often felt superior to the people born locally ( criollos ).

Thus, until relatively recently, the vast majority of people were educated by family members ( especially during early childhood ).

Thus, Christianity acquired an identity distinct from Rabbinic Judaism, but this distinction was not recognised all at once by the Roman Empire, see Split of early Christianity and Judaism for details.

Thus, many of these early games had also absorbed the physically aggressive aspects of what the Mi ' kmaq in Nova Scotia called dehuntshigwa ' es ( lacrosse ).

Thus, because of Klaus Fuchs, leaders of the Soviet Union knew the United States was not prepared for a nuclear war at the end of the 1940s, or even in the early 1950s.

Thus, " the onus of being the last ' People of the Book ' engendered an ethos of " early on and the establishment of important book repositories throughout the Muslim world has occurred ever since.

Thus magnesium powder ( flash powder ) was used as a source of illumination in the early days of photography.

Thus, records were not uncommon in home audio systems into the early 1990s.

Thus, early text projects such as Roberto Busa's Index Thomisticus, the Brown Corpus, and others had to resort to conventions such as keying an asterisk preceding letters actually intended to be upper-case.

Thus by the early 1980s Superman was in his 60s and the Batman had died and been succeeded by his daughter, The Huntress, whereas the Superman and Batman of Earth-One, DC's primary universe, are perpetually young to early middle-age adults.

Thus, the lap steel guitar is sometimes known as the Hawaiian guitar, particularly in documents from the early 20th century, and today any steel guitar is frequently called a Hawaiian steel guitar.

Thus, the gang system worked like an early version of the assembly line later to be found in factories.

Thus, while Gandalf exerts a parental influence over Bilbo early on, it is Bilbo who gradually takes over leadership of the party, a fact the dwarves could not bear to acknowledge.

Thus Durkheim became interested in a scientific approach to society very early on in his career.

Thus, according to Durkheim, for early humans, everything was supernatural.

As Henry Smith expounds, " Thus from an early time, Mt.