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The original idea, when the concept was introduced in England in 2003, was to provide workers with an evening entertainment.
In the 19th century, most emigration from Malta was to North Africa and the Middle East, although rates of return migration to Malta were high.
The primary aim of education during this period was to train young men in agriculture, warfare, Roman traditions, and public affairs.
One of his reforms, if he was responsible for them, was to divide his military resources into three.
In the extreme southwest, what was to become Cornwall, were the Dumnonii and Cornovii, who lived in the Kingdom of Dumnonia.
European fishing ventures in and around Newfoundland during the 16th century were the earliest Cornish activity in what was to become Canada.
Scholars such as Southern and Kent maintain Anselm's honest preference was to remain at Bec.
Molly, as she was known, was to return and leave him again on several occasions before their final separation.
Ebdon suggested a logo, and in 1879 it was to be found on the letterhead of the Salvation Army Headquarters.
This was contrary to the custom of the time, which was to promote bishoprics from within the locality.
However, on 7 May he fell into a trap laid for him by Richard Rich, who was to perjure himself to obtain Thomas More's conviction.
The knights informed Becket he was to go to Winchester to give an account of his actions, but Becket refused.
This last also inspired Knights of Saint Thomas, incorporated in 1191 at Acre, and which was to be modelled on the Teutonic Knights.
In the earliest texts of Mahayana Buddhism, the path of a bodhisattva was to awaken the bodhicitta.
The primary purpose of the assembly was to collectively recite the teachings to ensure that no errors occurred in oral transmission.
The usual pattern was to create an endowment to pay the wages of a master to instruct local boys in Latin and sometimes Greek without charge.
Each player was put in the virtual role of Chief Executive and the goal was to have the highest profit when the game closes.
The commander's policy was to have all the soldiers skilled in all the arts and crafts so that they could be as interchangeable as possible.
One of Mortimer's first acts on entering England was to capture the Tower and release the prisoners held there.
The result was to create a division in the castle between a more private Upper Ward and a Lower Ward devoted to the public face of the monarchy.
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