Nevertheless, his brief rule set in motion developments that profoundly changed virtually every aspect of life in Iraq and tied it more closely to Istanbul than ever before.
Seventy years ago in this quiet countryside setting, the "father of modern computing" Alan Turing helped to crack the Enigma code and set in motion developments which have brought us the technology we use today.
The evolution of aerobic photosynthesis set in motion the development of an oxygen-rich atmosphere that dramatically transformed the chemistry of the Earth, imposing new challenges to evolving organisms also in terms of radiation-induced damage.
This union set in motion the developments that eventually resulted in the formation of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, created in 1569.
This set in motion developments which made commerce still more independent of monarchs and their whims.
Recent developments in cash transfer seemed poised to set in motions a development that could potentially transform the humanitarian sector at large.
These films also set in motion an offshoot development: horror films featuring monsters that evoked not the uncanniness of the sound transition cinema but, thanks to the diffusing lens tendencies of film reception, the uncanniness of the recently silent cinema.
Short- and long-term plans on nanotechnology should be set in motion to promote the development of new companies, new products, and advance materials.
These developments set in motion a cumulative process of human population growth, landscape modification, and environmental changes visible in Holocene soil, pollen, faunal, and other records around the world.
Although certain derivatives and insurance contracts have been around for centuries, the increased volatility in the financial system introduced in the 1970s set in motion an explosion of product development.
In 1948 an overhaul of the metric system was set in motion which resulted in the development of the "Practical system of units" which, on its publication in 1960, was given the name "The International System of Units".
