Sentence examples for societies prior from inspiring English sources

It is clear that many customs and usages native to non-Arab societies prior to their Islamization found their way into Islam in the form of reputed or alleged traditions of Muhammad, though always on the condition of their general compatibility with Islamic tradition.

Economic growth, though not comparable to modern economies, was greater than that of most other societies prior to industrialization.

–What were the major problems or issues concerning this aspect of society prior to United States involvement?

–What organizations were involved with your assigned aspect of Bosnian and Herzegovinian society prior to United States involvement?

In the mid-20th century, American historian Crane Brinton analyzed the tendencies of a society prior to a major revolution.

The visual image of English society prior to the revolution of 1648 has forever been shaped by van Dyck.

Such a definition forms the basis of our philosophical approach to combating colonialism and reconstructing that which underpinned our society prior to colonisation.

The pond was immortalized by Henry David Thoreau, who retreated there (1845 47) from society prior to writing Walden; or, Life in the Woods.

Although there are no written records detailing the history of Canada's aboriginal society prior to the first contact with Europeans, archaeological evidence and oral traditions give a reasonably complete picture of the precontact period.

Most notably, many of the short stories and novels of Pramoedya Ananta Toer who was among those imprisoned in the Moluccas (for nearly 15 years)—poignantly portray the tensions that agitated Indonesian society prior to the failed coup, while his book Nyanyi Sunyi Seorang Bisu (1995; The Mute's Soliloquy) specifically addresses his years on Buru.

Poetry's place within Turkish society prior to the second half of the 15th century is relatively unknown, but the 16th century saw the composition of seven biographical dictionaries (tezkires) by Ottoman poets that make clear the high esteem in which poets and their poetry were held.