After the end of the war , the United States and European nations stopped Process_end paying Commerce_pay tribute to the pirate states ; this marked Recording the beginning of the end of piracy in that region , which had been rampant in the days of Ottoman domination during the 16th–18th centuries .

The Emirate of Granada had been the last Muslim state in Iberia for more than two centuries by the time of the Granada War Hostile_encounter .

The Russian conquest Conquering of Siberia took place Process_start in the 16th and 17th centuries , when the Khanate of Sibir had become Becoming a loose political structure of vassalages that were being undermined Destroying by the activities of Russian explorers .

The Arab–Byzantine wars Hostile_encounter were a series of wars Hostile_encounter between the mostly Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Empire between the 7th and 11th centuries AD , started Process_start during the initial Muslim conquests under the expansionist Rashidun and Umayyad caliphs in the 7th century and continued by their successors until the mid-11th century .

During the first centuries , the Byzantines were usually on the defensive Defending , and avoided Preventing_or_letting open Openness field battles , preferring Choosing to retreat Escaping to their fortified Cause_change_of_strength strongholds .

Arab raids Attack reached Arriving a peak in the 9th and early 10th centuries , after the conquests of Crete , Malta and Sicily , with their fleets reaching Arriving the coasts of France and Dalmatia and even the suburbs of Constantinople .

The Barbary Wars Hostile_encounter were a series of conflicts Violence culminating Process_end in two main wars Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the United States , Sweden , and the Barbary states ( Ottoman Empire , including Tunis , Algiers , and Tripoli ) of North Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries .

The Revolutionary Wars beginning Process_start in 1792 ultimately featured French victories that facilitated Cause_to_make_progress the conquest of the Italian Peninsula , the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had eluded Escaping previous French governments for centuries .

Their descendants were held in hereditary subjection for centuries until the Spartan state finally needed them for defense Defending .

After centuries of Portuguese colonial rule Control in East Timor , a 1974 coup in Portugal led to the decolonisation of its former colonies , creating Creating instability in East Timor and leaving Causation its future uncertain .

After a period of indecisive and slow border warfare , a string of almost unbroken Byzantine victories in the late 10th and early 11th centuries allowed Preventing_or_letting three Byzantine Emperors , namely Nikephoros II Phokas , John I Tzimiskes and finally Basil II to recapture Conquering territory lost Earnings_and_losses to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century Arab–Byzantine wars under the failing Rewards_and_punishments Heraclian Dynasty .

The death of Manuel Komnenos in 1180 terminated Process_end military campaigns far from Constantinople and after the Fourth Crusade both the Byzantines and the Arabs were engaged Hostile_encounter in other conflicts until they were conquered Conquering by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th and 16th centuries , respectively .

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars Hostile_encounter were fought Hostile_encounter from the 16th through the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy , which was at times supported Supporting by the Holy Roman Empire , Kingdom of Hungary , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and Habsburg Spain .

later , the peace of westphalia and the spanish war of succession in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively left the austrian empire as the sole firm possession of the house of habsburg .

It followed Motion centuries of conflict Hostile_encounter over this territory , first among Native American tribes , and then with the added shifting alliances among the tribes and the European powers of France and Great Britain , and their colonials .

The Turks , Tibetans , and the Tang competed Competition for control Control over Central Asia for the next few centuries .

3 centuries were scored Getting during the tournament Competition .

The Bulgarian–Hungarian wars Hostile_encounter were a series of conflicts that occurred Presence during the 9th–14th centuries between the Bulgarian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary .

the kingdom of georgia , a subject of the persians for many centuries , became Becoming a russian protectorate in 1783 , when erekle ii signed the treaty of unk , whereby the empress promised to defend him in case of the iranian attack .

Marlon Samuels of Jamaica finished as the tournament 's highest run-scorer , he made Creating 853 runs at an average of 65.61 , including three centuries and a highest score of 250 not out .

The invasion marked Recording the end of several centuries of Ottoman rule in Algeria and the beginning of French Algeria .

Subsequent Jacobite risings were confined Hindering to Scotland and England , but the war was to have a lasting effect on the political and cultural landscape of Ireland , confirming Check British and Protestant rule over the country for over two centuries .

Protestant victory and liberty of religion thereby assured the political and national decentralization of the Empire for several centuries , and made it Causation vulnerable to foreign domination .

Political Unification of Germany would only occur Coming_to_be centuries later .

The exact location has been debated Communication for centuries , but southwest of present-day Selma , Alabama , is one possibility .