John began his reign by reasserting his sovereignty over the disputed northern counties. In 1938 Mussolini began reasserting his anti-clericalism. The beginning of the pre-dreadnought era coincided with Britain reasserting her naval dominance. Hoffman rebutted Fischer's theory, reasserting that Tolkachev furnished genuine technical information. Therefore, they argued, they were merely reasserting an independence that still existed under international law. In 1856, during the Anglo-Persian War, Britain prevented Persia from reasserting control over Herat. The Babylonian king was planning on reasserting his power in Syria. After the war, the military began reasserting itself along the frontier. Zubiria planned to enforce this connection by reasserting the institutional hierarchy of the church. The depiction of Murphy's struggles in reasserting his humanity also deals with themes of identity. Ramesses II led several military expeditions into the Levant, reasserting Egyptian control over Canaan. They also planned on reasserting control over the colony. Monsanto commented on the protests with a statement reasserting the safety of genetically modified food. Just then, Dracula walks in, reasserting himself as Lord of the Vampires.