Can you name the item which comes before the following sequences? by Pedro188

Sequence	Previous Item	Explanation
...Butane, Pentane, Hexane...
...Viscount, Earl/Count, Marquess...		English Nobility Ranks (Male)
...Bond Street, Park Lane, Mayfair...		Monopoly Properties (U.K Version)
...Iota, Kappa, Lambda...		Greek Alphabet
...Atlanta, Sydney, Athens...		Summer Olympic Host Cities
...Comet, Cupid, Dancer...
...Red Sox, White Sox, Cardinals...		Baseball World Series Champions
...Brazil, Italy, Spain...		Football World Cup Winners
...Cancer, Leo, Virgo...		Twelve Star Signs of the Zodiac
...Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus.
...McGann, Eccleston, Tennant...		Doctor Who Actors
...Peridot, Sapphire, Opal...		Modern Birthstones
...Bleak House, Dark Times, Little Dorrit...		Charles Dickens Novels
...Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook...		American Idol Winners
...Michigan, Ontario, Superior.		Great Lakes (In Alphabetical Order)

Sequence	Previous Item	Explanation
...Gore, Cheney, Biden...		United States Vice Presidents
..Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye...		The Beatles U.S. Number One Songs
...Nicholas Cage, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Nicholson...		Academy Award For Best Actor Winners
...Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus...		Planets (From the Sun)
...Brunei, Cambodia, China...		Asian Countries (In Alphabetical Order)
...History, Literature, Sports...		Sporcle Categories
...Philippines, Poland, Portugal...
...-and the Goblet of Fire, -and the Order of the Phoenix, -and the Half Blood Prince...		Harry Potter Novels
...On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die...		James Bond Movies
...Independence, Labor, Columbus...		U.S. Federal Holidays
...nano-, micro-, milli-...		Power Prefixes (Smallest to Largest)
...Spurs, Celtics, Lakers...		NBA Champions
...Flush, Full House, Four of a Kind...		Winning Poker Hands (Worst to Best)
...Callaghan, Thatcher, Major...		United Kingdom Prime Ministers
...Leviticus, Numbers, Dueteronomy...		Books of the Bible

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