Over several centuries, numerous Ancient Greek city states were established on the coasts of Anatolia.

Over the centuries this monastery had an important role on Portuguese culture.

Over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, these amalgamated or were bought by competitors until only a handful of larger companies remained ( see railway mania ).

Over the following centuries the system grew until finally almost anyone who wished to become an official had to prove his worth by passing written government examinations.

Over the centuries, the Comoro Islands were settled by a succession of diverse groups from the coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Madagascar.

Over the succeeding centuries, Capetians spread throughout Europe, ruling every form of provincial unit from kingdoms to manors.

Over the next two centuries, the use of French grew to the extent that, by the Liberation in 1945, all islanders had a working knowledge of French.

Over the centuries, Europe continued to have two distinct types of fiddles: one, relatively square-shaped, held in the arms, became known as the lira da braccio ( arm viol ) family and evolved into the violin ; the other, with sloping shoulders and held between the knees, was the lira da gamba ( leg viol ) group.

Over the centuries the island changed hands many times.

Over the next few centuries, some tribes warred, migrated, and merged.

Over the course of subsequent centuries, the term persisted and developed into its 21st century meaning of " recreational " or " leisurely pursuit ".

Over four centuries of Roman rule had profound demographic effects, resulting eventually in the establishment of three primary Germanic peoples in the area: Frisians, Low Saxons and the Franks.

Over the centuries since, competitors have introduced increasingly more effective techniques to arrive at the current form.

Over the next few centuries, Islam replaced Christianity as the dominant religion of the region.

Over the succeeding centuries they extended their range from Egypt to the Niger Basin.

Over half of all European immigrants to Colonial America during the 17th and 18th centuries arrived as indentured servants.

Over the next four centuries this law underwent discussion and debate in both of the world's major Jewish communities ( in Israel and Babylonia ), and the commentaries on the Mishnah from each of these communities eventually came to be edited together into compilations known as the two Talmuds.

Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, franchise jurisdictions were largely eliminated.

Over the centuries to come, the city was successively controlled by the Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Kartids.

Over seven centuries ago, Sa ' di wrote:

Over the centuries, members of the nomadic tribes of the Arabian Peninsula sought a more prosperous life in Lebanon.

Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged.

Over the course of many centuries, the play has attracted some of the most renowned actors to the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Over subsequent centuries, the strings were doubled to courses, and eventually ( in Europe ) frets were added, leading to the first lute appearing in the thirteenth century.

Over succeeding decades the number of societies has decreased, as various societies merged to form larger ones, often renaming in the process, and other societies opted for demutualisation followed by-in the great majority of cases-eventual takeover by a listed bank.

" Over historical time spans there are a number of nearly constant variables that determine climate, including latitude, altitude, proportion of land to water, and proximity to oceans and mountains.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

The single, " Don't Dream It's Over ", was released in December 1986 and reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart and number eight in Australia.

In 2009, " Don't Dream It's Over " was ranked number fifty on the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, voted by the Australian public.

Over 10 % of Swedish pupils were enrolled in charter schools in 2008 and the number is growing fast, leading the country to be viewed as a pioneer of the model.

Over the next six years, he made a number of other improvements and modifications to the steam engine.

Janis Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year career include " Down On Me ", " Bye, Bye Baby ", " Coo Coo ", " Summertime ", " Piece of My Heart ", " Turtle Blues ", " Ball ' n ' Chain ", " Try ( Just A Little Bit Harder )", " Maybe ", " To Love Somebody ", " Kozmic Blues ", " Work Me, Lord ", " Move Over ", " Cry Baby ", " A Woman Left Lonely ", " Get It While You Can ", " My Baby ", " Trust Me ", " Mercedes Benz ", " One Night Stand ", " Raise Your Hand " and her only number one hit, " Me and Bobby McGee ".

Over the years, he also occupied himself with a number of volumes of animal, insect, and nature studies and shunga, or erotica.

Over time the number of innovations in each wave increased and the diffusion of innovations overlapped, thus complicating dating the waves.

Over the last three hundred years, trade unions have developed into a number of forms.

Over the next few months Life of Brian was re-edited and re-screened a number of times for different preview audiences before the final cut was complete, losing a number of entire filmed sequences ( see Lost scenes below ).

Over the next 50 years many Mormons entered into plural marriages as a religious duty, with the number of plural marriages reaching a peak around 1860, and then declining through the rest of the century.

Over the years, Ueshiba trained a large number of students, many of whom have grown into great teachers in their own right.

Over his years as the Rangers broadcaster, Albert would miss a large number of games for other commitments.

Over the course of their evolution, there were a huge number of pulp magazine titles ; Harry Steeger of Popular Publications claimed that his company alone had published over 300, and at their peak they were publishing 42 titles per month.

Over the years, the number of cars on Pakistani roads has tripled.

Over the next twenty years, the government enacted a number of industrial incentive measures, the most important of which was Law 550.

Over a millennium after Euclid, Ibn al-Haytham ( Alhazen ) circa 1000 AD conjectured that every even perfect number is of the form 2 < sup > p − 1 </ sup >( 2 < sup > p </ sup >− 1 ) where 2 < sup > p </ sup >− 1 is prime, but he was not able to prove this result.

In the United States there is concern among some collectors that the United States Postal Service has become a promotional agent for the media and entertainment industry, as it has frequently issued entire sets of stamps featuring movie stars and cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Bart Simpson Over the decades the annual average number of new postage stamp issued by the U. S. P. S.

The total length of common-used railway tracks exceeds 85, 500 km, second only to the U. S. Over 44, 000 km of tracks are electrified, which is the largest number in the world, and additionally there are more than 30, 000 km of industrial non-common carrier lines.

In addition to Chicago blues numbers, the Rolling Stones also covered songs by Chuck Berry and Bobby and Shirley Womack, with the latter's " It's All Over Now ", giving them their first UK number one in 1964.