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 centuries, a number of terms and concepts have been developed within the framework of Christology to address the seemingly simple questions: " who was Jesus and what did he do?

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 the years there have been several archaeological finds relating to prehistoric peoples who lived in or passed through the area.

Over the next year Dunstable is ostracized at school but finds comfort and company in books.

Over time he finds it convenient to believe Susan probably is dead.

Over the course of the novel, Gris finds himself in possession of twelve tons of pure gold, which he tries to launder through a Swiss bank account in order to keep it all for himself ; he becomes a prisoner of two man-hating lesbians ( who end up marrying Gris after he rapes them and thereby " cures " them of their lesbianism, but not before various ingenious tortures, one of which involve a cheese grater and chili powder ); he repeatedly finds himself losing large amounts of money, becoming broke, and having to concoct wild schemes to save himself from his creditors ; he has an affair with a young nymphomaniac teenage girl whom he cannot escape ; he hires a hit man to kill Heller's fiancé, only to stumble through the affair and end up being a target for the hit man himself ; he embarks on a long cruise through the Mediterranean ( mirroring Hubbard's own voyages through the area in the 1970s ); and finally, Gris becomes the target after Heller realizes that he is behind the operation to disrupt his mission.

Over the narrow Poulgorm Bridge one finds the R597 regional road to Glandore, Ross Carbery and Leap on the N71 road.

Over the next few days, the apprentice finds himself sexually attracted to the girl, but is too shy to say anything ; however, when he finds her sleeping in front of the Buddha statue, he is unable to resist groping her chest.

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Over the years, Holtz finds himself surprised at the affection he feels for the boy, regarding Stephen ( the name he gives Connor ) as his son rather than merely an instrument of revenge.

Over the years Arthur finds a steady stream of odd jobs to keep him occupied.

Over the course of the day, the narrator finds parallels between the various injured zoo animals they encounter and her own life situation, as her attempts to leave Bruce all end with Bruce begging her not to and the narrator ultimately relenting.

Over time Saito finds himself increasingly more agitated with people who make romantic quips or passes at her, as well as with Okita's extreme obliviousness to love, and is less able to control his feelings.

Over the Caribbean, Burns finds a fine island, although it already has a name and is in fact the country, Cuba.

Over the course of the 100-page story, Mashechka finds that married life and her feelings for Mikhaylych are much more complex than she had thought and have little to do with her previous, slightly naive, notions of marriage, hence the ironic overtones of the title, " Family Happiness ".

Over the course of the novel, neither Noel nor Marjorie finds professional success in the theater.

Over the next few years, Yuan proceeded to abolish the national and provincial assemblies, and declared himself emperor in late 1915.

" Over matters which are purely personal, as for example, moral conduct, the individual is sovereign, as well as over that which he himself produces.

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

Over the last twenty years of his life, Mies developed and built his vision of a monumental " skin and bones " architecture that reflected his goal to provide the individual a place to fulfill himself in the modern era.

Over the past few decades, new information about the revolt has come to light, from the discovery of several collections of letters, some possibly by Bar Kokhba himself, in the Cave of Letters overlooking the Dead Sea.

Over two meetings — the first with Cooper, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, the second with Cooper alone — Mendes pitched himself to the studio.

Over the next three years, Bering himself was criticised on an increasingly regular basis ( his salary had already been halved in 1537 when the originally planned four years ran out ); the delays also caused friction between Bering, Chirikov ( who felt unduly constrained ) and Spangberg ( who felt Bering was too weak in his dealings with the local peoples ).

Over the course of many thousands of years Daneel adapts himself to be able to fully obey the Zeroth Law.

Over the next nine years, he wrote six more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading twentieth-century composers in this genre.

Over a protracted and laborious phone call, he agrees to give himself up to the police ; however, during the arrest, he and the couple are separated.

Over the course of Buffy, Spike falls in love with the Slayer, acquires a soul to prove himself to her, and dies a hero in the Buffy series finale before being resurrected in the fifth season of spin-off series Angel.

Branson has guest starred, usually playing himself, on several television shows, including Friends, Baywatch, Birds of a Feather, Only Fools and Horses, The Day Today, a special episode of the comedy Goodness Gracious Me and Tripping Over.

Kent Allard appears as himself in at least twenty-eight Shadow novels: " The Shadow Unmasks ," " The Yellow Band ," " Death Turrets ," " The Sealed Box ," " The Crystal Buddha ," " Hills of Death ," " The Murder Master ," " The Golden Pagoda ," " Face of Doom ," " The Racket's King ," " Murder for Sale ," " Death Jewels ," " The Green Hoods ," " Crime Over Boston ," " The Dead Who Lived ," " Shadow Over Alcatraz ," " Double Death ," " Silver Skull ," " The Prince of Evil ," " Masters of Death ," " Xitli, God of Fire ," " The Green Terror ," " The Wasp Returns ," " The White Column ," " Dictator of Crime ," " Crime out of Mind ," " Crime Over Casco ," and " Dead Man's Chest.

Over the next several months, the two direct harsh criticism towards each other with Rod claiming that Jerry is not trying hard enough to get him a contract while Jerry claims that Rod is not proving himself worthy of the money for which he asks.

Over the following years her accusations against Kinsey became increasingly serious ; she said he was a fraud who had employed and relied on pedophiles for his research, and went on to claim that Kinsey himself sexually abused children.

Over the following years, he recorded more than 20 monologues based around the character, most of which he wrote himself.

Over the next ten years, he established himself as a leading American author, publishing ten books of verse, which incorporate many techniques of the imagists, and 13 novels.

Over the next 18 years, Burke prepared himself for combat, serving in battleships and destroyers, and earning a Master of Science in Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Over the next few years he visited Russia, Portugal, Spain and Morocco, acquainting himself with the people and languages of the various countries he visited.

Over the next decade Getty suffered from depression and, in 1984 in a final attempt to end his drug addiction, checked himself into a London clinic.

Over time, Riley began to see himself as below Buffy in strength, and began to push his body well past its limits.

Over the next ten years Peng served in the armies of several Hunan-based warlord armies, raising himself from the rank of private second class to major.

Over the years they had a lot in common ; just as O ' Connor concluded contract negotiations for his salary on All in the Family, in 1974, missing two episodes, Hagman eventually found himself re-negotiating his salary on Dallas, with similar results.