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 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 some of the watershed, especially west of the Cascade Mountains, precipitation maximums occur in winter, when Pacific storms come ashore.

Over the next two years, Richard D ' Oyly Carte and Carl Rosa were two of several theatrical managers who negotiated with the team but were unable to come to terms.

Over the course of recent years, however, offshore banking institutions and instruments have come under increasing scrunity by international bodies seeking to make international finance a more transparent system.

Over time, some PDP-10 operators began running operating systems assembled from major components developed outside DEC. For example, the main Scheduler might come from one university, the Disk Service from another, and so on.

Over the course of their career, Rush has come to release 24 gold records and 14 platinum records ( 3 of which have gone multiplatinum ), placing them within the top 3 for the most consecutive gold albums by a rock band.

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 the years, many people have attempted to come up with a terrorist profile to attempt to explain these individuals ' actions through their psychology and social circumstances.

Over 800 visiting narrowboats come by water to Warwick each year and moor on the arm.

Over the years, a " woman in black " carrying a red rose has come to mourn at Valentino's grave, usually on the anniversary of his death.

Over time, the " acedia " in Pope Gregory's order has come to be closer in meaning to sloth.

Over the following three centuries, the Dutch would come to dominate the Indonesian archipelago with the exception of the eastern half of Timor, which would become Portuguese Timor.

Over time, the United Nations have come to more generally support the developing nations ' point of view, and have requested significant offsetting " foreign aid " contributions so that a developing nation losing human capital does not lose the capacity to continue to train new people in trades, professions, and the arts.

Over time, people came to relate this cup to the notion that Elijah will visit each home on Seder night as a foreshadowing of his future arrival at the end of the days, when he will come to announce the coming of the Jewish Messiah.

Over the course of centuries, Western Hemlock typically come to dominate the canopy of an old-growth lowland rainforest.

Over twelve thousand visitors come to this small northern Wisconsin town each year in late July to watch men and women compete in 21 different events, including log rolling, chopping, timed hot ( power ) saw and bucksaw cutting, and pole climbing.

Burke County citizens participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain that pitted Appalachian frontiersmen against the loyalist forces of the British commander Ferguson at Kings Mountain, SC in the American Revolution, rather than waiting for him to come to them, militiamen throughout the Blue Ridge crossed over the mountains and thus were called the " Over Mountain Men ".

Over three thousand wine lovers come to sample the products of over 30 wineries.

Over 15, 000 spectators each year come to watch the parade's greatest asset, a dragon long.

Over the next hundred years the area remained largely undeveloped, though several times large plans were laid out for the area, never to come to fruition.

Over 4, 800 teenagers from all over the world have come to Seeds of Peace to discuss conflict resolution issues.

Over the years the fair, still held every September, has become a time for former students and Ellenboro residents who may have moved away to come home and visit with friends and to catch up on the year's news.

Over the centuries, much symbolic meaning has come to be attributed to the mantle:

Over 300, 000 fans come to see Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Dave Mason, Foreigner, Heart and more.

Over time the feature would come to be one of the most recognizable and long-running pieces on the station, being owned by the station until 2008 and continuing to air new segments up until May 2011.