On this underlying geological structure centuries if not millennia of human activity have created the landscape that is visible today.

As in other areas along the waterways, centuries of Native Americans created settlements, increasingly permanent, along the Chowan River.

Here, a century ago this week, it seems, humans created one of the hallmarks of the automotive age: the speed bump.

A century of peace and seclusion created good economic conditions and cultural growth.

Challenged by Ms. Müller, they explained that centuries of totalitarian rule had created that mentality.

The continuous centuries of seclusion created a gene pool of Baùs that had good health.

Moreover, centuries of coexistence and intermarriages had created a special bondage between Marathas and Gardis.

The four centuries of Roman rule created an advanced and flourishing civilization.

We put them to work cleaning up the environmental messes a few centuries of riotous living had created.

It is among Arab tribes, whose centuries of intermarriage have created powerful bonds, that traditional notions of honor may be most enduring.