The territory was controlled successively by the Mongols, the Manchus, the Kokand khanate and the Russians.
For most of its history, however, the territory was occupied successively by Persians, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, Ottoman Turks and Russians.
For the 21st-century reader, In Memoriam has been tarnished successively by fashion, by scholarship and by reputation.
After the fall of Rome, Campania was occupied successively by the Goths, Byzantines, and Lombards.
First mentioned in 964, Rapallo was sacked successively by the Lombards, Normans, and Swiss.
Later Murray was joined successively by three editors: Henry Bradley, William Alexander Craigie, and Charles Talbut Onions.
Over the last dozen years, its campus had been occupied successively by the Soviets, the mujahedeen fighting the Soviet troops, the Taliban and, most recently, anti-Taliban forces.
Farther south on Route 9 is Lyndhurst, built in 1838 and owned successively by a mayor of New York (William Paulding) and a prosperous merchant (George Merritt).
It then was ruled successively by Sékou Touré (1958 84) and Lansana Conté (1984 2008), the latter of whom claimed power through a military coup.
When the western Roman Empire fell, Messana was taken successively by the Goths, the Byzantines (ad 535), and the Arabs (842).
After Makwetu the party was led successively by Stanley Mogoba (1996 2003), Motsoko Pheko (2003 06), Letlapa Mphahlele (2006 13), and Alton Mphethi (2013– ).
