Centuries

To be fair, that wouldn't be too far off from how things were a few centuries ago.

We cannot be certain this entertaining anecdote is 100% true, but he was a genuinely great mathematician, who in many ways was centuries ahead of his contemporaries.

The city and empire flourished from approximately the 9th to the 15th centuries.

For several centuries Angkor, was the centre of the Khmer Kingdom.

Manila has been the principal city of the Philippines for four centuries and is the centre of its industrial development as well as the international port of entry.

In recent centuries, the city has become an important tourist attraction.

Centuries later, cheesecake appeared in America, with a variety of regional recipes brought over by immigrants.