"Islam has been the same for 14 centuries," he said.
"Islam has survived here for 14 centuries," she told me.
For 3 centuries, Christians, branded as Western spies, were hunted down and killed, sometimes by crucifixion.
"Egypt has been proud of its Islamic and Arabic identity for 15 centuries," he said.
For 16 centuries, Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a couple's wishes.
For 15 centuries the two mystic colossi gazed down as the trading caravans and warring armies streamed past.
"She walks through history for 28 centuries holding up a mirror to the way men think of women".
Islamic rule over Jerusalem lasted for 12 centuries, longer than any other rule, whether Israelite, Roman, Persian or Christian.
Situated on the main road between Leipzig and Frankfurt, the village has been a commercial crossroad for 11 centuries.
Tells with animation controversy raged for 4 centuries, until Henry VII, permitted subjects to wear tail coats as they pleased.
