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> [“But that's Islam in the third millennium: they want the certainties of seventh-century society with the conveniences of the twenty-first century.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/but-that-s-islam-in-the-third-millennium-they-want-the-certainties-of/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/mark-steyn-1844_islam_but-that-s-islam-in-the-third-millennium_261879.png)

> [“By the seventh century, Christianity probably was far stronger and more sophisticated in North Africa and Asia than in Europe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-stark/by-the-seventh-century-christianity-probably-was-far-stronger-and/)

[Rodney Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-stark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/rodney-stark-7977_christianity_by-the-seventh-century-christianity-prob_374967.png)

> [The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/the-koran-was-revealed-at-a-time-of-great-change-in-the-arab-world/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/salman-rushdie-153_arab-world_the-koran-was-revealed-at-a-time-of-grea_557014.jpg)

> [“the seventh-century biblical narratives transformed a slow, peaceful process into a something more dramatic, in order to stress the importance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-price/the-seventh-century-biblical-narratives-transformed-a-slow-peaceful/)

[Simon Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-price/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/simon-price-52969_biblical_the-seventh-century-biblical-narratives_805984.jpg)

> [“There were African slaves in China from at least the seventh century CE, and, Wolf reports, “by 1119 most of the wealthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-christian/there-were-african-slaves-in-china-from-at-least-the-seventh-century/)

[David Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-christian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/david-christian-7861_quote_there-were-african-slaves-in-china-from_1278086.jpg)

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