Assertion: mecca | /r/CapableOf | exist before christ
Facets:
value: several centuries
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Islam claims that Mecca is an ancient historical city which existed long before Christ, dating as far back as the time of Abraham.
text: So, if Mecca existed several centuries before Christ, then its inscriptions in stone and rock would have been more intact than the thousands of inscriptions remaining from the cities to the north and south of it .