Thus, the Umayyad Mosque reportedly suffered under their rule, with little recorded building activity between the 8th and 10th centuries.

He wrote at length against slavery and the despotic treatment that many blacks suffered under its authoritarian rule.

But in general, laws tied serfs to their masters for life and caused them to suffer under an owner's rule.

Finally, the voice spoke: I'm doing this for you and all the other mortals who would suffer under Cyric's rule.

But his retirement is generally viewed here as a necessary step toward final consolidation of democracy in a country that suffered grave atrocities under his rule.

Many Spaniards, particularly those who suffered under Franco's rule, have sought to remove official recognition of his regime.

We all know how Sudan has suffered under his rule of violence.

The suit sought compensation for damages that the plaintiffs suffered under Avril's rule.

Mankind suffered through many centuries under their rule, until at last three human kings rebelled against them.

He was terribly cruel and the Russian people suffered badly under his rule.