<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThroughout most of the last two millennia, they were fought over by European superpowers and became pawns in the religious conflicts between Christianity and Islam.  <response>: Katika miaka ya 2000 iliyopita, mataifa hayo mawili yalishindana na mataifa makubwa ya Ulaya na kuwa sehemu ya mapigano ya kidini kati ya Wakristo na Waislamu. 