Ch 10: The Worlds of Christendom

I had always believed that Christianity had been one of the first religions to ever exist and the most popular. It was interesting that in China, the decimation of Christian communities occurred within a century after Muhammad's death in 632, and only a few groups remained.  As well in Africa were Muslims began to take over and Christianity began to disappear. But in Egypt Christianity had become a major religion that by the time the muslims took over around 640, for the next 500 years large number of people still practice Coptic and practice their religion as dhimmis. I also found interesting how Russia got converted into Easter Orthodox. This happened because Prince Vladimir of Kiev was looking for a religion but he rejected Islam because it prohibited alcoholic drink. This is interesting how a person chooses a religion taking in account if they are going to let you drink or not.