Blog #8

Chapter 10 showed the breaking away of Africa and Asia from Christianity. Arabia, the central country of Islam, was one of the first Asian countries to leave Christianity. A wide conversion to Islam also spread throughout Africa. The Byzantine Empire pushed to keep Christianity alive. Although not a large empire, the Byzantine Empire was impressive and had a great influence over many. Within the Byzantine Empire, a region called Constantinople was founded as a capital of Christianity. Despite many civilizations diverting from Christianity, the Byzantine Empire along with Christianity still played a large part religiously, politically and commercially around the world. Russia decided on Easter Orthodox Christianity, the official religion of the Byzantine Empire, after not having an official religion previously. However, western Europe decided to follow Roman Christianity, which had been popular but quickly collapsed. The entire Roman Empire had been overthrown. This caused the fall of their official religion. After the Roman collapse, populations of Europe expanded, leading to many new belief and political systems forming. The Byzantine Empire pushed to bring Western Christianity back.