Blog # 8

                                The Worlds Of Christendom

In this chapter it talks about how it became one of the worlds religion. It provided a measure of culture commonality for the people of western Eurasia that were diverse. In Asia Christianity almost disappeared because of the threat of Islam but it reappeared once the Mongols took over china. The expansion of Islam also threated Christianity in Africa because of the white spread of Islam. While Egypt remained a christen during the envision of Islam, the European and Mongols  that threatened Egypt land to its conversion to Islam. After the year 1000 western Europe went through some changes mostly because of all the invasions from the Vikings, the Muslims, and the Magyar.  The population of Europe grew from the year 1000 to 1340 which led to more lands needed to be open for cultivation. New villages were organized on former forests water was drained and land was reclaimed from the Netherlands. By the year 1300, forest in Europe were reduced to 20%. This change increased long distance trade that had dried up after the collapse of the Roman empire.  The characteristics of Christendom had a life long impact as well as going into the modern era. The characteristics emerged during the era of the third wave civilization.