Christianity came to provide a measure of cultural commonality for the diverse people of Western Eurasia much as Chinese civilization and Buddhism did for those of east asia and islam for the middle east and beyond. The part of the Christian word become deeply divided. As a religion, Christianity contacted sharply in Asia and Africa as it expanded in western Europe and russia.
In Egypt christianity had become the religion of the majority by the time the muslim conquest around 640 and the next 500 years. Large numbers continued to speak and practice their religion as legally inferior but protected people paying a special tax.
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