In the period of time between the mission of Christ and the 6th century, Christianity had spread across the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa and Europe. This growth was almost entirely by peaceful Evangelization, often in the face of bitter persecution. By 600 AD most of the former Roman Empire, North Africa and much of Europe were solidly Christian.
However, from 600 AD onward, Islam emerged from the Arabian peninsula as an aggressively expanding religion, which aimed to conquer all the lands of the region. This continuous war or "jihad" began just three years after Muhammad's death and continued for the next thousand years. In this time Muslim armies overran the Christian Lands of
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