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Netherlands : Damon VOF Publishers, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Minor Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ The Long Seventh Century, or How Christianity and Islam Divided Power (Dutch Edition). Christianity had become the state religion of the Roman Empire at the end of the fourth century. The other religions were banned, with only the Jewish religion tolerable status. Christianity remained the dominant religion around the Mediterranean even when the western half of the Roman Empire later crumbled, until peoples of a different religion appeared on the coasts in the seventh century. The Persians were still defeated, the Arabs were not. The long seventh century, or how Christianity and Islam divided power, shows how the Christian commonwealth around the Mediterranean, which emerged in the fourth century, fell apart between 600 and 750. In 600 Christianity still seemed unthreatened everywhere and forever the state… Read More