Throughout history, the rise and fall of empires in Europe became so widespread that they were no longer a surprise. There were many changes in rulers, land ownership, and religion in all areas of Europe. The area I intend to focus on is Afro-Eurasia between 300 and 600 AD. During this period new borders were drawn, religions were exchanged from one area to another, and new empires arose. Changes in Western Afro-Eurasia The rise of Christianity in Rome was not easy. It came with a lot of destruction and death. The spark of Christianity in Rome came from an appearance of the Martyrs in Rome. Martyrs were people executed for going against the common beliefs of pagan (polytheistic) customs. (Tignor, 2011, p. 286) Because of these terrible executions, Christianity is said to be based on the “blood of martyrs”. One of their main ways of spreading Christianity was through sharing their writings and by 300 AD there was an exceptional amount of book production throughout Rome. (Tignor, 2011, p. 289) “Christianity operated as one of many minority religions in the Roman Empire, and on several occasions suffered widespread persecution, especially under the emperors Nero (r. 54–68), Decius (r. 249 – 251) and Diocletian (r. 284–305). However, the situation changed radically under Emperor Constantine (r. 306–337), who in 313 issued the Edict of Milan that made Christianity a legitimate religion in the empire.” (Melton, 2010, p. 634)Constantine lived from 280 to 337 AD and in 312 AD he moved his army to Rome and began his powerful revolt in the Mediterranean. Constantine looked upon God in all his battles and it is said that he once saw an emblem and was told to place the symbol on his shield in the... center of the card... a new Emperor. In 527 AD Justinian was named emperor and came from a long line of Roman emperors. He did many great things to improve Rome, such as reforming Roman laws. He crushed the Vandals in Africa and made Carthage part of the “true Roman Empire” again. (Tignor, 2011, p. 296) He clashed with the barbarians of “old Rome” and managed to regain much of the control. He created many more churches and left his mark for more than a thousand years on future Rome. Work cited1. Melton, J. G., & Baumann, M. (2010). World Religions: A Complete Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (2nd ed., Vol.1). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.2. Tignor, R., Adelman, J., Brown, P., Elman, B. A., Liu, X., Pittman, H., & Shaw, B. D. (2011). Worlds Together, Worlds Apart A History of the World: V. 1 (3rd ed., Vol. 1). New York: W. W. Norton &.