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Christianity could be considered to be the heir to the Roman empire because after the fall of the west, it was the single unifying force. Christianity did not stop wars nor did it erase ethnic prejudices, but it was the one common thread running through Europe, just as the Roman Empire was the common binder of Europe.

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