Christianity in Europe Christians were part of the Protestant tradition. Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy. Since at least the legalization of Christianity by the Roman Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, Europe has been an important centre of Christian culture, even though the religion was inherited from Africa and the Middle East and important Christian communities have thrived outside Europe such as Oriental Orthodoxy and the Church of the East since the time of Christ. Christian culture has been an important force in Western civilization, influencing the course of philosophy, art, and science.
Foreign interactions with Europe in far north east Europe. Many African populations have a large proportion of western Eurasian DNA particularly north Africa which is about 90% western Eurasian the above study is confirmed by y-dna and mtDNA analysis of north Africa for example over 90% of north African men belong to the western Eurasian E3B,J,G, or R1 haplogroups In sub-Saharan Africa amounts of western Eurasian DNA can be found in speakers of the afro-Asiatic language branch. In modern Europe up to 1% of the population is African (excluding north African) in origin. In modern Europe up to 1% of the population is eastern