Chapter 2

History: 20 Centuries AD

Second Century
100-200 AD

Major Empires in the 2nd Century

Marcomanni
Mongols attack Huns
Alemanni
Burgundians
who move westwards
Vandals
German tribes begin invasions Franks
Goths towards Europe.
of Roman Empire

AD

200

Scythians
Rome

Teotihuaca
Zapotec

Maya

Huns (XiongNu)
Ruruan Mongols
Kushana
Parthia
Han China

Axum/
Ethiopia

Satavahana

Moche

Dominant Religion
Religions
Christian

Empires that come to an end or undergo major change

Ethnic Religions

Secular/Mixed

Hindu/Buddhist, etc
Other

Major Empires in the 2nd Century

AD

200

Rome
Parthia

Continued warfare between

Romans and Parthians

Dominant Religion
Religions
Christian

Ethnic Religions

Secular/Mixed

Hindu/Buddhist, etc
Other

Major Empires in the 2nd Century

AD

200

Mongols attack Huns,

who move westwards
towards Europe.
Scythians
Rome

Huns (XiongNu)
Ruruan Mongols
Kushana
Parthia
Han China

Dominant Religion
Religions
Christian

Ethnic Religions

Secular/Mixed

Hindu/Buddhist, etc
Other

Major Empires in the 2nd Century

Marcomanni
Alemanni
Burgundians
Vandals
Franks
German tribes begin invasions
Goths
of Roman Empire

AD

200

Scythians
Rome

Teotihuaca
Zapotec

Maya

Huns (XiongNu)
Ruruan Mongols
Kushana
Parthia
Han China

Axum/
Ethiopia

Satavahana

Moche

Dominant Religion
Religions
Christian

Ethnic Religions

Secular/Mixed

Hindu/Buddhist, etc
Other

Major Empires in the 2nd Century

AD

200

Han China

Dominant Religion
Religions
Christian

Empires that come to an end or undergo major change

Ethnic Religions

Secular/Mixed

Hindu/Buddhist, etc
Other

The Importance of China

Solemnly and slowly, with his index finger extended,
Napoleon Bonaparte in the 19th Century outlined a
great stretch of country on a map of the world.
There, he growled, is a sleeping giant. Let him
sleep! If he wakes, he will shake the world.
That sleeping giant was China.

The Importance of China

Invention
Silk
Tea
Compass
Paper
Gunpowder
Printing

Date

Significance

ca 6000 BC Created a global trading network

unknown

Made urban life safer (boiled water)

ca 300 BC

Ocean travel and mapping of world

AD 105

Education for all became possible

ca AD 200
1045

Changed balance of power

Books and Bible widely disseminated

The Church in 100200 AD

Politicized Christendom
Christian majority/state
Active Christian witness/renewal

Stagnating Christianity
Christian decline
Severe Christian decline

Persecution
Severe persecution

The Church in 100200 AD

Politicized Christendom
Christian majority/state
Active Christian witness/renewal

Stagnating Christianity
Christian decline
Severe Christian decline

Persecution
Severe persecution

The Church in 100200 AD

110: Third imperial persecution under
Trajan

156: Montanism began;

severely persecuted

165: Fourth imperial persecution

Politicized Christendom
Christian Majority/State
Active Christian Witness/Renewal

Stagnating Christianity
Christian Decline
Severe Christian Decline

Persecution
Severe Persecution

Persecution in the 2nd Century

Key statistics 100200

100

200

World population in millions

180

192

Christians in millions

1.4

4.7

0.8%

2.5%

Christians as % of world pop.

Christian martyrs during century

81,000

Martyrs as % of all Christians

1.72%

Persecution in 2nd Century

The Persecutors

The Persecuted
Copts

Romans
Greeks

Armenians

Jews
Other Persians

Other

An estimated 81,000 martyrs

Latin
Montanist

The Decline & Disappearance of

Apostolic Christian Structures
Ephesians 4:11 Before 300

After 300

Ministries

Hierarchies

Acceptance

Apostles

Popes

Prophets

Archbishops

Evangelists

Bishops

Pastors

Priests

`Teachers

Theologians

Chapter 2
History: 20 Centuries AD

Second Century
100-200 AD