Well a skimming is better than a shunning I guess
This again comes down to the world view of the reader, those like you who would reject God's Account of the history of man would scoff, but this is how this fits from God's Account to us:-
The three sons of Noah became the source (through their offspring) of three people groups who in turn went on to populate the other regions of the world such as Brazil, Iceland, Russia etc etc
The three sons were:-
Ham - the origin of the African nations.
Shem - the origin of the Asian nations.
Japheth - the origin of today's European nations.
As Acts 8 begins, Christ has recently been crucified, has risen and ascended. The Holy Spirit has arrived (as promised by Christ - See Acts chapter 2) and the Church can begun to grow; in fact it grew faster proportionally in the first century than it has in any other era.
As these things are unfolding, we read of:-
An Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39) - from Africa.
A murderous Saul who became Paul (Acts 9) - from Asia.
An Italian Centurian - Cornelius (Acts 10) - from Europe.
So this demostrates very clearly that the Gospel of Christ Jesus was immediately relevant to
all who heard it and duly repented. Nothing has changed, this message of forgiveness, purpose and eternal security was soon established as the primary belief system across the globe, a place it still retains to this day.
While there are around 10,000 distinct religions in the world, over three-quarters of the global population adheres to one of these four – Christianity (31%), Islam (24%), Hinduism (15%), and Buddhism (7%).
Demographics Of Christianity
Christianity, a faith that began nearly 2,000 years ago in the Middle East, is now followed by 2.4 billion people, and is the primary religion practiced throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa. Half of Christians identify as Catholic, 37 percent Protestant, 12 percent Orthodox and 1 percent “Other”. The United States is home to the largest Christian population (11.3% of the world total), followed by Brazil (8%), and Mexico (5%). -
article.