EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Pre-Islamic Arab trade refers to the land-and sea-trade networks used by pre-Islamic Arab nations and traders. Some regions are also known as the incense trade route. Trade has been documented as early as the beginning of the second millennium BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yet the arab slave trade, a major component of african history, lasted more than 13 centuries. it began in the early seventh century and continued in one form or another until the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indians had been trading with Arabs for a long time. About 4, 000 years ago, trade happened with Harappans by ships that travelled along the sea-coast. Birds were used to identify the direction of the shore if the ship went too far into the sea and lost sight of land. We know this from Harappan seals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The growth of Islam in South Asia has been one of the more important geopolitical developments of the past millennium. It began in the 7th and 8th centuries, when Arab-Muslim traders settled on the subcontinent’s southwestern coast and Arab-Muslim military expeditions probed the Makran coast and the Indus Valley.

Detailed explanation-5: -Historically, it is not clear exactly how and when Islam came to Southeast Asia, but there is little doubt it was spread for the most part by merchants in the 12th century. By the time the Portuguese arrived in the early 16th century, Islam had a firm footing.