HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Mesopotamia and Persia
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Egypt North Africa, and Spain
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Australia and the Americas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Islam and the empire began to spread along trade routes throughout the Fertile Crescent, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The empire expanded despite great distances, deserts, and mountains. The Arabic language also spread with the empire and helped improve trade across the new lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The start of Islam is marked in the year 610, following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula.
Detailed explanation-3: -Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from Southwest Asia, during the early 7th century CE. Almost one-third of the world’s Muslim population resides in Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -Islam has been in Australia since the 1700s when Macassan traders were long-term visitors to Arnhem land (now Northern Territory).