HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Islam spread as people from the Middle East refused to trade.
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Islam lost supporters as West African kingdoms conquered the Middle East.
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Islam spread as trading networks grew.
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Islam lost supporters as religion lost cultural importance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With full Muslim control of the western half of the Silk Road by mid-8th century, any long-distance exchange had to traverse Muslim lands, giving trade a central role in the further propagation of the religion. Muslim merchants carried the message of Islam wherever they traveled.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Arab merchants and traders became the carriers of the new religion and they propagated it wherever they went. It was, however, the subsequent expansion of the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent over the next millennia that established Islam in the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -dissemination from west to east along the trans-Asian trade route known as the Silk Road. Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism (a once widespread faith that died out by the 16th century), and Islam were transmitted mainly by traveling merchants and missionaries who joined up with merchant caravans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The growth and spread of Islam began when the Prophet Muhammad began sharing his divine revelations and spreading messages he received from Allah (god). He and his followers were persecuted and had to flee to the neighboring city of Medina in 622. There he and his followers were welcomed and the faith grew.
Detailed explanation-5: -Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.