HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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strong armies, tolerance for conquered people, and weak empires around them
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extreme enthusiasm for their faith, alliances, and bribery
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strong armies, destruction of major trading centers, elimination of conquered people
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fierce warriors, destruction and extreme enthusiasm for their faith
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were Muslims successful conquerors? The Muslim armies were well disciplined and expertly commanded. However, the success of the armies was also due to weakness in the two empires north of Arabia. The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the major factors that led to the economic and military decline of the Islamic empires was the focus and value of personal pleasures over affairs of the state. The decline was also brought on by the quarreling families over the throne.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Arabs had a superior cohesion, better generals and could move faster than most of their opponents, who had also been fighting costly wars for a long time. This provided them with the basic impetus to overrun the central portions of the Mashriq.
Detailed explanation-4: -What role did armies play in spreading Islam? They united places like Arabia. Caliphs led this unification.