WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Islam’s spread across the continent began in North Africa in Egypt, then continued on to West Africa before moving on to East Africa within a few hundred years. From East Africa, Islam spread to India, Indonesia and other Asian countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -These interactions resulted in further expansion of Islam to the people living in important coastal cities in the Indian Subcontinent, China, or in the more distant South-eastern islands of modern Indonesia or Philippines. It is believed that Islam first arrived in these South-eastern regions by the 7th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article. Following the conquest of North Africa by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islam spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is largely through peaceful means whereby African rulers either tolerated the religion or converted to it themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over a period of a few hundred years, Islam spread from its place of origin in the Arabian Peninsula all the way to modern Spain in the west and northern India in the east. Islam traveled through these regions in many ways.