WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What facilitated trade and stimulated intellectual activity in the Muslim world? The Arabic language helped make trade and intellectual scholarship easier in the Muslim world. 12. What two weakened empires helped Islamic religion and culture spread?

Detailed explanation-2: -New disciplines emerged – algebra, trigonometry and chemistry as well as major advances in medicine, astronomy, engineering and agriculture. Arabic texts replaced Greek as the fonts of wisdom, helping to shape the scientific revolution of the Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Islamic merchants dealt in a wide variety of trade goods including sugar, salt, textiles, spices, slaves, gold, and horses. The expanse of the Islamic Empire allowed merchants to trade goods all the way from China to Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Muslim states and empires encourage significant intellectual innovations and transfers. Innovations: Advances in mathematics (Nasir al-Din al-Tusi), Advances in literature (A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah), Advance in Medicine (Avicenna).