HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Islam cut off north Africa from the regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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The spread of Islam into Africa brought large areas into the global community.
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With the conversion of regions of the continent to Islam, Africa became the center of the Islamic world.
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Despite widespread conversion of Africans to Islam, the continent remained outside the trading sphere of the Islamic world.
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African development can be understood solely in terms of Islamic influences.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Between the eighth and ninth centuries, Arab traders and travelers, then African clerics, began to spread the religion along the eastern coast of Africa and to the western and central Sudan (literally, “Land of Black people”), stimulating the development of urban communities.
Detailed explanation-2: -To reach West Africa, the religion of Islam joined the caravans of Amazigh traders. The Amazigh people were merchants who were a large part of the trans-Saharan trade. These caravans would cross the Sahara Desert to trade with the large, rich sub-Saharan empires, and they brought the religion with them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Islam spread in three phases throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The three stages were: minority or quarantine; court; and majority phase. The impact of Islam seems to have been positive in Africa. Teachers had translated the faith of Islam, the Quran, and the prayers into the many African dialects throughout the continent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.