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Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

Which of the following statements best describes Islam's spread from the seventh through the 17th century?

Military conquests by the Arab Empire and traders of Islamic faith were the primary means for spreading Islam to Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Islam reached North, Sub-Saharan, and East Africa, but did not take hold in Asia.

The Arab Empire rejected military conquest, therefore trade and missionaries were the primary means for spreading Islam beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

The spread of Islam was limited to the areas of the Arabian Pen

Answer 1

The Spread of Islam

Answer 2

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Answer 3

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/5078d986e4b02f109be4602e

Answer 4

Within the first century of the establishment of Islam upon the Arabian peninsula and the subsequent rapid expansion of the Arab Empire during the Muslim conquests, resulted in the formation of one of the most significant empires in world history.[4] For the subjects of this new empire, formerly subjects of the greatly reduced Byzantine, and obliterated Sassanid Empires, not much changed in practice. The objective of the conquests was more than anything of a practical nature, as fertile land and water were scarce in the Arabian peninsula. A real Islamization therefore only came about in the subsequent centuries.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam

Answer 5

shes right it was the spread...