Question

1. Where did Islam spread, and what modern regions have large Muslim populations?

2. How did Muhammad first begin to spread Islam?

3. To what parts of the world did Islam spread between the 7th and the 17th centuries?

4. Why do you think the Islamic empire spread so quickly?

5. How did the Umayyads expand the reach of Islam through both conquest and culture?

6.How did Islam spread to India, and what impact did it have on the region?

7. What factors unified the Muslim Empire across three continents?

Answer 1

Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives. Islam spread from Mecca to Medina and then through central Asia, North Africa, Spain, and parts of the old Byzantine and Persian empires. the Middle East-North Africa region has the highest concentration Muslims of any region of the world: 93% of its approximately 341 million inhabitants are Muslim

Answer 2

6. Island spread through north India in the Delhi Sultanate through a series of conquests and battles. Muslims were the dominant minority in India and their cultures contrasted greatly, only a few Indians in the north converting. Eventually, the north Islamic part of India was rename Pakistan and became an independent nation for Muslim Indians.

Answer 3

2. Muhammad spread Islam's religion by conquering lands and allowing the conquered people to covert t their religion