An additional document from the perspective of an African or Asian merchant would be useful, as the documents given only showed perceptions from Europeans or Muslims. Muslim traders and merchants left a much greater cultural impact than Europeans did, as evidenced by the following documents. Islam certainly had a great reach across the eastern and western hemispheres, which helped facilitate its ideas. Documents 4, 7, and 10 all exemplify the far-reaching pathway Islam had to other parts of the world, via the world trade network. Document 4 shows how Northern and Central Africa were connected, with part of the connection stemming from the Middle East, a prominent area of Muslims.
The Duties of the Caliphs were well organized and up front which Helped Islam become strong and well established (Doc E). The duties of these leaders were to define the meaning of faith, serve as a judge, guard the lands of Islam, and to wage war on anyone who misjudged the faith or did not believe. Many people who had been under control from the Byzantines and Persians saw this as a new way out and took it, After the battle at al-Yarmuk the Byzantine followers decided that they liked the Islam rule better than their own and decided to switch religions because of this new political
Muslims also adapted many ways like Indian styles into their religion and culture. The most known and dedicated converts to Islam were the Berbers, who made an impact on the spread of Islam, extending it far to the south of Africa, but most of the Islamic culture was kept in western Sub-Saharan. Although Islam changed and kept many things the same, because of wars, trade systems, religions, and educational systems, it remained as an advanced civilization. To this day Islam is still a major world religion with millions of
This was largely beneficial dwellers of Asia and Africa, which had large parts dry. The people acquired knowledge on how to construct wells. This knowledge is still being applied today in these regions. Through trade, Islam enabled the mixing of various cultures, which led to emergence of new towns as Islamic faith advanced in these regions. It enabled the emergency of new kingdoms such as the Mali Kingdom in modern day Mali.
The major religion of Islam became strengthened by merchants along the Silk Road. Islam was often spread through missionaries, but it was mainly through the help of merchants. Due to the trade along the Silk Road, merchants were successful in encouraging Islamic beliefs to the rest of the world. However, although there were changes between materials and cultures, the Silk Roads had a continuity of purpose. From the beginning, the Silk Roads were used to transfer goods to and from Europe and Asia.
Songhai use the Niger River to their advantage, where there were able to use as a trade route. The Songhai Empire also converted to Islam. Askia Mohammad was the leader of the Songhai Empire. The Empire increasing got stronger which gave them dominion over its neighbors. The fall of their empire was losing resources and death of leaders.
Islam was spread on the Silk Road as well; however it was not spread through missionaries, but by Islamic merchants. Christianity from Europe was also spread on the Silk Road as well. Even though there were many changes, a lot of things still continued. The spread of different ideas, religions, and technologies helped the Silk Road flourish and also help different countries flourish as well. The Silk Road’s
Voyages were sent along the West African coast and helped make a stronger economy for Europe due to more trading opportunities with Africa. Between 1492 and 1750, Although Europe was clearly dominant to Africa and Latin America during the Columbian Exchange, their social influence in Africa and the Americas developed more slowly than
They were able to gain things like corn and potatoes, but they also brought crops and trade products along with them to the Americas. They introduced horses as well as wheat and cotton. The expansion of trade to the Americas not only benefited Europe, but also benefited the New World by introducing trade crops that are still huge in America today. Without the discovery of these products, Europe’s economy would not have skyrocketed and they would not be as prominent a continent as they are today. The slave trade began around the mid-1600s with the European colonies that were built in the Americas.
On the other side, the Safavids were slightly tolerant. When the Isma’il came into power, he named Shi’a Islam as the religion of hid empire- with this it caused many wars, but change the path of the empire, affecting what we now know as Iran forever. With that, it’s safe to say that all of them enjoyed conquering new states, though not necessarily for the same reason. The Ottoman Empire was mainly interested in conquering, just to spread Islam. Their religion was their inspiration, whereas the other had less of the incentive.