Islam 600 Ce To 1450

Islam is not only one of the major religions in the world but also one of the fastest-expanding religions in history with more than 350 million muslims. It’s origin can be traced way back to 610 CE. The period from 600 C.E to 1450 is often referred to as the Post Classical period as many developments and reforms occurred during this period and one of the most important events that happened was the establishment and the spread of Islam. At the times, muslims were very strong, strict and reasonable people. The main keystone of this religion was the prognosticator Mohammad, who completely changed all of Middle East through the religion of Islam. He offered many different ideas to other religions to convert to Islam. His most powerful method of

Three of the reasons to how this happened were due to trade, the message passed on from god and the conquest of land. All of Islam Empire, including the Byzantine Empire and Persian Empire had set up many trade routes throughout the Arabian Peninsula. Through trading, many inventions and new ideas were brought up. People from different cultures and regions came across to trade and got many new ideas of the Islam religion, then spreading to their people because they liked the idea that it was one god and how the way of life was under this religion. Muslim merchants would travel to all the trading destinations, which allowed exposure of the religion within other countries as well. Other trade routes led to the Silk Road to China, india, East Africa and Spain where most likely, people converted to Islam. Overall, trading was one of the main reason in the spreading of

The Byzantine Empire and the Christians had a very hard time to gain leadership and religious indoctrination. They did not tolerate local customs and traditions whereas muslims had a high degree of tolerance for non-Muslims. For example, they would make deals with these people by giving them protection, so in exchange for tax payments, Christians and Jews received protection. Later on people started preferring the Muslims over the authoritative Byzantine rule. Islamic expansion in South and East Asia fostered cosmopolitan and assorted Muslim cultures in the Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. As of 2009, there were 1.5 billion muslims, making Islam the second largest religion in the world. The expansion of the Arab Empire after the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s death soon established Muslim dynasties in North Africa, West Africa, to the middle east, Somalia and in Iran which resulted in the formation of one of the most significant empires in world history. The main objective of the conquests was more than anything, as fertile land and water were scarce in the Arabian peninsula. In the 7th century, Islam in Somalia was introduced when Muslim Arabs fled from the persecution of the Pagan Quraysh tribe. When Muslims defeated the Pagans, some returned to Arabia, but many decided to stay there and established Muslim communities. The