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10th century- Traders spread Islam along the coast of East Africa in commercial city-states that became Muslim all the way up until the 10th Century.

14th century- Dues to Christian rule becoming weakened and the immigration of Muslim Arab pastoral groups, Nubia became a Muslim area.

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Before 1500-Gao (a major town south of Sahara) was the first town in Sahara to become a majority Muslim. After centuries many rulers followed Gao's lead.

1040- Muslims had spread into Senegal territory, and from there, Muslims established the kingdom of Mali in the 13th century and then the Songhai empire (1465-1600)

1100- Lake Chad became Muslim

1500- Islam was established across a east-west belt to the South of the Sahara. Islam didn't become a majority faith until the 19th century.

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Merchants and Sufi preachers who followed mystical Islam spread their beliefs from South India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia. From 1300 onward, Islam continued to spread from Malaysia to what is now Indonesia for two centuries.This area was heavily settled by people of the Buddhism, Hinduism and local Polytheistic religion, so it took many centuries for Islam to become established.

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Other Muslim Turkish military groups invaded and conquered the northern areas of India. Areas such as Bangladesh were Buddhist, but by 1300, they began to embrace the Islam religion. The number of Muslims in the region exponentially increased.

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The Muslim Empire started to decline

After the decline of the Muslim Empire, Islam gradually spread to lands outside the boundaries of Muslim rule. After 1071, Anatolia was conquered by Turkish animal-herding groups that were Muslim. After Anatolia (modern day Turkey) was conquered Islam spread to other countries gradually for centuries.

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The second major movement of Islam happened

Berbers created an independent caliphate which broke up the political unity of Islam. In Persia this revolution replaced the Umayyad with the Abbasid dynasty. After this the rates of conversion climbed more rapidly in lands under Muslim rule.

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Non-Arabians began to accept the Islam Religion

The lowest class of people began to convert first. Men and Women moved to Muslim cities to look for jobs. These people learned more about the Islam faith which made them convert and expand the Muslim population. During Umayyad Caliphate the overwhelming population of the Non-Arab population of the Muslim Empire did not practice Islam.

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Muhammad started to preach Islam

Muhammad preached Islam at Makkah and Madinah in Arabia for about 23 years, while he received revelation of the Qu'ran, according to Islamic teachings. He preached publicly for the first 10 years and he preached privately in his own house until his death in 632 C.E.