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India was a big part in spreading goods through the trade routes.

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Dennis:Muhammad was meditating in a cave near Mecca, the angel, Gabriel, Talked to him and told him to read the words he showed him.

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Islam diffused through North Africa with trade, conquest, missionaries, merchants and pilgrims.

-Liva

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The Mountain of Light, Mecca Saudi Arabia

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The Mountain of Light, Mecca Saudi Arabia

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The Mountain of Light, Mecca Saudi Arabia

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Trading had an impact on new very strong cities
Bryson

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An academic center for research and translation was built called the House of Wisdom - Evan Miller

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Seljuk Empire
They converted to Islam between the 10th and 14th centuries. They also dominated all powerful trade routes, which gave them powerful a income.

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The Mongolian empire had taken all over China.

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The Delhi Sultanate converted to Islam and brought their faith to northern India

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Muhammad was banished from Mecca because he was "a threat"

- Eva

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The Seljuk empire included modern day Iraq. The Seljuks were originally slaves until they took over as the Abbasid Caliphate collapsed. -Eleanor

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Sufis were a mystical part of Islam who had a relation with Allah through chanting and mediation. They were very good at converting people to Islam.

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Muslims conquered and gained control of Spain, transformed it into an Islamic country, and made many notable advances in math and literature.

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The Delhi Sultanate was located in north India around 1000 C.E.

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This is where islam was started.

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Founding place of Islam and although Islam was the dominant religion in the Islamic world, "People of the Book" (Christians, Jews, etc) were able to practice their religion but had to pay a jizya (tax).

- Eva

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Bryson Hall

Ibn battuta traveled and learned about Western African and studied what they do and their Islamic culture.

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The civilization of Malacca, located in Malaysia on the coast of the straight, taxed trading ships as they entered they straight during Indian Ocean trading.

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Ibn set off to Mecca which took him 16 months.

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The used coin as a form of currency instead of just simply exchanging things with others.

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Bryson Hall

Ibn Battuta travels 70,000 miles and studies West African culture.

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this was one of the largest trade routes in Afro Eurasia. This helped spread many important things that helped the development of many counties.

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the spread of Islam and the expansion of commerce developed simultaneously in many places, ultimately creating a Dar-Al-Islam
The prophet and founder of Islam, Muhammed was born in Mecca.
-Livia

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Dennis . Ibn buttata traveled through here. Ibn buttata Was an Arab/Islamic scholar. He wrote one of the most famous travel documents, the Rihlah.

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Existing trade routes flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities. -Evan Miller

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taxed ships to enter the straight in Indian Ocean trade
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Confucianism was making a comeback during the song dynasty. Confucianism was also evolving into Neo-Confucianism because of the spread of Taoism and Buddhism.

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Logan
India was not unified. There was a dramatic agricultural growth in India during this time.

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Ibn battuta visited North Africa around 1304-1368

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In the Indian Ocean trade routes, routes were connected to Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia like Malaysia and Indonesia -Eleanor

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The silk road flourished. Silk, tea, salt, porcelain, etc was traded there. It was significant because it connected people and countries together and spread many goods and other things including the Bubonic Plague.

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Islam spread from its place of origin (Arabian Peninsula) to Northern India. Also Spread to Spain and Northern Africa by 1450.

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The Mongolian empire was expanding and in the process created a new way of fighting in wars. The new fighting technique consisted of arrow storms, amassing huge arsenals, engaging in repeated hit-and-run barrages and delayed sieges.

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- Eva
India was not unified it was decentralized and was made up of different Hindu and Muslim kingdoms. This caused the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism to other areas via trade routes.