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Outline of the Expansion of the Islamic Civilization
Outline of the Islamic Civilizations expansions

Lead-In: Cultural Diffusion is “The transmission of social institutions, skills, and myths from one culture to another.”(“Cultural Diffusion”Dictionary.com) The Islamic civilization, during the post classical period, expanded the Islamic culture by their nomadic and semi nomadic groups.
Thesis Statement: The movement of the Islamic civilization resulted in the dissemination of distinct cultural characteristics, ideas, and technologies in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It also led to warfare because of the distinct differences in religions.

The rise and rapid spread of Islam started with the development of the Muslim religion. * The Muslim religion was developed by Muhammad, the prophet. * Hostility in the prophet's home of Mecca led to Muhammad, in 622, fleeing to Medina, in an event known today as the hijra. * Muhammad became the leader of Medina and his religious ideas found a more receptive audience. * After having the threat from Mecca neutralized, conquest played such a crucial role in the spread of Islam. * While there are provisions for spreading the faith even through conquest in the Koran, there were other factors at play that help explain why conquest played such a crucial role in the first generation of Islam, and why conquest remained an important aspect of proselytizing in ensuing centuries. * One such reason was ghazw, the practice of raiding caravans, encampments, and poorly defended towns for plunder, a feature of tribal politics that had long characterized life in Arabia. Early Muslims raided because it was a traditional practice.

Africa * The emerging kingdoms merged into a larger economy by the trans-Saharan trade routes that extended down from the North African coast. * Between 200 and 700 BCE, a network of caravan routes using camels connected West Africa to the larger Arab world. * This trade system transformed the region economically, culturally, and

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