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Q: What is Islam and why did it spread across Africa?
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How did Islam spread across north Africa and the middle east?

By conquest. Warfare is another term.


What is the spread of Islam throughout Africa an example of?

Islam did not spread the same way throughout all of Africa. In North Africa, Islam spread by conquest. In West Africa and along the Indian Ocean, Islam spread by contact between Muslim merchants and local Non-Muslims.


In The spread of Islam across North Africa and the Middle East affected the future of Axum civilization by?

Blocking its primary trade routes.


What helped spread the Arabic language in west Africa?

The spread of Islam


How did the spread of Islam affect political and social life in East West and South Africa?

The spread of Islam in the East, West, and South Africa was a gradual process. The spread of Islam helped with trade practices, education, and literacy.


What is the reason for increased social divisions in West Africa was?

the spread of Islam.


What factors hindered the spread of Islam in Eastern Africa?

Spread of Islam was not hindered in east africa, it reached as far as Zambia, Mozambique and further south to Rwanda


Where did Islam spread during middle ages?

The Middle Ages were already under way when Islam began to spread in Arabia. It spread to Persia and Palestine. Then it spread into India, across North Africa, into other parts of Africa, to Asia Minor, to Central Asia, Southeast Asia, to Spain, Sicily, Southern Italy, the Balkans, the Philippines, and Indonesia. There is a link below.


What religion was spread to Africa and by whom?

Islam and by the arabs


What religions spread from Arabian peninsula to Africa?

islam


Who most likely introduced Islam to West Africa?

As far as I know, Muslim merchants had the honor to spread Islam in both Africa and southeastern Asia. You may find Masjids spread in western Africa carrying the names of their builders, or perhaps they are buried nearby.


In what century did Islam begin to spread into Africa?

Islam began to spread in Africa in the seventh century, the same century in which Quran revelation by God to Prophet Muhammad started.