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"The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids was followed almost immediately by [the] . . . disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the very premise upon which the [Shi‘ite] revolutionaries held out their promise of a moral and material recovery: nothing less . . . could now save the marriage between religion and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its existence."

*an Arabic term designating a slave, in this case, a slave soldier of Turkic origin

—Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity, 1980

Despite the disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate, Islam continued to spread across Afro-Eurasia in the period 1200–1450 primarily because of which of the following?

Answer 1

The question you provided does not include the options, which are the following:

A . The conquest of the Christian Crusader States in the Levant

B . The activities of Sufi missionaries

C . The voyages of the Muslim eunuch Zheng He

D . The translation activities of Muslim scholars

Answer:

B . The activities of Sufi missionaries

Step-by-step explanation:

Sufi missionaries have had an important role in Muslim society, since they spread the belief of spiritual love and learning through becoming closer to God. In that respect, they developed the image of prophet Muhammad and their missionary duties are still being disseminated in many countries.