Question

How does this document explain why Islam might have spread so quickly?

a
Islam was spread by military conquest
b
Arabia was a crossroads/trading center
c
Islam spread because the people prefered their leadership to other regional leaders.
d
Islam spread because of the "Power Vaccum" in the Middle-East during the Middle Ages.

Answer 1

option A

Step-by-step explanation:

The spread of Islam spans about 1,400 years. Muslim conquests following Muhammad's death led to the creation of the caliphates, occupying a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces conquering vast territories and building imperial structures over time. Most of the significant expansion occurred during the reign of the Rashidun from 632 to 661 CE, which was the reign of the first four successors of Muhammad.[1] These early caliphates, coupled with Muslim economics and trading, the Islamic Golden Age, and the age of the Islamic gunpowder empires, resulted in Islam's spread outwards from Mecca towards the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans and the creation of the Muslim world. Trade played an important role in the spread of Islam in several parts of the world, especially Indian traders in Southeast Asia.