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AFST 101 Chapter Notes -Africana Studies

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Binghamton University
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Africana Studies
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AFST 101
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Bouânani

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Chapter 7: north and west africa and the spread of islam. Islam is one of the world"s most influential religions today. To understand islam better, it is important to learn how it spread and developed throughout the world. This chapter focuses on the spread of islam in north and west africa. One of the most interesting points i learned was that the spread of islam did not necessarily mean conversion but the expansion of its political system instead and how differently it spread. One of the first events we learned about in class was the conquest of egypt by the. Muslim arab army from the arabian peninsula from 639 to 642 c. e. However, after reading the chapter closely, i realized the conquest was not as simple as i thought. On page 99, the book states, generally, islam does not seek a division between the religion and politics. so, when.

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