The trade route was instrumental in the spread of Islam from the Berbers in North Africa into West Africa, and with Islam came Arabic knowledge, education, and language. The Trans-Saharan trade ...

The religion entered through the Trans-Saharan trade routes linking North Africa to the Sahel region. Muslim traders from the Maghreb and other parts of North Africa brought not just goods but ...

Another trade route forged by Muslim traders went from Zawila (in what today is Southern Libya) down to Bornu and Kanem. Al Bakri regarded Zawila as a very important commercial crossroads ...

Muslim trade routes "It is clear that Muslim traders played a crucial role in the dispersal of cultivated citrus in Northern Africa and Southern Europe," Dr. Langgut said. "It's also evident ...

Dive into the era of maritime trade at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (IAMM ... especially during the Spice Route era. Strategic ports like Melaka were key meeting points for 15th and 16th ...

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived in India’s Calicut on May 20, 1498, becoming the first European to reach India via ...

both in the hope of spreading Islam through proselytisation and establishing trade routes. It was with those objectives in mind that Ibn Fadlan set off on his journey to the north, covering an ...

The routes of slave trade in Eastern Europe ... but in regions bordering on Islamic countries, slave trade continued up until the pre-modern period.