Why did Islam become the dominant faith of West Africa?

a. West Africans felt that Islam offered greater freedoms than Christianity did.
b. Muslims forced most West African women into marriage.
c. Muslims gradually came to dominate trans-Saharan trade routes, and their faith followed.
d. West Africans believed that Islam would give them access to Paradise.


Answer: c

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

The quattrocento refers to:

A) the 1400s in France B) the 1400s in Italy C) the 1500s in Germany D) the 1500s in Burgundy and England

Art & Culture

God is on a (1) to (2) His creation. Just as He called people in Genesis to join in on that (3), He continues to call believers today.

What will be an ideal response?

Art & Culture

The mazhar is similar to the Indian sitar.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Art & Culture

In 1992, AIDS activists assembled which of the following artistic media in Washington, D.C., to protest governmental inaction with regard to the AIDS crisis?

A. a sit-down tableau B. a mobile C. hundreds of coffins D. a giant quilt

Art & Culture