Waves of Change: the arrival of Islam

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      • in the north of the Sahara, powerful Islamic empires and Muslim merchants united a vast amount of Afro-Eurasia
      • As West Africans converted to Islam, this system expanded into the trans-Saharan trade
      • after the arab conquest of the 7th century, the Berbers converted to Islam
      • islam was the most important factor
      • provided common language
      • provided value system
      • made communication easier
      • written arabic improved record-keeping in West Africw
      • arabic legal codes and written contracts increased trust between merchants