How did Islamic culture influence the West?

Algebra, alchemy, artichoke, alcohol, and apricot all derive from Arabic words which came to the West during the age of Crusades. Even more fundamental are the Indo-Arabic numerals (0-9), which replaced Roman numerals during the same period and revolutionized our capacity to engage in science and trade.

What impact did Islam have on West African empires?

Islam promoted trade between West Africa and the Mediterranean. The religion developed and widened the trans-Saharan Caravan trade. The trade enriched the West African and the Muslim traders. Muslims from North Africa came in their numbers and settled in the commercial centres.

What were Islam’s most important achievements?

Here Hassani shares his top 10 outstanding Muslim inventions:

Surgery. Around the year 1,000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1,500 page illustrated encyclopedia of surgery that was used in Europe as a medical reference for the next 500 years.
Coffee.
Flying machine.
University.
Algebra.
Optics.
Music.
Toothbrush.

What was the main reason for the spread of Islam?

Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.

Why did Islam spread so quickly military conquest help?

The military conquest was inspired by religion, but it was also motivated by greed and politics. But this mixture of motives combined to form a process that forged Islamic and Arab ideals and communities into a fast-growing religious and political identity.

Who destroyed the idols in the Kaaba?

Muhammad

How many idols were there in Kaaba?

In all, there are said to be three hundred sixty idols housed in and around the Kaaba, representing every god recognized in the Arabian Peninsula.

Why was Kaaba cleansed of the idols?

The Kaaba was a sanctuary in pre-Islamic times. The pre-Islamic Kaaba housed the Black Stone and statues of pagan gods. Muhammad reportedly cleansed the Kaaba of idols upon his victorious return to Mecca, returning the shrine to the monotheism of Ibrahim.

What do Muslims do during their daily prayers?

Facing the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba with respect to those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting from the Quran and glorifying and praising Allah as they bow and prostrate themselves in between.

Is Mecca Sunni or Shia?

After the four holy cities of Islam (Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem and Damascus), Najaf, Karbala and Qom are the most revered by Shias.