How did Islam impact the kingdoms of West Africa?

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.

How did African states change as a result of Islam?

Some African societies were matrilineal, and these changed to a patrilineal system. More superficial changes included the changing of names to those favoured by Muslims. Often such names were adapted to suit African languages, for example, Muhammad became Mamadu and Ali was Africanized to Aliyu.

How did the spread of Islam affect the world?

As a result, Islam facilitated the rise of large empires in areas once characterized by small kingdoms, marauding bandits or tribal nomads. Another effect of the spread of Islam was an increase in trade. Unlike early Christianity, Muslims were not reluctant to engage in trade and profit; Muhammad himself was a merchant.

What was the impact of Islam on trade?

Unlike early Christianity, Muslims were not reluctant to engage in trade and profit; Muhammad himself was a merchant.   As new areas were drawn into the orbit of Islamic civilization, the new religion provided merchants with a safe context for trade.

What was the impact of Islam on slavery?

Muslims considered the enslavement of unbelievers as a step toward their conversion. Also, in Islamic law persons born to slave parents were not automatically slaves, as in the American South. This meant that there was a constant demand for slaves because each generation of slaves had to be purchased anew.

How did the Abbasid dynasty influence the spread of Islam?

The Muslim Abbasid dynasty began trade relations with the nomadic Turks who roamed the plains of central Asia and Anatolia. Eventually, these Turks converted to Islam and the religion had the same political effect there as it did in Africa.