Islam Spread So Quickly in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries

question 75

Multiple Choice

Islam spread so quickly in the seventh and eighth centuries because:

• A) Muslims insisted that all conquered peoples convert to Islam.
• B) there were no Christians in the first lands that Muslims conquered.
• C) the Pact of Unmark allowed for the total destruction of subject cities.
• D) the Byzantines and Persians had become exhausted by their long wars against each other.
• E) the subject peoples in conquered land welcomed the Muslims as liberators.

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