Why Did Islam Spread

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For many years Islam has been one of the largest religious groups in the world with a population of over a billion members and it is still growing today, but how did it become so large. In this paper I will explain how Islam spread through Trade, Religion, and Military conquest.
One of the biggest reasons why Islam spread is because of Trade. In the Middle East from China to Spain were the Silk Roads. The Silk Road was a trade route for the countries in Europe and the Middle East. Along the trade was a small town called Mecca. Mecca became under control of Muslim (Islam) in 632. Mecca was like the rest center of the Silk Road because all of the routes form Yemen, Egypt, China, Spain, East Africa. Over the years the other countries became under