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Islam's affects and influences on African Civilization
- Muslim traders introduced Islam to the East African coast, and the growth of
merce caused the religion to speed up.
-Smaller towns had mosques for the faithful.
- Government officials and wealthy merchants were Muslim.
- Ghana's ruler was converted to Islam.
- Ghana's African rulers accepted Islam.
- Much of the population never converted they clung to animism.
- Animism is the belief that spirits living through animals, plants, and natural forces play an important role in daily life.
- Muslim advisers were helping the king run his kingdom.
- Islam's growth encouraged the spread of literacy.
- Almoravids completed his conquest of Ghana.
- Eventually he withdrew, the war had badly disrupted the gold-salt trade and left Ghana with less power.
- Muslim traders introduced Islam to the East African coast, and the growth of
merce caused the religion to speed up.
-Smaller towns had mosques for the faithful.
- Government officials and wealthy merchants were Muslim.
- Ghana's ruler was converted to Islam.
- Ghana's African rulers accepted Islam.
- Much of the population never converted they clung to animism.
- Animism is the belief that spirits living through animals, plants, and natural forces play an important role in daily life.
- Muslim advisers were helping the king run his kingdom.
- Islam's growth encouraged the spread of literacy.
- Almoravids completed his conquest of Ghana.
- Eventually he withdrew, the war had badly disrupted the gold-salt trade and left Ghana with less power.