The growth of trade helped those towns develop into cities. What effect did trade have on the West African kingdom of Ghana? Ghana grew prosperous, trading cities developed, new ideas about government were introduced; Islam was introduced.
The period of <span>Muhammad in Medina</span><span> started with the </span>Hijra<span> (migration to Medina) in 622 and ended with the </span>conquest of Mecca in December 629. <span>Muhammad instructed his followers to emigrate to Medina until virtually all of his followers had left </span>Mecca<span>. Being alarmed at the departure of Muslims, according to the tradition, the Meccans plotted to assassinate him. he fooled the Meccans who were watching him, and secretly slipped away from the town.</span>
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