The correct answer is B) they were threatened by it and sought to stop it.
European leaders responded to Islamic expansion in the 700s CE in that they were threatened by it and sought to stop it.
During the 700s, Muslims spread Islam in different parts of the world. By that time, Islam was spread through the Byzantine Empire, the Iberic Peninsula, Asia, and North Africa. Muslim used many trade routes to trade with other nations by land and also by sea because they also controlled routes in the Mediterranean Sea. Nonetheless, European nations tried to stop it because they had their own culture and religious beliefs and did not want Islam to be part of their lives.
