Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries.
The event you're describing is called the Ra pe of Nanking. It happened in 1937. Around 50,000 innocent Chinese people were killed by Japanese troops.
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Railroads brought rapid expansion of people, business, and cities across the state. ... Because railroads enabled farmers and ranchers to transporttheir products more efficiently, by the turn of the century Texas had become a leading producer of both cattle and cotton.