The spread of Islam to sub-Saharan African was linked to trans-Saharan trade: Islam spread via trade routes, and Africans converting to Islam increased trade and commerce. ... Muslim merchants conducting commerce also gradually spread Islam along their trade network.
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A polis of ancient Greece was a a)politically independent unit that included a city and surrounding land. A polis meant the city-states which existed during ancient Greece and would stand today as what it's modern city would be called. A polis also stood as a form of identity as it would be a person's citizenship and can be used to describe a body of citizens.
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