Islam in North Africa. Islam had a great impact on the culture of North Africa. It affected the way people lived including their government, trade, and education. The religion of Islam began in the Middle East during the early 600s CE. Not long after the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632 CE, the Arabs began to expand their empire.
Islam then spread slowly in much of the continent through trade and preaching. During this period these Muslims from North and West Africa came to be known by Europeans at large as Moors and were depicted by Europeans as black, swarthy or tawny in skin color.
Britain entered World War I in 1914 to honor a treaty that promised to defend Belgium and to fulfill an alliance with France and Russia. The Germans attacked Liege, Belgium, in the first battle of World War I, and then marched on to attack France.
