Islam (like Christianity) was born in deserts or semi-deserts of West Asia. But unlike the latter which has left Asia to become a European religion (under Peter & Paul) Islam remained West Asian & encompassed the whole region. Islam's (or Islamic World's) prosperity lay in it acting as a trade intermediary Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country's Late Iron Age. Construction on the monument began in the 11th century and continued until the 15th century. The most widely-accepted.
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
