The first option because you want to have multiple paths that represent your hopes instead of just one.
It allowes the colonies to trade with their mother country England.
Answer:
Early Muslim conquests
Date 622–750
Location Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, North Africa, Iberia, Gaul, Transoxania, Sindh, Kabulistan, Zamindawar, Zabulistan, Khorasan, Tukharistan, Sistan and Caucasus
Territorial changes Islamic expansion: under Muhammad, 622–632 under Rashidun caliphs, 632–661 under Umayyad caliphs, 661–750