New Deal: created in the 1930s by the American president Roosevelt, New Deal involved many financial reforms and regulations, along with public work projects and federal programs as a response to the Great Depression (beginning 1929)
Another effect of the spread of Islam was an increase in trade. Unlike early Christianity, Muslims were not reluctant to engage in trade and profit; Muhammad himself was a merchant. As new areas were drawn into the orbit of Islamic civilization, the new religion provided merchants with a safe context for trade.
