The Influence Of Islam In The Mediterranean

For centuries, the dominant faith of the Mediterranean was Christianity its message was spreading like a wild fire. In the 7th century, the religion of Islam was founded by Muhammad who was an Arabian merchant from Mecca. Mecca was a famous city along trade routes, and played an active role in the flow of goods and ideas between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. Due to these trade routes, Islam gained heavy influences from Christianity and Judaism. While the Persians and Byzantines were fighting and their influence weakening, Islam was able to gain power and build an empire. Even though, the Germans and the Byzantines had previously built once strong empires neither had such a great influence as the