WILL GIVE 100 POINTS AFTER YOU ANSWER The Silk Road provided a way to share beliefs and ideas, not just luxury goods. Why was Islam so widely spread along this important trade route?

1.because most of the merchants were from West Africa
2.because most of the merchants were Asian
3.because most of the merchants were Europeans
4.because most of the merchants were Arabs

4.because most of the merchants were Arabs

Explanation:

After the advent of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century, Islam started its expansion towards eastern regions through trade encouraged by the development of the maritime Silk Roads. Muslims were known to have a commercial talent notably encouraged by Islam, as well as excellent sailing skills. Thus, they could monopolize the East-West trade of the maritime Silk Roads, connecting various major ports of eastern Asian regions together. Indeed, their commercial ships had to halt at various ports to be supplied with water and food, be repaired, or to wait for changes in wind direction.

These interactions resulted in further expansion of Islam to the people living in important coastal cities in the Indian Subcontinent, China, or in the more distant South-eastern islands of modern Indonesia or Philip.

number 4. should be the correct answer

it was the shinto. the answer is c.