Is the common belief that Islam was "spread by the sword" accurate? How was it spread?

Yeapp , the beleive that Islam was "spread by the sword" is very true,as they made cowards and poor accept Islam with the power of swords

yea yea yea yea yea it was spread by cultural diffusion and trade

number   5 i know this because savannah was the first capital and i took the test and all you have to do is look up a map of georgia savannah.

well let's see i know a little about the fall of the roman empore but what to say i do not have a clue of what to say. (that's 28 words) i learned about it in social studies it was quite boring really my teacher talks a lot, like a lot then gives us a bunch of work sheets not too many though.( that's 60 words)i actually almost fell asleep in class of course i really like that teacher of course she is really nice. i actually don't remember much from that class i got a b without any notes (it was an open notes test)(that's 95 words) i'm wasting time but i've gone too far to stop now i'm sorry i haven't said really any thing on the topic at all sorry not sorry haha jk.(that's 125 words ) (mike drop)