Pan Islamica.

Abstract

Abstract This chapter discusses the expansion of Islam and details of the international Muslim trade. It consists of eleven subheadings which are about the Rapid Spread of Islam, The Byzantine Trade, A New Trading Empire in the Northern Steppes: The Khazar Khaganate, The Arab Agricultural Revolution, The Shifts of the Centre of the Muslim World, The City of Baghdad, Islam and Medieval Medicine, The Spread of Islam across South East Asia, Muslim Expansion Towards China, Muslim Maritime Trade with South East Asia, and lastly, The Muslim Sea Trade with China.