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in North Africa/Southwest Asia The North Africa/Southwest Asia realm has spread itself from the Atlantic shores of Morocco to the mountains of Afghanistan. Sometimes this part of the world is referred to as the Arab world. This realm is one the richest in the world of historical and cultural point of view. It has been the origin of three of four religions; Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The Islam is the major religion in the "Arab World", but along with it Christianity and Judaism take an important place. It is also a region of intense conflict basically on religious and cultural issues. The Islam started to spread out more than thousand years ago, A.D. 613, with the work of Muhammad the Prophet. This man began to receive messages from Allah and soon he started preaching among his people. The Islam could be interpreted as an improvement or revision of the Christianity and Judaism. In somewa
Spreading from city to city the Islam was meeting new cultures and it was overtaking them. Arabs were not destroying everything and after that building all over again. On the contrary, they were building great mosques, they had very developed architecture, pottery, textile, etc. Their science was surpassing the European one. Most of time they were living in consensus with the other religions, although trying to convert all of the population into the Islam. When Europe was entering the so-called "Dark Ages" the Arab world was in its heyday. The Arab world so strong, that even after centuries of Holy War and Crusades the Catholic world could not get back the Promised Land. Almost every place, every city and nomadic community in the Arab world was touched by the expansion diffusion formed by the local nearness, which is referred by scientists as a contagious diffusion. High ranked people like sultans and kings also spread the Islam, which is
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