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who spread islam first, and how?

Islam came to the Southeast Asia, first by Muslim traders along the Silk Roads. It was then spread furthermore by Sufi orders. The religion was strengthened when territories that believe in Islam had expanded.

In the late fifteenth century, a major world power that established colonies in the era of old imperialism was france or germany or spain. their colonial activity was mainly limited to america or africa or asia.