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The Arabs were primarily a mercantile people who favored trade. They took control of the main trade routes that had been primarily in the control of the Persians, Soghdians (Iranians of Central Asia and ancestors of the Tajik and Uzbeks) and Indians.

They took control of the lucrative silk trade that connedted east and west as well as all trade from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea. Arab, Persian, Aramean and Indian seafarers travelled to the coast of Africa and to South East Asia and exhanged goods with other powers.

Once the entire region between Arabia and Central Asia came under a single political entity, local wars and borders no longer hindered trade.

Also, another way the Islamic Caliphate propsered was through the constant raiding of non Muslim lands in the Hindu Kush, Central Asia and along the borders of the Byzantine Empire and Africa. Many slaves were captured through these campaigns and the save markets flourished, bringing a great deal of revenue.

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