Muslims wished to expand their empire for two major sets of reasons:
Bundle 1: Salvation through Islam: Muslims believed (and still do) that their religion is the religion for mankind and they wanted to bring more people into the fold. There are a number of reasons related to religious nature of Islam that promoted the expansion of the Islamic Caliphates.
Bundle 2: Geopolitics: It was the nature of all empires in the Middle Ages to expand and conquer neighboring territories. It was typical for every ascendant power to wish to expand its territory, increase the population base, and acquire strategic areas.
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It was never to gain more power or to exploit the occupied country resources and or salvation of their people. It was only to free the will of the people of these lands to practice their faiths freely, openly, and without any oppression.
Since he lived about 2000 years ago, we don't know if he wanted to expand. But we do know that he didn't expand the empire at all.
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The Muslims
Mathematical concepts developed by the Gupta Empire helped Muslims invent algebra.
The Ottoman Empire was controlled by Sunni Muslims, while the Safavid Empire was ruled by Shia Muslims.
Islam initially expanded through military conquest.
Since he lived about 2000 years ago, we don't know if he wanted to expand. But we do know that he didn't expand the empire at all.
To expand their empire, wealth, power and religion!
What did Qin king use to expand his empire
All cultures tend to want to expand their influence. It makes them stronger and safer.
Pakistan in the East, Spain and Morocco in the West, East Anatolia in the North, and Yemen in the South.
Islam as a religion began to expand to places not yet conquered by the Umayyad Caliphs and their armies, resulting in an expansion of the Islamic World that was greater than the size of the actual Empire. The Empire, though, remained the primary method of Islamic Expansion in this period and this was facilitated by armies and conquest.
The successors of the Prophet Muhammad ruled as both religious and political leaders, and by the prophet's teachings of unharsh and fair ruling, which caused the Muslims in the Islamic empire to stay united after the death of the Prophet and also expand the empire.
The successors of the Prophet Muhammad ruled as both religious and political leaders, and by the prophet's teachings of unharsh and fair ruling, which caused the Muslims in the Islamic empire to stay united after the death of the Prophet and also expand the empire.
To expand their empire
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire were Sunni Muslims, so their god was God, as Muslims understand Him.
Through trade - it was a trading empire.