The expansion of islam as a religion and the evangelical success of the muslims in southwest asia and northern africa facilitated the diffusion of

The expansion of islam as a religion and the evangelical success of the muslims in southwest asia and northern africa facilitated the diffusion of Arabic culture.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.