IELTS Reading detail Practice
In addition to goods, the Trans-Saharan trade route was instrumental in spreading Islam and ______ into West Africa.
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: intermediate
- A. papermaking technology
- B. Hellenistic art
- C. the Arabic script
- D. metallurgical skills
Explanation Preview
Paragraph C states that 'The adoption of Islam brought with it Arabic script, which became the language of administration, law, and scholarship.' This directly connects the spread of Islam via the trade route to the introduction of the Arabic script.