A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s5.6

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of Arab coins, dating from the end of the seventh to the beginning of the eleventh century, which have been found in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway, indicate the extent of Islamic trade in northern Europe. This trade with the countries of the East and the West became a great source of wealth to the Arabs. With this wealth, they raised armies which enabled them to extend their conquests. Its most beneficent effect was the rise of a leisured class which occupied itself with studies and pursuit of knowledge.