Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism . all were spread through shipping trade
converted people mainly in Africa and Asia
were able to advance through cultural exchanges
mainly affected Europe

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.