CEVAP:

The Rift and the Nile valley region is undeniably influenced by Africa for the following reasons:

First, Egyptian Civilization springing from the Nile Valley spread to the adjacent regions in Africa and the Middle East.

Second, the foundations of Judaism and Christianity, in chronological order, were first laid down in Egypt, Africa.

Third, when the Prophet Mohammed started preaching the faith of Islam in Arabia, he was faced with persecution by the Meccans. As he battled his adversaries, he sent some of his most faithful followers, including his daughter, to seek shelter in Abyssinia. He told them they would face hospitality and security there. He also instructed them to preserve the faith, advance its teachings if he and his followers were exterminated by those who were persecuting them.