The topic of discussion that I will write about in this article is how the advent and expansion of Did Islam influence the nature of Russia and the Byzantine Empire? Throughout this article I will show examples of how Islam has influenced both. Demonstrating what brought Islam to the attention of Russia and the Byzantines, what they understood about it, and how it affected both regions. I will also explain how the two became such close allies and friends through Islam. Islam experienced several different modes of growth in Anatolia (Türkiye). Some may say that growth has been weak and inefficient, but that is not the case, quite the contrary. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Safavi and Bektas became rivals of the Ottoman Empire who were orthodox Muslims. They were all fighting each other and it seemed that none of the Safavi had taken control of Iran and made it their own, making them more powerful. Since the Safavi were so powerful, in the 17th century they took a lot of control and converted Anatolia to Islam ("Türkiye"). There are many different disputes and h...