Chapter 11
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| 278023841 | Quran | Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam. | 0 | |
| 278023842 | umma | Muslim religious community | 1 | |
| 278023843 | Pillars of Islam | is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (ritual prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) | 2 | |
| 278023844 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238) | 3 | |
| 278023845 | Anatolia | a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey | 4 | |
| 278023846 | sikhism | Religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu Beliefs | 5 | |
| 278023847 | House of Wisdom | a center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s | 6 | |
| 278023848 | Timbuktu | Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning | 7 | |
| 278023849 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373) | 8 |
