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| 5104543155 | Mecca | a city in Saudi Arabia that Muslims consider to be a holy city in Islam, or any place that is the center of an activity and attracts many visitors with a similar interest. | 0 | |
| 5104543156 | Muhammad | The Arab founder of Islam, Muhammad is held by Muslims to be the chief prophet of God. He was born in Mecca. | 1 | |
| 5104543727 | Medina | the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town. | 2 | |
| 5104543728 | Muslim | a follower of the religion of Islam. | 3 | |
| 5104543729 | Islam | the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah. | 4 | |
| 5104545181 | Caliphate | an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph —a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community. | 5 | |
| 5104547107 | Quran | the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic. | 6 | |
| 5104550166 | Shi'ites | an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam. | 7 | |
| 5104550167 | Sunnis | one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs. | 8 | |
| 5104550168 | Ulama | a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology. | 9 | |
| 5104550217 | Hadith | a collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna), constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran. | 10 | |
| 5104552269 | Mamluks | an Arabic designation for slaves | 11 | |
| 5104552270 | Charlemagne | Charles the Great, King of the Franks. | 12 | |
| 5104552271 | Medieval | of or relating to the Middle Ages. | 13 | |
| 5104553088 | Kievan Russia | a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Rurik dynasty. | 14 | |
| 5104554683 | Byzantine Empire | was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, originally founded as Byzantium). | 15 | |
| 5104554684 | Schism | a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief. | 16 | |
| 5104554685 | Serf | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate. | 17 | |
| 5104555334 | Fief | an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service | 18 | |
| 5104555335 | Vassal | a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance. | 19 | |
| 5104555336 | Papacy | the office or authority of the pope. | 20 | |
| 5104556467 | Holy Roman Empire | a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806. | 21 | |
| 5104556468 | Investiture Controversy | the most important conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe. It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. | 22 | |
| 5104557353 | Monasticism | monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. ... Males pursuing a monastic life are generally called monks while female monastics are called nuns. | 23 | |
| 5104557354 | Crusades | a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. | 24 | |
| 5104558060 | Pilgrimage | a pilgrim's journey. | 25 |
