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Islamic Empires Study Guide
 The person who calls Muslims to prayer is a muezzin
 The Koran is the holy book for Muslims
 The Five Pillars of Islam include belief in Allah, charity,
fasting, prayer, and pilgrimage
 Muslims submit only to Allah
 A number of families claiming a common ancestor is called a
clan
 The main prophet of Islam is Muhammad
 The Muslim calendar begins with the year of the Hegira
 The Hegira was Muhammad’s escape to Medina
 Muslims choose Friday to be their holy day
 Muhammad’s successors were called caliphs
 In the field of medicine, the Islamic empire was ahead of
Europe
 Pope Urban II urged Christians to free the shrines of the
Holy Land from the Muslims
 In 1453, the Ottoman Turks succeeded in capturing
Constantinople
Students should be able to match the following terms to
their description.
Allah – the Arabic word for God
Avicenna – doctor, philosopher, and mathematician
Koran – Islam’s holy book
Mecca – Islam’s most sacred city
Medina – city to which Muhammad fled
Muhammad – messenger of Allah
Ramadan – month during which Muslims fast