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Hello, my name is Roan, and I am the curator of the Ancient Islam exhibit in the museum. I love to learn about world history, and that is why I became a museum curator. Ancient Islam is a very interesting thing to learn about, and I hope that you enjoy the exhibit!

Roan Hubik

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Ancient Islamic inventions and money

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Hajj Shahadah and ZakatSalat

Five pillars of Islam

Sawm

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Food and diet

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Muslim prayer

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Religious artifacts and misc.

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All Muslims use prayer caps. These prayer caps are also called kufis. When Muslims pray, they wear kufis.

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Prayer cap

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When Muslims pray, they pray on prayer rugs. They do this to show respect to Allah, or God.

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Prayer rugs

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Mosques are places where Muslims pray. They are sort of like Islamic churches.

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Mosques

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This is a praying Muslim. When Muslims pray, the bend over on their knees and put their head and hands on the ground. They do this to show respect to Allah.

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Muslim at prayer

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This is a diagram of a water clock. The water clock was invented by Islamic inventors. You would use a water clock to tell time.

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Water clock

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Did you know that one of the first banking system was created by Muslims? Well, they did. They used a very similar banking system to the one we use today.

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Muslim banking

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This is some money from ancient Islam. This is what Muslims would use for currency a long time ago.

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Muslim currency

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There was a lot of trade in ancient Islam. They were very famous for there trading and had many different trade routs. They also incorporated currency into their trade, which was not very common back then.

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Muslim Trade

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These are some foods that an Islamic person would eat. Muslims can not eat certain foods. They can not eat beef, and most other meats.

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Briefing on Islamic diet

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This is a bread that was very popular in ancient Islam. They would often eat bread because it was easy to carry and did not spoil very quickly. The bread that they would make is called naan. Traditionally you would bake it in a circular thing with charcoal at the bottom. You would flatten out the dough and stick it to the side of the cooking implement.

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Islamic dessert

This is an example of ancient Islamic dessert. They would eat things like this on special occasions..

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This is a traditional dish from the region were Islam started. Though it is not a strictly Muslim food, it is still a popular food for Islamic people.

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Nasi lemak

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Every Muslim must take a Hajj to Mecca at least once in there life if at all possible.

Hajj

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Hajj to Mecca

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Muslims must pray five times per day.

Salat

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Salat

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Sawm is when Muslims have a large fast at Romadon.

Sawm

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Sawm

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Shahadah is making sure to always practice the customs of Islam.

Zakat is when Muslims give money to those who are less fortunate than you. Shahadah and Zakat

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Shahadah and Zakat

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Allah is the Muslim name for God.

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Allah

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The Qur'an is the holy book of Islam.

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Qur’an

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Islam is the religion of the Muslims. It was created by Mohamed

Islam

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Islam

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“Allah is one” means that there is only one true God and Mohamed is his prophet.

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Allah is one

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Mecca

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Muslim women are not allowed to have ANY parts of their body showing accept for their face. Not even their wrists or ancles!

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Muslim Women

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This is an example of ancient Islamic dessert. They would eat things like this on special occasions.

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