1. Belief in one God, Allah, and Muhammad his prophet 2. Daily prayer; pray 5 times a day facing Mecca- mosques- Jewish places for worship 3. alms (offering) for the poor 4. Fasting (sunrise to sunset) during Ramadan (September-October) 5. Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your lifetime (and visit Kaaba).

Middle East History started from the earliest human settlements and continues through several major pre- and post-Islamic Empires to today's nation-states of the Middle East. The Sumerians became the first people to develop complex systems that were to be called "civilization" as far back as the 5th millennium BC.