Baghdad

1. Money that people or businesses must pay to the government to help fund public services and roads.Rebel, A person who fights or protests against the ruler or government in power.
3. The founder of the religion of Islam
5. A world-famous academy, library, and translation centre set up in Baghdad during the Golden Age.
7. The seventh Abbasid caliph
10. Al-Mansur's friend and adviser
11. A large group of countries or lands ruled over by a single powerful ruler or government.
13. The powerful ruling family that built Baghdad and ruled the third Islamic caliphate from 750 AD.
14. Changing written text or words from one language into another (e.g. Greek into Arabic).
16. A special brass tool used by astronomers and sailors to measure stars and find their location.
17. Clever experts and students who spend their lives studying and learning about a subject.
19. Political and religious Muslim ruler, seen as the successor to Muhammad.

2. A mathematician working in Baghdad in the ninth century
3. A place where Muslims go to worship and pray.
4. The religion followed by Muslims, based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
6. Traders who buy and sell large amounts of goods to make a living.
7. The belief that the positions of stars and planets can predict human events and the future.
8. Rich, powerful people from important families who hold high social status.
9. A huge network of ancient trade routes that connected Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
11. Ancient Greek mathematician who wrote a book on geometry called The Elements
12. The scientific study of space, stars, planets, and the universe.
15. The second Abbasid caliph
18. A doctor in Baghdad who wrote books on medicine during the tenth century