Maps of the Middle East

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Across
  1. 6. minority group in southeast Iran
  2. 7. much of the ME is newly under ____-rule
  3. 9. Arab _____ Uprisings
  4. 10. the only ME country never conquered by Europe
  5. 11. Sykes-Picot
  6. 14. majority group in the ME
  7. 15. Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979
  8. 16. city where ethnic cleansing took place
  9. 20. ethnic group, often a minority in ME countries
  10. 21. a community and religion
  11. 27. country with the largest Muslim population
  12. 29. Lebanese militant group
  13. 30. there are many _________ in the West Bank
  14. 31. access to this allows for a global connection
  15. 33. the UN mapped out this Jewish state in 1947
  16. 35. "tradition" in Arabic
  17. 36. big source of Taliban funding
  18. 37. "zones of _________"
Down
  1. 1. peninsula
  2. 2. dilemma between Israel and Iran
  3. 3. major ME export
  4. 4. first ruler of the Ottoman Empire
  5. 5. language in Saudi Arabia
  6. 8. Strait of ______
  7. 9. shifting borders of control with Iraq
  8. 12. ruler of the global Islamic community
  9. 13. the Israel-Palestine conflict is a _____ issue
  10. 17. line drawn separating Pashtun population
  11. 18. large populations in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  12. 19. Libya's capital
  13. 22. a "mystery religion"
  14. 23. land Israel gave back as part of a peace deal
  15. 24. important bodies of water in ME history
  16. 25. The _______ crescent
  17. 26. semi-nomadic ethnic minority group
  18. 28. Canal in Egypt
  19. 32. an extremist group based in Iraq
  20. 34. eastern Mediterranean