Middle East Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Having one god
  2. 7. A massive stepped toweron which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city
  3. 8. A system of writing developed by Sumerians using a reed styles to create wedge shaped impressions on a clay tablet
  4. 9. A Seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cold, dry air from the Northeast during the winter
  5. 10. The holy scriptures of the religion of Islam
  6. 11. A Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam
  7. 12. A complex system of writing that used both pictures and more abstract forms
Down
  1. 1. The unique cultural identity of a person based on common language, region, and national symbols
  2. 2. The military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans
  3. 3. A Muslim house of worship
  4. 4. A Policy of killing or forcibly removing an ethic group from it lands
  5. 6. A solider in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks
  6. 11. A Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son in law Ali as the true rulers of Islam
  7. 13. A Successor of Muhammad as a spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims