Middle East Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. young men who kept temple records
  2. 8. mass uprising in the occupied lands by the Palestinians
  3. 12. hatred and fear of Jews
  4. 14. holy war
  5. 15. kings in the Safavid empire
  6. 16. people who sufferer or die for their beliefs
  7. 19. forceful acts in response to an injury
  8. 20. a nation ruled by religious leaders
  9. 22. the governor of each province in the Persian Empire
  10. 23. people who flee homeland to seek safety
Down
  1. 1. the lands seized by Israel during the 1967 war
  2. 2. converting salt water into fresh water for drinking
  3. 3. Non-Muslim communities
  4. 5. pilgrimage to Mecca
  5. 6. the writing of the Sumerians
  6. 7. one anointed by God who would deliver the Jews from foreign rule
  7. 9. successor to the prophet
  8. 10. territory administered but not owned by the League of Nations
  9. 11. fertile desert area that has enough water to support life
  10. 13. short stories with simple moral lessons
  11. 17. huge many tiered temple
  12. 18. father of the church
  13. 21. the migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina