Middle East

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Across
  1. 2. Country that was invaded by Iraq for its oil
  2. 5. An ancient people that includes Jewish people, Arabs, Assyrians, and Phoenicians
  3. 6. Action by one nation towards another to force it to comply with international law
  4. 9. A religion born in the Middle East
  5. 11. An agreement made when two or more parties negotiate
  6. 12. Trade was made easier by the domestication of ______
  7. 13. A traded article
  8. 14. River 6671 km long that flows through Cairo
  9. 15. People who worship multiple gods and goddesses
Down
  1. 1. Six hundred thousand of these people became refugees after WW2 and are now fighting for land with the Israelis
  2. 3. One of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia
  3. 4. Arabs who live as herders and nomads in the desert
  4. 7. An estimated 4500 children under 5 every month in Iraq died from ____________ and disease
  5. 8. Country twice the size of BC, mostly on a large desert plateau
  6. 10. Founder of Islam