Muslim Empires

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Across
  1. 2. another word for chief administrator
  2. 4. the Ottomans ended this empire
  3. 6. This church became one of Islams greatest mosques
  4. 7. Islamic learning had a special focus on sciences and ___
  5. 9. the Abbasid empires new captial
  6. 10. These people and their sons were confined to the palace
  7. 11. the increased size of the muslim ___ made it hard to hold the empire together
  8. 15. the amount of wives an Umayyad man could have
  9. 16. by the 9th century Muslims dominated this area
  10. 18. some slaves held powerful positions and gained this
  11. 20. He strengthened womens legal rights
  12. 22. ___ suffered from the opening of the empire to western trade
  13. 24. the Abbasid victory led to increased ___ expansion
  14. 25. The Umayyad men were mad when they didnt get their share of
  15. 27. both sexes in the Umayyad empire were equal before his rule
  16. 28. the rulers accepted ___ ruling concepts
Down
  1. 1. this group converted to Islam and became a major part of the Muslim world
  2. 2. they favorable status of ___ among the arabs prevailed
  3. 3. The conservative ___ blocked needed military reform
  4. 5. when defeated the Umayyads assasinated most of the ___ clan leaders
  5. 8. the Ottomans captured him
  6. 12. persians became the real source of ___ in the imperial system
  7. 13. ___ assulted the regional price structure
  8. 14. the amount of husbands the Umayyad women could have
  9. 16. These leaders had a dominate role in the Ottoman empire
  10. 17. the Umayyad political capital
  11. 19. in the 13th century, the ___ defeated the Seljuks
  12. 21. this religion group ruled Iberia for centuries
  13. 23. during the 14th and 15th centuries the Ottomans moved into the ___.
  14. 26. these writings were saved and later on passed onto the Christian world