N. Africa, Southwest and Central Asia

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Across
  1. 4. city where Muhammad began his teachings
  2. 6. Muslim place of worship
  3. 9. King of the Jews
  4. 10. Leader of Iraq during America's Iraqi wars
  5. 12. terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden
  6. 14. the worship of many Gods
  7. 15. Where God told Abraham to bring his people
  8. 18. Major river in Egypt
  9. 19. city with its own autonomous government
  10. 20. managing water in a way to help crops grow
  11. 23. Muslim empire that ruled the area from the 1200s to the 1900s
  12. 26. Part of Bible for stories of Jesus and his teachings
  13. 28. last and greatest prophet of Islam
  14. 31. one of the major groups of Islam
  15. 32. wealth in the Middle-East is largely based on what resource
  16. 35. messenger of God
  17. 36. Jewish country set up by U.N. in 1947-48
  18. 37. belief in one God
  19. 40. region in Southwest Asia where ancient civilization developed
  20. 41. one of the major groups of Islam
  21. 42. All Jews believe they are descended from him
  22. 43. controlling army that crucified Jesus
Down
  1. 1. He who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
  2. 2. Hebrew Bible
  3. 3. oldest of the middle-eastern "one God" religions
  4. 5. agreement
  5. 7. Holy month for Muslims
  6. 8. Holiest Jewish holy day
  7. 11. conqueror of Mesopotamia
  8. 13. scattering of the Jews worldwide after they were conquered
  9. 14. ancient civilization of traders who navigated the seas
  10. 16. "____ _____ of Islam" or acts of worship for Muslims
  11. 17. Sumerians form of writing
  12. 21. leaders of the Muslim empire after Muhammad died
  13. 22. Egyptian God-King
  14. 24. Hammurabi wrote the first
  15. 25. fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates
  16. 27. government controlled by religious leaders
  17. 29. Muslim holy book
  18. 30. youngest of the religions in the Middle-East
  19. 33. Jewish teacher who began Christianity
  20. 34. The king of the Jews capital city
  21. 38. first people to use the wheel
  22. 39. small oil rich country Iraq invaded in 1990