North Africa Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Last prophet of Islam
  2. 7. Straight lines that serve as political boundaries
  3. 8. Religion that is the continuation (or fulfillment) of Judaism
  4. 12. City in Libya where Islamic militants attacked American Embassy
  5. 13. One of the bodies of landlocked saltwater and is rapidly shrinking
  6. 14. Holiest city in Islam
  7. 15. First ethnic group in North Africa
  8. 16. Artificial waterway that made Egypt a key regional power and center of Arab nationalism
  9. 17. Located in Egypt and dominated social and cultural life
  10. 18. Islamic group that won elections in West Bank in 2006
  11. 20. Persian language
  12. 23. Islamic law that Saudi Arabia follows
  13. 24. Old Testament that contains beliefs, laws, and history about Judaism
Down
  1. 2. Belief in only one god
  2. 3. Religion that contains the Five Pillars of Faith
  3. 4. Ethnic group that used cuneiform system of writing
  4. 5. Ethnic group that are mostly Sunni Muslims located in mountainous areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran and are currently stateless
  5. 6. Watershed from rain that led to good farming conditions
  6. 9. Sacred text for Christians
  7. 10. A person who travels from place to place
  8. 11. Ancient Egyptians used this form of writing
  9. 13. Provides water for agriculture and power for Egypt
  10. 19. First cultural hearth
  11. 21. Religion that teaches obedience of God's laws to create a just society
  12. 22. An event when military officers led a coup against King Idris and was led by Muammar Gaddafi