Ottoman Empire
Across
- 3. overcome and take control of something using military force
- 5. any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water
- 7. the former name of Istanbul from ad 330
- 8. the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 9. relating to the Turkish dynasty of Osman
- 11. East an area of southwestern Asia and northern Africa; includes Iraq, Iran, Egypt etc.
- 12. the religion of the Muslims
Down
- 1. a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government
- 2. a Muslim sovereign
- 3. religion of Christians
- 4. a port in Turkey on the Bosporus that straddles Europe and Asia
- 6. a member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries
- 10. north west of Iraq