Everyday Life among the Turkmen Nomads

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Across
  1. 5. - the strongest and largest tribe in the mid-nineteenth century.
  2. 6. - the third son or tripod(for Turkmen)
  3. 11. - pure Turkmen ancestry.
  4. 12. - Muslim mystics who promoted the expansion of Islam among nomadic peoples of the steppe in Central Asia.
  5. 16. - Sunni Islam emerge in this region, lies beyond the river (Earlier Greek version: Transoxania (Modern Baghdad)
  6. 17. - Qipchaq Turks
  7. 18. - the era of pre-islamic Persia or the Persian Renaissance.
  8. 20. - Turkmen who led a settled existence.
  9. 22. - Routes travelled by Soghdians, Indian, Chinese, European to mainly trade valuable commodities.
  10. 24. - the second largest tribe inhabited two main regions: the Gurgan and Balkhan regions.
  11. 26. - the descendants of Persian and Turkmen (inferior).
  12. 27. - Oghuz Turks
Down
  1. 1. - a portable, round tent covered with skins of felt by nomadic Turkmen in Turkic language.
  2. 2. - the merchants in Sasanian era which was famous with its highly active commercial culture.
  3. 3. - a portable, round tent covered with skins of felt in Mongolian language.
  4. 4. - these villagers were kidnapped from the bordering areas on Turkmenistan and sell them as slave markets of Khiva and Bukhara.
  5. 7. - those who migrated with their flocks.
  6. 8. - the collapse of ______ or Soviet Union in 1991 has resulted unclear marks marked borders among Central Asian countries, and complex demographic profiles.
  7. 9. - separation period after a wedding in Turkmen tradition.
  8. 10. - first Islamic Iranian dynasty
  9. 13. - a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures.
  10. 14. - the popular celebration of the ancient Zoroastrian holiday.
  11. 15. - residential neighborhood in Uzbek.
  12. 19. - the first Persian dynasty, which was centered in the southern Fars province (Pars in Greek is Persia) which is now the modern Iran.
  13. 21. - the battle of Arab troops against Sasanians which eliminated the Sasanian empire.
  14. 23. - Uzbeks who held high positions to serve European’s interests.
  15. 25. - Turks turns against the Sasanians in favor of this empire (the Roman Empire in the east).