Week 4: The Three Empires

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Across
  1. 2. The third animal that Clotilda sees in her dream. (39)
  2. 6. The group of people named after Charlemagne. (39)
  3. 7. The capital of the separate caliphate of Spain. (50)
  4. 12. The pagan holiday that coincided with Christmas. (47)
  5. 13. The southern city established by the Rus. (50)
  6. 14. A king who reigned from 751-768 and whose nickname was “The Short”. (40)
  7. 15. The Macedonian King reigned from 842-867 AD and was nicknamed “The Drunkard”. (49)
Down
  1. 1. A holiday on November 11, that was traditionally butchering day. (47)
  2. 3. The place where a hot spring was that Charlemagne often swam in. (40)
  3. 4. What Charlemagne threatened the Saxons with if they did not convert. (42)
  4. 5. The northern city established by the Rus. (50)
  5. 8. How Charlemagne preferred his meat cooked. (41)
  6. 9. The son of Charlemagne who was crowned emperor and was nicknamed “The Pious”. (47)
  7. 10. She was a Byzantine empress and turned down Charlemagne's proposal. (41)
  8. 11. An Arabic collection of stories centered around Scheherezade who was the wife of King Scariar. (52)