Across
- 3. Highest plateau in the world
- 8. The world's largest lake
- 10. Resource which provides income for several Middle Eastern countries
- 12. Social system that divides the people into classes and subclasses
- 14. Country previously known as Persia
- 15. Mount where Noah's ark came to rest
- 17. One of the mountain ranges separating Europe from Asia
- 18. Country which contains the Fergana Valley
- 19. Largest and highest mountain range
- 22. World's largest peninsula
- 23. Climate found in most of the Middle East
- 24. Modern state created in 1948
Down
- 1. nomads of the Middle Eastern desert
- 2. Seafaring merchants of the Mediterranean world
- 4. communal society where people live and work together for the good of the community
- 5. Country known as "the subcontinent"
- 6. Capital of Lebanon
- 7. Capital of Saudi Arabia
- 9. The largest republic of Central Asia
- 11. One of the two holy cities of the Muslims
- 13. Main religion of India, which forbids the slaughter of cattle
- 16. Country with the capital of Ankara
- 20. Capital of Jordan
- 21. Capital of Afghanistan