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