Across
- 4. The ______ Turks from Central Asia were able to capture Baghdad in 1055.
- 8. A golden age is when a society is at its _____.
- 10. Omar Khayyam created a very accurate ________.
- 11. The Thousand and One ________ was a collection of adventure and fantasy stories.
- 12. Al-Kwharizmi’s work resulted in the _____ numbering system.
- 13. He created a book which contained all known medical knowledge.
- 14. What policy did the Abbasids use to persuade people to accept their rule?
- 16. What did caliphs have to raise in order to keep their money coming in?
- 17. The Abbasids setup ______ to treat people who could afford to pay.
- 19. He was a poet and a mathematician.
- 20. This is the capital of the Abbasid Empire.
Down
- 1. What did farmers around Baghdad use to bring water to their fields?
- 2. He learned how to determine the direction of Mecca from anywhere.
- 3. This is a type of poetry that contains four lines.
- 5. _________ was used to decorate everything from swords to buildings.
- 6. What did the Abbasids use to put down threats in their empire?
- 7. He identified and described diseases.
- 9. Who did the Abbasids learn to make paper from?
- 15. Which faction broke away from the Abbasids and set-up a caliphate in Northern Africa?
- 18. What type of design uses stems, leaves and flowers of plants?