Abbasids Crossword

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