Crossword 3

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Across
  1. 2. Part of the Turkish Empire in 1862 when this book was revealed. Now an Arab Kingdom with Baghdád as its capital.
  2. 4. an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean.
  3. 5. a country; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
  4. 7. one of the Muslim’s five pillars.
  5. 10. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.
  6. 14. a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
  7. 15. a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia.
  8. 16. Capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
  9. 18. a seaport on the Persian Gulf.
  10. 20. an Arab country; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil
Down
  1. 1. a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia.
  2. 3. called the Emirates or the UAE, is an Arab country in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south.
  3. 6. a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
  4. 8. a member of a Semitic people, originally from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring territories, inhabiting much of the Middle East and North Africa.
  5. 9. a monotheistic religion founded in the 19th century as a development of Babism, emphasizing the essential oneness of humankind and of all religions and seeking world peace.
  6. 11. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine.
  7. 12. a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990.
  8. 13. previously known as Transjordania or Trans-Jordania, was a British protectorate established in April 1921
  9. 17. an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
  10. 19. an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.