Across
- 2. a religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
- 5. the holy book of Islam
- 7. flat, dry grassland
- 8. a feudal estate belonging to a vassal
- 10. a group of merchants or craftspeople
- 12. a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord
- 13. founder of the Mongol Empire; conquered largest contiguous land in history
- 14. the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood
Down
- 1. a Muslim leader
- 3. a Muslim house of worship
- 4. a green area in a desert fed by underground water
- 6. a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner
- 9. political order; nobles governed and protected people in return for services
- 11. a group of traveling merchants and animals
- 13. first great trading empire in West Africa