Across
- 2. Islam, yearly pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims must make at least one in their lifetime
- 5. Islam house of worship
- 6. Belief in one God
- 8. ethnic group without formal state
- 9. wedge-shaped symbols that were pressed into clay tablets.
- 11. Asia, seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from oceans in summer and cooler,dry air inland in winter.
- 13. Islamic law derived form Quran and teaching of Muhammad.
- 14. Large temple built by Sumerians
Down
- 1. conservative form of Islam distinct from Sunni and Shia
- 3. Belief in right of each people to be an independent nation
- 4. ban on trade
- 7. ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures and symbols represent words and sounds
- 8. branch of Islam that regards 1st 4 successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors.
- 10. Person believed to be a messenger of God.
- 12. branch of Islam regards Muhammad son in law Ali and imams as rightful successors.