Middle East

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Across
  1. 5. - This landform is where Moses received the ten commandments
  2. 7. - Potato pancake, customarily eaten on hanukkah with applesauce or sour cream.
  3. 8. - King of Babylon, expanded the empire and created a set of 10 laws.
  4. 10. - The main natural resource of the middle east.
  5. 12. - The spreading of the Jews around the earth
  6. 14. - Ancient Messopotamian temple, in the shape of a pyramid with multiple levels which look like steps.
  7. 17. - spinning top used on chanukah, has a letter on each side.
  8. 18. - The proclaimed son of God and the Virgin Mary.
  9. 19. - The holy text of Judaism.
  10. 20. - During this holiday of Islam where people fast from dawn to dusk for a month.
Down
  1. 1. - Holiest place in Judaism, located in Jerusalem in the Jewish quarter.
  2. 2. Prophet of Islam, received a message from god.
  3. 3. -When the 3 kings/wise men arrived to see baby Jesus.
  4. 4. - Holiest day in Judaism, fast to focus on atoning.
  5. 6. - Very important Christian apostle who was a reason behind why Christianity separated from Judaism.
  6. 9. - The town in which Jesus Christ was born.
  7. 11. - a group of people who developed the first iron tools, and whose language influenced European languages.8
  8. 13. - Jewish holiday that lasts 8 days, on the first two nights families have seder.
  9. 15. - Nomadic peoples who live in the deserts of the Middle East.
  10. 16. - A holy pilgrimage to Mecca, must be done by every follower of Islam.