Across
- 1. ban on trade
- 4. territory that belongs to a particular political unit but is separated from it and surrounded by another political unit
- 6. conservative form of Islam distinct form Sunni and Shia sects
- 8. person believed to be a messenger from God
- 11. ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
- 12. system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols that were pressed into clay tablets
- 13. yearly pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims must make at least once in a lifetime
- 14. regards Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and the imams as his rightful successors
- 16. large temple built by the Sumerian
Down
- 2. belief in one God
- 3. belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state
- 4. distinct territorial or cultural area that is within a foreign territory
- 5. nation an ethnic group without a formal country
- 7. in Islam, a house of worship
- 9. fundamentalist Sunni Muslim group, active in Afghanistan, which controlled the Afghan government from 1996 - 2001
- 10. Islamic law derived from the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad
- 14. regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors
- 15. boundary boundary created by a physical feature, such as a mountain, river, or strait