Middle Eastern Crossword

2. An empire that stretched across present day Turkey
4. The Jewish homeland
5. Many countries in the region need to reform their ______
6. Operation _____ ______ was meant to take power away from the Taliban
10. To stomp out Hussein's ability to wage mass war or aid terrorists
12. A state that has land to legally call its own
14. This was developed in the region that is now Iran
18. The area has been trying to modernize its ______
19. AKA The land between the rivers
20. Jerusalem is the sacred location of the final suffering and _____ of Jesus

1. An extremely important resource that nations will go to war for
3. One of the poorest nations in the world
7. The skills and talents of a nations people
8. A very holy city for all three major religions
9. In many places, people either want to adopt modern lifestyle or ______ tradition
11. Many Palestinians live in ________ camps
13. The Persian Gulf has lots of this
15. The land controlled by Britain was known as _______
16. There are three major ______ religions
17. Cafes serving coffee and tea are generally for ______ only