Across
- 4. city where Muhammad began his teachings
- 6. Muslim place of worship
- 9. King of the Jews
- 10. Leader of Iraq during America's Iraqi wars
- 12. terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden
- 14. the worship of many Gods
- 15. Where God told Abraham to bring his people
- 18. Major river in Egypt
- 19. city with its own autonomous government
- 20. managing water in a way to help crops grow
- 23. Muslim empire that ruled the area from the 1200s to the 1900s
- 26. Part of Bible for stories of Jesus and his teachings
- 28. last and greatest prophet of Islam
- 31. one of the major groups of Islam
- 32. wealth in the Middle-East is largely based on what resource
- 35. messenger of God
- 36. Jewish country set up by U.N. in 1947-48
- 37. belief in one God
- 40. region in Southwest Asia where ancient civilization developed
- 41. one of the major groups of Islam
- 42. All Jews believe they are descended from him
- 43. controlling army that crucified Jesus
Down
- 1. He who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt
- 2. Hebrew Bible
- 3. oldest of the middle-eastern "one God" religions
- 5. agreement
- 7. Holy month for Muslims
- 8. Holiest Jewish holy day
- 11. conqueror of Mesopotamia
- 13. scattering of the Jews worldwide after they were conquered
- 14. ancient civilization of traders who navigated the seas
- 16. "____ _____ of Islam" or acts of worship for Muslims
- 17. Sumerians form of writing
- 21. leaders of the Muslim empire after Muhammad died
- 22. Egyptian God-King
- 24. Hammurabi wrote the first
- 25. fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates
- 27. government controlled by religious leaders
- 29. Muslim holy book
- 30. youngest of the religions in the Middle-East
- 33. Jewish teacher who began Christianity
- 34. The king of the Jews capital city
- 38. first people to use the wheel
- 39. small oil rich country Iraq invaded in 1990