Across
- 2. need only to be devoted followers of Muhammad to be Muslim
- 4. never officially had their own country
- 5. many religions share the belief of one God
- 9. created when the Nile River floods, creating rich fertile soil (two words)
- 12. The OPEC imposed this to control the anger over the Arab-Israeli War
- 13. the Egyptian’s invented a form of picture writing
- 15. groups of people who move from place to place
- 16. teaches obedience to God's law and the creation of a just society
- 17. special celebration of the Islam religion where the people fast
- 19. place in a desert where underground water surfaces.
Down
- 1. important trading center where it connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea (two words)
- 3. the Islamic sacred book
- 4. developed a new alphabet in which letters stood for sounds, that formed the basis of many modern alphabets
- 6. located in Southwest Asia and the capital of Israel
- 7. a trade route connecting China with the Mediterranean Sea
- 8. located in Egypt, and near one of the World's earliest civilizations (two words)
- 10. located in North Africa, major place for Arabs migrating to North Africa
- 11. the area between the Tigris and Euphrates River, also known as the fertile crescent
- 14. largest desert in the world, covered in regs
- 18. Muslims must make one hajj to this place at least once in their life