Across
- 2. the only thing that lives in the Dead Sea
- 6. small nation bordered by Iraq and Saudi Arabia
- 7. One of the two rivers that helped define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates
- 8. strait that runs through Istanbul and separates Europe and Asia
- 10. mineral resource produced by Syria, Jordan and Israel
- 11. long African river that flows through Egypt
- 12. mountain range in Morocco
Down
- 1. body of water that separates Africa and Europe
- 3. ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, where the first known civilizations were located
- 4. large Egyptian city located on the Nile River
- 5. large, unforested grasslands covering much of Turkey
- 9. city in Turkey that used to be named Constantinople