Across
- 5. got elected president in 2000 Syira
- 6. are the largest of the Christan groups in the country
- 8. Hussein Jordan was ruled by this person in the 1900s
- 9. the capital of Syria and is believed to be the oldest city in the world
- 12. influenced Lebanese culture
Down
- 1. When did the country become fully independent?
- 2. gained independence in the 1940s
- 3. became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s
- 4. the civil war broke out
- 5. Arabic speaking nomads
- 7. what country was created after world war 1?
- 10. Jordan's capital
- 11. the capital of Lebanon