The Middle of the East

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Across
  1. 2. After Alexander the Great died, his general Seleucus claimed this country
  2. 4. The nation that lived west of Persia that was saved by the ruler known as Sultan Murad
  3. 9. The name of the warrior chiefs of the Mongols
  4. 10. The prized city of the Ottoman Empire that Murad reclaimed
  5. 11. A country lying between China and the Tigris River that used to be known as Persia
Down
  1. 1. A part of Persia broke off and started this separate kingdom
  2. 3. This people invaded from the east and took Persia from the Ghaznavids
  3. 5. The sultan who's mom helped him to lead until he grew stronger
  4. 6. Persia became this type of nation after the Sassanids fell to Muslim invaders
  5. 7. Ismail of the Safavids crowned himself as this when he took over Persia
  6. 8. The first leader of the Ottoman Empire