Across
- 3. a title that means "successor" or "deputy"
- 5. rejected the luxurious life of the Umayyads
- 7. the art of beautiful hand-writing
- 9. was born into the clan of a powerful Meccan family
- 11. the Jewish Temple destroyed by the
- 14. a governer of Syria
- 16. a strong tradition in Arabia
- 18. the concept of one god
- 19. By the early 600s, many Arabs had chosen to settle in
Down
- 1. a brilliant mathematician, produced a book
- 2. Abbasid capital city
- 4. a monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia
- 6. muhammad moved to the town
- 8. Islam does,have a scholar class called
- 9. to pray they assemble at
- 10. was inhabited by nomadic Arab herders
- 12. a follower of Islam
- 13. holy book for Muslims
- 15. Those who did not resist the rule of the Umayyads later became known as
- 17. developed a strong government