Unit 7 World History

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Across
  1. 4. a house of worship where Muslims gather.
  2. 7. a member of the Shia branch of Islam. One of two groups that evolved after the Muslim community split in 656 A.D. Believed that Muslim ruler should be direct descendant of Muhammad.
  3. 8. a member of the Sunni branch of Islam. One of two groups that evolved after the Muslim community split in 656 A.D. believed that Muslim ruler could be any truly religious Muslim man of Muhammad’s tribe.
  4. 12. an organized collection and explanation of Roman Laws for use by the Byzantine Empire
  5. 14. holy book of Islam. According to Muslim belief it contains the messages God revealed to Muhammad.
  6. 15. a person who accepted the teachings of Muhammad.
  7. 16. Muslim ruler
  8. 17. Ages period from the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476 to about 1500
Down
  1. 1. person who is regarded as speaking for God.
  2. 2. capital of the Byzantine Empire
  3. 3. Muslims who believed that they could draw close to God through prayer, fasting and a simple life.
  4. 5. Considered to be one the greatest Byzantine Emperors (527 A.D.)
  5. 6. referring to or existing during the Middle Ages
  6. 8. Ottoman ruler
  7. 9. Split. Disputes between Byzantine and Western Europe led to a SPLIT in the empire (EAST – WEST)
  8. 10. people who have no permanent home but move from place to place in search of food, water and pasture.
  9. 11. Founder of Islamic Religion (610 A.D.) Considered to be a prophet
  10. 13. traders that travel across the desert in large groups.
  11. 17. one of the most important of the busy trading centers on the Arabian Peninsula. is Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself.