Middle East

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Capital city whose name means the big tree in Arabic (4)
• Traditional Arab marketplace with narrow winding alleys (4)
• Bedouin traveler with no permanent home (5)
• The single humped camel common to the region (9)
• Ancient city carved directly into rose colored canyon walls (5)
• Meat grilled on a skewer, often served with pita (5)
• Historical term for the region along the eastern Mediterranean shores (6)

Down

• Fertile spot in a desert where water is found (5)
• A hill of sand shifted by the desert wind (4)
• One of the two great rivers of Mesopotamia (9)
• Slender tower from which the call to prayer is issued (7)
• Island nation located in the eastern Mediterranean (6)
• Optical illusion often encountered on a hot desert trek (6)

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