Ancient China Crossword

6. Overland trade routes linking China to the Europe (two words combined as one)
8. A series of rulers from the same family.
12. The longest dynasty in Chinese history.
14. Built to protect China's northern border and started construction during the Qin dynasty (two words combined as one).
15. Basketball team based in New York and plays in Madison Square Garden.
17. One word used to early China's geography.
18. First word in the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods.
19. One of the major rivers in northern China nicknamed China’s Sorrow.
20. The first Chinese dynasty.
21. Food that symbolized wealth and good fortune in Chinese culture.

1. Second word in the clay army set up to guard Shi Huangdi's tomb in the afterlife. First word is terra.
2. Farmers who formed 90% of the population in ancient China and were the second highest class.
3. Short lived dynasty unified China after the Warring States Period and used Legalism as its guiding philosophy.
4. First word in the animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future and communicating with the gods.
5. A religion that originated in India and became popular in China thanks of the Silk Road.
7. Philosophy that stresses respect, a moral code of conduct, education and relationships being the key to a stable government.
9. First word in the time period following the decline of the Zhou dynasty when regional lords fought for power.
10. China’s chief trade export. A valuable cloth, originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars.
11. First word in the respect shown by children for their parents and elders.
13. Person in charge of carving questions on oracle bones.
16. Dynasty that overthrew the harsh Qin dynasty and adopted Confucian principles. Its rulers chose officials based on civil service exams.