China

2. He became a Mongol tribal leader and, in 1206
6. the individual clay tablets that could be arranged on a board to form text
7. a vast, grassy plain
9. a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat,and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty,
10. Wendi's successor
11. in Buddhism and Hinduism, a rebirth into another form of life
16. a rejection of foreign contact and influences
18. A man that served as a tax collector and special envoy to the emperor.
20. the first emperor of the Ming dynasty.

1. The last Chinese dynasty
3. Genghis Khan’s grandson
4. a main crop produced in a specific place
5. the buying and selling of goods
8. accomplishment restructuring of the government to simplify internal administration, a revision of the penal code, and a number of public work projects, including the creation of a complex canal system joining the Yellow, Huai and Yangzi
12. to join together again
13. A dynasty that seized power in 618, that continued the project of reunifying China, which had begun under the short-lived Sui dynasty.
14. a strong, light, and translucent ceramic
15. The second Tang emperor and an admired figure in Chinese history.
17. in Buddhism, a state of bliss or the end of suffering of life caused by the cycle of rebirth
19. a region of the Mongol empire