Early Modern Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Reason for decline in Central Asian societies.
  2. 5. Nomadic peoples that originated from Mongolia and expanded West to create one of the biggest empires known to man
  3. 6. Type of Islam adopted by the Ottoman and the Mughal Empires
  4. 11. The area the Manchus are from
  5. 13. founder of the Safavid Empire
  6. 14. Regional rulers from Egypt who demanded independence
  7. 15. a harsh region of the world where living is almost impossible in most places
Down
  1. 1. The dynasty that took the Mandate of Heaven after the Yuan
  2. 3. The last Russian dynasty
  3. 4. The last Chinese dynasty
  4. 6. Once regarded as the name of a Safavid, later used as a term of dishonor
  5. 7. Mughal Ruler who built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort (remove the Shah from his name)
  6. 8. The Russian assembly, similar to the French
  7. 9. Early Modern Islamic Empire in present-day Iran
  8. 10. founder of the Ottoman Empire
  9. 12. a precious commodity largely exported by the Spanish from the Americas
  10. 13. The Ottoman Capital