Han Dynasty Key Terms

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Across
  1. 1. a large political unit where a powerful state or ruler controls multiple territories, peoples, or nations, often expanding through conquest or colonization to incorporate diverse populations under a single authority
  2. 4. this allowed rulers to extend their systems of central command farther and farther away from their capitals.
  3. 5. long-distance exchanges of products and ideas
  4. 7. between about 300 BCE and 300 CE, merchants extended trade routes across Inner Eurasia on this
  5. 8. the growth of an empire's borders
  6. 9. a large city in 100CE, located in China
Down
  1. 2. advanced road construction (the Persians and Romans), canal building (the Chinese), and the use of the camel as the main transport animal in arid (dry) lands are examples of these
  2. 3. a large city in 100CE, with a population nearing one million
  3. 6. this replaced chariots as a tool for military conquest and control