Imperial China

4. a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.
6. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
7. extreme fear.
9. relating to Confucius or Confucianism.
10. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress
12. decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.
13. a movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around AD 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism
15. bring back (a previous right, practice, custom, or situation); reinstate.

1. make or become united, uniform, or whole.
2. recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.
3. a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one
5. a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.
8. a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC
11. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning
14. relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters
16. move from one place to another