Islamic State-building and Buddhism in China

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Across
  1. 1. This dynasty saw the first and only female emperor of China
  2. 6. This practice became commonplace after Buddhism in China faded away (two words)
  3. 8. Believed only direct descendants of Muhammad should be caliph
  4. 9. The holy book of Islam
  5. 10. What the Islamic empires were called
  6. 11. The ruler of the caliphate
  7. 14. These scholars were angry at their jobs being taken
  8. 16. The third caliphate
  9. 17. Their God
  10. 18. The holy city, where people took their pilgrimages to
Down
  1. 1. This was the Mongol attitude towards religion in places they conquered
  2. 2. Buddhism in China led to less of this
  3. 3. The type of religion
  4. 4. This trade route is how Buddhism got to China (two words)
  5. 5. People who believed more in mystical aspects of the religion
  6. 7. The Mongol khanate in the Middle East
  7. 8. Believed anyone fit to rule could be caliph
  8. 12. The cosmopolitan capital of the Islamic world, a place of scholarly innovation
  9. 13. The period of fasting from sunup to sundown
  10. 15. The second caliphate