Looking Outward or Turning Inwards

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Across
  1. 3. The idea that China was the cultural and political center of the world
  2. 6. Navigational tool that helped sailors determine latitude at sea
  3. 7. Exam-based system to select officials based on merit, revived by the Ming
  4. 8. Conqueror of Constantinople and early Ottoman leader
  5. 13. Greatest Ottoman ruler, known as “The Lawgiver” for unifying the legal system
  6. 16. Ritual bow to show submission to the Chinese emperor in exchange for trade rights
  7. 17. City captured by the Ottomans, renamed Istanbul
  8. 19. Region explored by Zheng He’s fleet, reaching as far as East Africa
  9. 21. The science of making maps, improved during the Age of Exploration
  10. 23. Christian church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans
  11. 26. European movement to find new sea routes to Asia to bypass Ottoman control
Down
  1. 1. Title given to Suleiman for his efforts to simplify and codify laws
  2. 2. Philosophy re-established by the Ming to promote respect, order, and educated government officials
  3. 4. Gifts or payments sent by other states in recognition of China’s superiority
  4. 5. Ming emperor who supported maritime exploration and sponsored Zheng He’s voyages
  5. 9. Religious communities in the Ottoman Empire with some self-rule
  6. 10. Portuguese leader who funded voyages and started a navigation school
  7. 11. Term used for empires like the Ottomans that used advanced military technology
  8. 12. Empire that conquered Constantinople in 1453 and controlled major trade routes
  9. 14. Palace complex built in Beijing to house the emperor and show his power
  10. 15. First European country to explore Africa's coast and search for a sea route to Asia
  11. 18. Elite Ottoman soldiers taken as boys from Christian communities and trained to serve the sultan
  12. 20. Ming policy of turning inward and ending foreign exploration after 1433
  13. 22. Chinese admiral who led seven voyages to show Chinese power and collect tribute
  14. 24. Trade route traditionally linking Europe and Asia, controlled in part by the Ottomans
  15. 25. Highly valued trade goods from Asia that motivated European voyages