The Silk Road

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Across
  1. 3. This was the main Asian country involved in the silk trade.
  2. 5. He was the person who discovered America.
  3. 7. This is the ocean that the silk road covered
  4. 8. This was the name of the empire that renamed Constantinople to Istanbul.
  5. 9. This invention, on which we write things was given to the west during the silk road trade.
Down
  1. 1. Silk fabric is made from the threads extracted from this insect.
  2. 2. He was an Italian Explorer who wrote about his journey to China
  3. 4. This trade route connected Asia and ____.
  4. 6. This valuable resource used in cooking became very valuable after the fall of constantinople.