World History and Pop Culture Mashup

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Across
  1. 2. This restaurant chain has traveled to more places than Ibn Battuta. Buh, buh, buh...buh, buh.
  2. 4. Like the Heian women of Japan, Britney, who wrote this memoir, felt trapped.
  3. 5. Unlike this wealthy MAGA-lomaniac, Mansa Musa gave much of his wealth away.
  4. 6. Structures, like flying buttresses, mosques, and the Great Wall of China could be built using this popular gaming platform.
  5. 8. If this movie series were real life, Japan would be the rebellion and the Mongols the empire.
  6. 10. Unlike this stay-in-the-neighborhood guy, Marco Polo traveled to distant lands to serve Kublai Khan
  7. 13. It seems that this "chiefs" relationship would be a matriarchy.
Down
  1. 1. While Zheng He never married(for reasons we shall not discuss) this reality show hopes to unite a couple of older folks.
  2. 3. These fans of the billionaire pop music phenom have a catchy name. I wonder if fans of Ibn Battuta would be called Battuties?
  3. 5. China no longer has Zheng He, so, according to some, China is using this super popular platform to spy on the US.
  4. 7. This shoot-em-up action movie series, with star Keanu Reeves, sacrifices more people than the Aztecs
  5. 9. Ibn Battuta would not be pleased with the actions of this pink-loving pop culture icon.
  6. 10. One their field of battle, this group uses sneaks, passes, and runs instead of feigned retreats or composite bows.
  7. 11. Like Raziya, this "single lady", has risen to the top(of pop music, not the Delhi Sultanate).
  8. 12. This "King" who has ruled the court for 21 years is nearly as wealthy as Mansa Musa