Across
- 2. what the Europeans are called by historians due the similarities of their global expansion as the mongols.
- 5. ships invented by the Chinese and Arabs to make trade and travel easier on Indian ocean
- 8. African storytellers that passed down history and traditions orally
- 11. language grammatically an African tongue but was written in Arabic with some Arabic loan words
- 12. an animal that finally made the long trek across the Sahara possible for trade purposes
- 14. largest religious structure in the world which expresses both Hinduism and buddhism
- 17. a major process of settlement and societal organization that occurred among the people of this region.
- 18. inns/guesthouses along the silk roads that served to keep merchants safe and a place where they could trade
- 19. network established by the mongols to facilitate the quick transmit of information across the empire
- 20. the scientific name of the disease that killed 50% to 90% of the population depending on which affected country
Down
- 1. a period of agricultural innovation which increased food growth, urbanization and industrialization in Islamic world
- 3. merchant partners who were crucial to the mongol empire's economy and its integration of Eurasian trade
- 4. paper money that was used instead of large metal coins to facilitate trade
- 6. the most popular form of Buddhism that took place in China
- 7. a kingdom in central Java,home to Borobudur temple
- 9. one of the 4 distinct trading nodes in the American Web. lay at the center of the trading network.
- 10. permanent settlements of foreign traders which facilitated commercial exchange
- 13. a Muslim eunuch who led the Chinese expedition fleets to bring other states into Chinese tribute system.
- 15. a major commercial city of West African civilization , demonstrates spread of Islam and transmition of knowledge
- 16. the religion that took place in Japan as a result of Chinese assimilation.