Across
- 2. the Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
- 5. a network of roads along which traders traveled
- 8. the dynasty that ruled China from about 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E., the period following the Qin dynasty
- 9. spreading of cultural traits, such as goods and ideas, from one culture to another, or within one culture
- 11. a network of trade routes that stretched for more than four thousand miles across Asia
- 13. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes living in harmony with nature
- 14. location where ruins were found from the Shang dynasty, China's first civilization
- 15. a line of rulers in China that ruled after the Shang dynasty
- 16. a power or law believed to be granted by the heavens
Down
- 1. one of the first Chinese dynasties, ruled from 1750 to 1040 B.C.E.
- 3. a stone-and-earth wall about 1,500 miles long, first built during the Qin dynasty to defend China’s northern boundary
- 4. a region in the Huang He River valley, where Chinese civilization began
- 6. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes proper behavior
- 7. the first emperor to rule a united China, from 221 to 210 B.C.E.
- 10. a piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king’s ancestors
- 12. a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes strict obedience to laws