Ancient China Crossword Puzzle

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