Across
- 3. Relationships from one end of Eurasia to the other (political authorities)
- 4. A form of Buddhism which featured Buddha as a deity, numerous bodhisattvas, and an emphasis on compassion and earning merit, flourished on Silk Roadss
- 7. Caravans stopped at guesthouses and inns located across trade routes to aid merchants
- 9. major Turkic empire established in Persia
- 11. A form of Confucianism with the rejection of the Buddhist and Daoist's religious aspects, but the high moral standards of Buddhism and texts of Confucianism
- 14. A major commercial city of West Africa and center of Islamic scholarship and learning
- 16. Caliph that established the House of Wisdom
- 18. A form of Buddhism that focused on seeking one's nature by staying in the present and meditation, popular in Japan
- 19. A symbol that represented the giving up of materialistic goods from Theravada Buddhism
- 22. Castrated men personally loyal to the emperor
Down
- 1. Bacteria responsible for Black Death
- 2. Russian name for incorporation of Russia into the Mongol Empire
- 5. A form of Buddhism based on the emphasis of salvation by faith and meditation, popular among Chinese
- 6. Mongol capital
- 8. Key factor for the effectiveness of the Mongol army, leaders picked off of this
- 10. China was the ______ of trading through Afro-Eurasia
- 12. Chinese techniques that were acquired by the Mongols
- 13. Mongol Dynasty that ruled China from 1231 to 1368
- 15. Alternating wind currents that blew northeast during the summer months and southwest during the winter
- 17. Chinese dynasty that succeeded the Yuan Dynasty, return of traditional Chinese ways
- 20. Technology that made use of different means of transportation
- 21. Grandson of Genghis Khan who became the first il-Khan of Persia
- 23. Animal that could go 10 days without water, made trade possible throughout the Sahara