Across
- 2. major intellectual and spiritual city in Mali
- 6. capital of Mongol empire
- 8. animal that was mainly used during the trade across the Sand Roads because of their eyelashes and ability to not sink in the sand.
- 10. religion that mixes the philosophical ideas of confucianism, daoism, and buddhism
- 12. Mongol Chinese Dynastic Title
- 14. communities of people living outside of their hometown
- 18. system used by Mongols to quickly communicate between kingdoms
- 19. checkpoints along the silk road for merchants to rest and replenish supplies/trade
Down
- 1. form of Buddhism where one can reach enlightenment through the constant use of mantra, meditation, prayer, and more
- 3. military tactic in which an army surrounds the enemy and cuts off their access to supplies
- 4. Muslim scholar, traveler, and explorer who traveled 75000 miles of the silk road
- 5. a system that allowed merchants to deposit money under their name in one location and withdraw it from another
- 7. merchant association developed by the Mongols
- 9. Buddhism that focuses on meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition
- 11. Arab sailing vessel used during Indian Ocean trade with triangular sails
- 12. Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty who moved the capital to Beijing
- 13. largest Hindu monument
- 15. King of kings
- 16. Java dynasty that inherited many cultural ideas from India and build the Buddhist temple Borobudur
- 17. Chinese admiral who led the treasure fleet