Across
- 3. united the nomadic Mongol tribes
- 5. priests can marry in this form of Christianity
- 8. major trading city in Eastern Europe
- 10. split
- 12. type of ruler with absolute power
- 14. the army of Mongols who invaded Russia
- 15. law system in Eastern Europe
- 17. first Russian state
Down
- 1. Eastern half of the Roman Empire
- 2. major Christian church; later became a mosque
- 4. nomads from Central Asia
- 6. autocratic leader of the Byzantine Empire
- 7. peace and prosperity under the Mongols
- 9. the Mongols made this safer for people to travel
- 11. this Empire took over the Byzantine Empire
- 13. Mongols used this skill to conquer lands
- 16. Russian alphabet