Across
- 6. A city with great trade and was a center for learning and Islamic culture
- 9. West African storytellers and singers that kept their traditions alive by going around and telling them
- 11. Buddhism where meditating and praying over and over again would lead to nirvana and was very popular in China
- 14. A combination of the moral teachings of Buddhism into Confucianism
- 16. Permanent settlements of foreign traders along the Indian Ocean that facilitated commercial exchange
- 17. Channel of water on the trade route connecting India and China that led to many new cities
- 19. Increased food production that led to population growth, urbanization, and industrial development across the Islamic world
- 21. Chinese ships that had a very light trunk to make the ships go over the waves easier
Down
- 1. Chinese ships that had a lantine sail so the ship could sail into the wind in a zigzag pattern
- 2. A version of Mayahana Buddhism that focused on staying calm and in the present
- 3. A kingdom in central Java that was agriculturally rich, had Hindu and Buddhist monuments (including Borobudur), and allied with Srivijaya
- 4. Inns along the Silk road for merchants to trade and rest
- 5. An Islamic poet and scholar who established the House of Wisdom that was a place of Islamic research and education
- 7. A north american chiefdom that was at the center of a widespread trading network
- 8. A tower that celebrated Muslim Dominance over Hinduism in the Dehli Sultanate
- 10. Originated in Southeast Asia became a major food source for population growth
- 12. Alternating wind currents that blew north in the summer and south in the winter in the Indian Ocean
- 13. A powerful state on the Swahili Coast that grew wealthy from the Indian Ocean trade
- 15. Buddhism where Buddha was a god and it was more broad and popular than Theravada
- 18. A Muslim eunuch who sought to recruit people to be a part of the Chinese tribute system and led the Chiense fleets in the Indian Ocean
- 20. An Arab explorer that explored the silk, sand, and sea roads while linking Islamic states
