Across
- 2. Type of person who does not settle in one place; they often made great merchants
- 4. Another term for a great market
- 5. Longest Chinese dynasty
- 6. Buddhist term for suffering
- 8. Only Chinese empress; served during Tang dynasty and was a shrewd civic and military leader
- 10. These people were conscripted to build the Great Wall
- 14. Professional civil servants tasked to oversee provinces and carry out the law of the Emperor
- 16. "First" emperor of China; Legalist and former warlord, constructed part of the Great Wall and was buried with effigies
- 17. Type of leaf which silkworms eat
- 19. Confucian principle of duty to one's father
- 21. Venetian trader who traveled to China and served in the Yuan court; his stories were instrumental in shaping the west's opinion of China
- 22. Extremely rare spice that was, at some points, worth more than gold
- 23. First name of the man who would become the Buddha
Down
- 1. The fierce and brilliant Khan who started the Mongol Empire
- 2. The state of Buddhist enlightenment
- 3. Philosopher during Warring States period who advocated civic duty and family ties
- 7. Mongol Khan who also served as Emperor of China in the Yuan dynasty
- 9. Chinese doctrine that assumed all people were stupid and in need of "iron-fisted" guidance
- 11. One of many periods of Chinese civil war, set between Zhou and Qin dynasties
- 12. Massive trade network that spanned from Rome to Indonesia
- 13. Fine clay which made a type of pottery that became synonymous with China
- 15. The art of Chinese handwriting
- 18. "Baked Earth" ceramic; the warriors buried with a famous emperor are made of this
- 20. Second Sui emperor; began construction on the Grand Canal
- 24. Religion based on "the way" as taught by Laozi; primarily concerns nature, simplicity, and balance