Across
- 2. A plant; first the Mongols encouraged cultivation of it; then the Ming produced it in such a systematic way that some scholars speak of an early form of capitalism
- 5. Family name of the man who led the first British mission to Qing China in 1793 and may or may not have kowtowed before the Chinese emperor
- 6. Five East India Companies were founded in the 17th century by the British, the Portuguese, the French, the Danish, and the…
- 7. Guiding political philosophy in imperial China
- 10. First word of a famous Ming novel (first print 1592) about the Tang era monk Xuanzang and his companion Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
- 12. Manchu emperor and Chinese poet with the greatest output (quantitatively)
- 13. There was a specific kind of Buddhism at the court of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Which country did it come from?
- 15. The Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351-1767) ruled approximately the area that is the modern nation of…
- 16. The Majapahit Empire (1293 - circa 1500) ruled various islands that form the modern nation of…
- 17. Very tall animal from Africa that Zheng He’s ships brought to China
- 19. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and the first Ming emperor, Hongwu (1328-1398), both came from a family of…
- 20. Capital of the middle and late Ming dynasty
- 22. In 1592-1598, the Ming assisted … against Japanese invasions.
- 23. Manchu dynasty in China, 1644-1912
- 24. The Wanli emperor (reigned 1572-1620) liked to smoke it
Down
- 1. Mongol dynasty in China, 1271-1368
- 2. City-state on the west Indian coast that was one of the most important ports for Zheng He
- 3. The Qing produced a famous multilingual glossary in Chinese, Manchu, Uyghur, Tibetan, and…
- 4. Family name of the ruling Ming family
- 6. First word of a famous Qing novel of 1791 which is regarded a masterpiece of Chinese and world literature
- 7. Widespread European fascination with things Chinese in the 17-18th centuries
- 8. If Manchus, Mongols, etc., adopt Chinese customs and language, the process is called…
- 9. City on the west Indian coast that was captured by the Portuguese in 1510
- 11. Capital of the early Ming dynasty
- 14. Family name of the scholar who wrote ‘The Social Life of Opium in China’ (2005)
- 15. Chinese product that became a hit in 18th-century Britain
- 18. Name of the most famous Italian Jesuit who lived in late Ming China and had impressive Chinese language skills
- 21. Admiral Zheng He was born 1371 in Yunnan and the religion of his father had been…