Across
- 2. the warrior lords (daimyo) of Japan who rise in power by maintaining private militias of samurai
- 4. both the Gupta and the Tang persecuted this faith as a "foreign import" in an era of revived nativism
- 7. this technology when applied to weaponry changes the battlefields of the world forever
- 8. the Mongols were an enormous force for _____ in the 13th century Medieval world of Asia and Europe
- 10. this government philosophy became dominant in Chinese court during the Tang as Buddhism waned
- 11. grandson of Genghis...conqueror of Song China
- 12. native religion of Japan prior to the arrival of Buddhism from China
- 13. the Japanese noble woman to write the first novel ever...Tale of Genji
- 14. Japan adopted much from Chinese culture during the reign of the Chinese _____ Dynasty
- 15. this Vietnamese sister dynamic-duo provided Vietnam with a nationalistic symbol of resistance to Chinese rule
- 16. Chinese paper money invented during the Tang and Song periods to ease trade
- 19. this Chinese Dynasty introduced foot binding, was militarily weak, and was conquered by the Mongols
Down
- 1. 40,000 characters made this technology less effective in China in terms of mass literacy than it will be in Europe later
- 3. period of relative stability and economic vibrancy as Mongols ruled China and Middle Eastern centers
- 5. the process of adopting Chinese culture in Japan and other regions of Asia
- 6. known also as "Timujin" or "Chinggis"...universal ruler of the initial Mongol Empire
- 9. similar to Alexander the Great's empire, the Mongol world will splinter into _____, ruled individually by Mongol khans after the death of Genghis
- 17. Venetian merchant that visited the court of the Great Khan...similar to Ibn Battuta in his travels
- 18. the Mongols establish the _____ Dynasty after the decline of the Song