Across
- 8. largest urban settlement of the Mississippian culture
- 10. Community with a blend of cultures
- 11. A widely traveld Arab scholar, merchant and public official
- 15. Major process of settlement and societal organization in 860-1130 CE
- 16. A kingdom in central Java, Borobudur was built there
- 19. A ship with a hollow back haul to ride the waves and a stern rudder
- 21. Inns/Guest Houses on trade routes
- 22. used to be guards for royal women, but were given great authority in the Ming Dynasty
- 24. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- 25. Japanese Form of Buddhism that appeals to the samurai warrior class
- 27. A system that provided rapid communication across the empire
- 28. Confucianism+Daoism+Buddhism
- 29. One-humped animal, used as a way to travel and transport goods throughout the Sand Roads
Down
- 1. "Victory Tower" in Delhi
- 2. Facilitated by the Islamic Empires, their great contribution to agriculture
- 3. Chinese Innovation that made it unnecessary to carry heavy metal coins
- 4. Used to be the kingdom of Mali, now a city in the country of Mali
- 5. Symbol of Buddhism
- 6. A Language widely spoken in East Africa
- 7. A form of Buddhism where they achieve Nirvana with less work
- 9. Richest Person In History
- 12. Great Chinese Admiral who commanded a huge fleet in a series of voyages in the Indian Ocean Baisin
- 13. Largest religious temple in the premodern world, was originally Hindu, now Buddhist
- 14. state-approved association of merchants that allowed them to pool their resources and limit their losses
- 17. Mongolian Dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan
- 18. Tribal storytellers and musicians, preserve oral traditions of their tribe
- 20. Mongolian capital
- 23. Chinese technology adapted by the Mongols, later used to conquer Persia.
- 26. Genghis Khan's grandson who later became the first subordinate khan (Il-khan) of Persia