History class

2. The dynasty that replaced the Shaybanids in Central Asia.
5. The religion gradually adopted by the Kyrgyz through contact with Muslim neighbors.
6. An empire that some Kyrgyz leaders allied with to resist external threats.
7. A ruling dynasty in Bukhara before the Ashtarkhanids took over.
10. A leader who united Kyrgyz tribes and resisted Moghulistan’s decline.
11. The primary economic system of the Kyrgyz people, centered on herding livestock.
14. A powerful empire that conquered the Kyrgyz but later faced resistance from them.
15. Mountain range where the Kyrgyz settled after migrating from the Yenisei region.

1. A Central Asian people who had early interactions with the Kyrgyz.
3. A neighboring Turkic people who allied with the Kyrgyz against common enemies.
4. A river where the early Kyrgyz people lived before migrating south.
8. A mountainous region along with Yenisei that influenced Kyrgyz migration.
9. A khanate that posed a major external threat to the Kyrgyz in the 16th century.
12. A region in Central Asia seized by the Kyrgyz in the 16th century.
13. The epic that helped preserve Kyrgyz history and identity.