Across
- 4. Groups of foreign merchants that would learn the culture or language of a place along the Silk Road
- 6. Chinese dynastic name adopted by the Mongols
- 10. Built Borobudur and was closely allied with Srivijaya
- 11. Facilitated trade across Western Africa
- 13. A form of Buddhism popular in Japan among the Samurai
- 15. The largest religous structure at the time, used by Hindus and Buddhists
- 16. Name given to the Europeans due to their similarities to this culture
- 17. Muslim eunuch that captained several Chinese expeditions in the Indian Ocean
- 18. Major Islamic center of culture and learning in Mali
- 19. Grandson of Chinggis Khan who led an invasion of Persia and established the il-Khanate
Down
- 1. Spread of crops/agricultural techniques across the Islamic world
- 2. A minaret located in India
- 3. Wealthy ruler of the kingdom of Mali, made his hajj in 1324
- 5. Major trading center in North America
- 7. Chinese paper money/contracts used by the Europeans
- 8. Cosmopolitan capital of the Mongol empire
- 9. African historians and storytellers
- 10. Technology adopted from the Chinese by the Mongols that helped them take over Russia and Persia
- 12. A blend of Buddist, Daoist and Confucian ideas
- 14. A traditional Bantu language with Arabic components