Mongols

4. This city became a center of Islamic learning as well as a center of cultural exchange.
5. This was a network of trade routes that connected East Asia, the Middle East, & Europe.
6. The mass number of deaths due to the black death led to a new era of education and art in Europe called this.
7. This city was critically located in between the Taklamakan Desert & the Tian Shan Mountains.
9. This man was chosen to lead the Mongolian khanate.
10. This is the harsh environment the Mongols were from; shaping them to be harsh people too.
12. This was a phase in Chinese history when an excess of goods led merchants to want to find markets to sell them in.
13. Located roughly 100 miles apart, these were critical resting stops for traveling merchants.
14. This series of holy wars connected European knights with the luxury goods of East Asia & the Middle East.
15. These bugs carried a parasite & spread the "Black Death" by biting animals & then biting humans.

1. This explorer helped to peak European interest in East Asia by writing about his travels.
2. This method of travel increased the likelihood that everyone would arrive safely.
3. This invention made it possible to carry even more goods from East Asia to the Middle East & on to Europe.
8. The Mongols kidnapped engineers who taught them how to build these to get through city walls.
11. Nicknamed "Black Death", this contagious bacterial disease killed about 25 million people from 1347 to 1351 from Asia to Europe.