North & East Asia

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Across
  1. 4. – Thick forest region in Siberia.
  2. 5. – Grassland region where nomads raised sheep and horses.
  3. 7. – Economy based on herding rather than farming.
  4. 11. – First word of the great steppe deity: “___ Heaven”.
  5. 12. - The principal god in Shang religion, attended by ancestral spirits.
  6. 13. – Priest believed to contact gods and heal the sick.
Down
  1. 1. - Military art of pretending to flee, then turning back to surround the enemy.
  2. 2. – Title meaning “universal ruler,” proclaimed in 1206 when Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes.
  3. 3. RIVER – River in north China whose floods shaped early Shang civilization.
  4. 4. - Personal name of the Mongol leader before he became Chinggis Khan.
  5. 5. – Northern area of taiga and tundra; remained paleolithic for a time.
  6. 6. - Type of bones used for divination in Shang religion.
  7. 8. – Animal-style metalwork found across the Eurasian steppe.
  8. 9. – Group that invaded China and Eurasia in the 4th–5th centuries.
  9. 10. – Late Neolithic culture known for black pottery.
  10. 12. DYNASTY – Early Chinese civilization marked by aristocratic rule, bronze technology, oracle bones, and ancestor worship.