Across
- 3. Italian merchant and explorer who documented progress of Yuan Dynasty
- 4. language of Islam and the Qur'an
- 10. decentralized economic and social system in PC Europe in which land = power
- 11. Mongol-ruled China
- 12. capital of Song dynasty in PC Era
- 15. trade network located across Eurasia
- 16. supreme ruler of the Mongol Empire
- 21. Muslim house of worship
- 22. Mongol Peace
- 24. drought-resistant crop originally from Vietnam
- 25. pillars of Islam
- 26. city that Muslims face during prayer
- 27. Chinese dynasty that collapsed in 220 CE
Down
- 1. facilitated trade (money became easier to carry)
- 2. capital of the Byzantine Empire
- 5. law code used in Mongol Empire to promote religious tolerance
- 6. Islamic rule of the Iberian Peninsula
- 7. holy wars initiated by Pope Urban II to reclaim Jerusalem
- 8. roadside inns used to shelter merchants
- 9. holy text of Islam
- 13. prophet and founder of Islam
- 14. plague that originated in central asia, spreading via trade routes
- 17. time of prosperity (Tang & Song dynasties in PC China)
- 18. Chinese invention that revolutionized global warfare
- 19. navigational tool perfected in PC China
- 20. Mongolian postal system used to facilitate communication and trade
- 23. ____ of 1054 (division between Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches)