Silk Road

3. A magnetic navigational instrument first invented in China that eventually revolutionised maritime trade.
5. A hard, white, translucent ceramic material invented in China, highly prized by European monarchs.
7. Domesticated animals with humps, essential for carrying heavy goods across arid desert landscapes.
9. A religion that spread through trade and interactions on the Silk Road
10. A major religion that originated in India and spread to China and beyond via these trade networks.
12. A major city and capital of the Abbasid Empire, known as the House of Wisdom.
14. An essential writing material invented in Han China that eventually replaced parchment in Europe.

1. Aromatic goods like pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg, highly sought after by European merchants
2. THe name for a large group of traders with their goods and animals
4. The Macedonian king whose conquests in Central Asia laid the groundwork for early East-West cultural exchange along the routes.
6. The name of the river where the Abbasids and Tang Dynasty fought
8. A valuable, soft fabric first produced in ancient China
11. The deadly disease (Black Death) that inadvertently travelled along the Silk Road to Europe in the 1340s.
13. Chinese Empire that connected China to the Silk Road