Across
- 2. Rest stops on the Silk road located in oases
- 4. the capital of the mongol empire
- 6. a Javanese Kingdom featuring the temple of Borobudur
- 9. Mongolian merchants who facilitated trade
- 11. the Mongol dynasty residing over China
- 15. the bacteria responsible for the black plague carried on fleas
- 16. colonial settlements that spread culture between different lands
- 17. The name for European colonizers of Asia
- 18. Malis capital, a center of islam
Down
- 1. A Chinese explorer and tribute collector
- 2. An animal used in the sand and Silk roads due to its ability to live without water and split hooves to walk on sand
- 3. Chinese paper money for Europeans to give coins in exchange for cash
- 5. a usage of horse riders transferring information throughout the Mongol empire
- 7. ships with triangular sails of Arab origin, able to traverse monsoon winds
- 8. A battle strategy where armies surround a city and starve them out
- 10. an african king whose wealth was known to all around
- 12. A Hindu and Buddhist temple in Cambodia and a symbol of cultural diffusion in Indian ocean trade
- 13. an African language with Arab influences gained from Indian ocean trade
- 14. a Muslim explorer who devoted his life to exploring the Islamic world
- 15. Emperor of the Ming dynasty who created the forbidden city