The Silk Road

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Across
  1. 2. Originating place of Buddhism
  2. 3. Area conquered by Alexander the Great
  3. 4. The Romans banned silk to stop the outflow of this metal
  4. 5. One of the continents explored during the age of exploration
  5. 7. Chinese ambassador Zhang Qian belonged to this dynasty
  6. 9. Fierce raiders that sometime even protected the Silk Road
  7. 11. Dangerous black powder
  8. 12. The Silk Road wasn’t a single road but could be called a series of what
  9. 15. Term for World Wide trade
  10. 17. Technology that led to the decline of the Silk Road
  11. 20. Name of Europe and Asia combined
  12. 21. New Indian faith that developed from Islam
  13. 22. A product that China traded silk and jade for.
Down
  1. 1. Builder of the The Persian Royal Road
  2. 2. Spread by Nomads that gave people new things to think about
  3. 6. Technological transfer between contact between Chinese and Roman soldiers
  4. 8. A civilisation relying on farming
  5. 10. Tribes that moved around
  6. 13. Highly prized Roman product in China.
  7. 14. Type of ship used to carry cargo
  8. 16. Peninsula from which Islam spread
  9. 18. Sea at the western end of The Persian Royal Road
  10. 19. A Middle East country influenced by the Silk Road