Across
- 4. invention from China that revolutionized maritime navigation
- 6. the overland trading route that connected East Asia to Central Asia
- 11. large entrepot that controlled trade between the Indian Ocean and China
- 12. Chinese sailor of the Ming Empire who sailed really big ships
- 13. ruler of Malacca, Muslim convert, and friend to the Ming Empire
Down
- 1. Muslim philosopher of the 12th century, advocate of reason in understanding the universe
- 2. sea-going empire
- 3. places where diverse people are linked, multiple languages are spoken
- 5. the Chinese empire that sent Zheng He on his voyages
- 7. nomadic ocean-living people that Parameswara harnessed the power of
- 8. the kind of ship used in Zheng He's voyages
- 9. coastal cities in which goods, ideas, and culture are traded
- 10. ship from the Arab world, has lateen sails