Across
- 7. trading capital of the Trans Saharan Trade Network
- 8. animals used to travel across the Sahara Desert
- 10. trade network that ran from China to Eastern Europe
- 11. large sea in between Europe and Africa
- 12. invented in China and used to make guns and canons
- 14. largest continent in the world
- 15. religious element of many tribes in Africa
- 17. largest desert in the world found in Africa
- 19. ethnic group that mixed with Vikings to form Russia
- 21. ruler of the Ottoman Empire and Sultan of Islam known as the magnificent or the lawgiver
- 22. chemical process in which pure metal is separated from other impurities
- 23. capital of the Byzantine empire which also used to be a part of the Roman Empire
- 25. largest country in Asia that was founded by Vikings and Slavs
- 26. empire that grew out of the eastern portion of the Roman Empire
Down
- 1. the two most valuable items traded on the Trans Saharan Trade Network
- 2. religion founded in India started by Siddhartha Gautama
- 3. second largest continent in the world that is home to two deserts and a rainforest
- 4. animals used to trade on the Silk Roads
- 5. Caliphate in the middle east whose capital was Baghdad
- 6. Islamic empire in the middle east that took over Constantinople
- 8. the spreading and mixing of culture
- 9. monotheistic religion founded on the Arabian Peninsula
- 12. Founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
- 13. Muslim ruler from Mali who travelled to Mecca and build mosques along the way
- 16. largest contiguous empire founded by Genghis Khan
- 18. two powerful dynasties in China that made advancements in weapons and math
- 20. large country located in far east Asia
- 24. the exchange of goods between two or more groups of people