Across
- 2. dynasty that inaugurated India's golden age
- 4. Japanese feudal lord
- 6. "rebirth"
- 9. Egyptian form of writing
- 12. largest desert
- 13. symbolized Egyptian society
- 14. oldest living civilization
- 15. India's strict social structure
- 16. longest river
Down
- 1. "China's Sorrow"
- 3. India's distinctive religion
- 5. belief that natural objects and forces are inhabited by mostly malignant spirits
- 7. greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior
- 8. Buddhism's state of oblivion
- 10. seedbed of African cultures
- 11. largest rift in earth's surface
- 15. China's longest ruling dynasty