Across
- 5. early japanese society was divided into uji, or ____
- 6. smaller medieval african societys were often organized with _____ shared among a number of people instead of a single leader
- 7. a general agreement in which villages often made decisions
- 9. a group of househols who claimed a common ancestor
- 13. Extended from the mountains of present-day Ethopia to the sun-bleached shores of the Red Sea in present-day Eritrea
- 14. invaders often _______ chinese civilization rather than demolishing it
- 15. After the Han dynasty collapsed, China did what
- 16. by 1000 ad both christianity and ____ had spread to many regions of Africa
- 18. Africas geographic features also influenced cultural development by acting as barriers and ______ to ease movement of people, goods, and ideas.
- 21. The scholar-official class formed the ______ stratum of society
- 23. Swelling _____ in the rain forest provided transportation as well as ample food for people living in the region
- 24. The ______ and vegetation of the savanna provided opportunities for both nomadic herders and settled farming communities
- 25. Art strengthend what within the african community
- 26. new chinese dynasty founded in 1368
- 27. Tang emperors lost territories in centra asia to the ______
- 29. woman had a higher status in ____ and early Song times than they did later
Down
- 1. the ____ dynasty declined after the death of Kublai Khan in 1294
- 2. The first tang emperor
- 3. Professional storytellers
- 4. Early Ming rulers proudly sent chinese fleets into distant waters to show the ____ of their government
- 7. By 5500 bc neolithic farmers had learned to _______ the nile valley
- 8. medieval Ethiopia was protected by rugged what
- 10. korea is located on a peninsula that juts south from the asian mainland and points towards where?
- 11. an italian merchant that visited china during the yuan dynasty
- 12. Some early africans had to adopt harsh desert conditions and survived by hunting and what
- 17. The largest dessert in the world
- 19. Ethiopian Christians kept ties with the what
- 20. the ToKugawas created a unified, orderly what?
- 22. a multistoried temple with eaves that curve up at the comer
- 28. Zhao kuangyin founded the _____ dynasty
