Across
- 3. A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire
- 4. quipu
- 8. examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service
- 9. Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road
- 11. government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability
- 16. 365 days
- 17. tenth Mansa of the Mali Empire
- 18. a line of hereditary rulers of a country
- 19. medieval Muslim traveler who wrote one of the world's most famous travel logs, the Riḥlah
- 20. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices
Down
- 1. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
- 2. surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull
- 5. travel across the Sahara between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa
- 6. relating to an empire
- 7. First teacher in China who wanted to make education broadly available and who was instrumental in establishing the art of teaching as a vocation
- 10. best known for unifying the Mongolian steppe under a massive empire that was able to challenge the powerful Jin dynasty in China and capture territory as far west as the Caspian Sea
- 12. a hieroglyphic character or symbol
- 13. a military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander with individual autonomy
- 14. He was the fifth emperor
- 15. West African empires which controlled trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, slaves, and other precious commodities