Across
- 5. an organization of north-German cities and towns that organized and controlled trade throughout northern Europe from the 1200s through the 1400s.
- 8. ancient trade route that linked China with the West.
- 9. the dispersion of people, sometimes forced.
- 11. Mongolian Peace, describes a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries.
- 12. chief.
- 13. the time period in western European history known as the Middle Ages.
- 15. the merging of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
- 16. the most common form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes, killed almost 25% of the total population.
- 17. these trade routes connected Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa.
- 18. a Berber scholar and explorer who embarked on a 44 year journey, becoming the most well-traveled explorer in pre-modern history.
Down
- 1. a skilled worker who was paid wages by the master of a guild
- 2. associations of people who worked at the same craft or trade during the Middle Ages.
- 3. these trade routes were conducted across the Sahara Desert, and they formed a web of commercial interactions between the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa.
- 4. an African society that emerged in the late 1100s along the East African coast and combined elements of African, Asian, and Islamic cultures. Their language spread throughout Africa.
- 6. a person who learns a skill under a master of the trade.
- 7. an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled through Asia along the Silk Road in the 13th century.
- 10. territories in central Italy controlled by the pope from 756-1870.
- 14. an arrangement by which a purchaser borrows money from a bank or other lender and agrees to pay it back over time.