The Silk Roads Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: china: this was the country that silk originally came from, camels: these humped mammals were crucial for transporting goods, alexander: <blank> the great had conquered a huge empire by the age of 32, crossbow: this weapon was an example of some of the technology that spread along the silk roads, buddhism: this eastern religion spread along the silk roads, zhangqian: the official sent out by the han emperor to make contact with the west, roman: the glassware from this empire became a popular trade good, paper: money made from this made trade quicker and easier, mongols: the fall of this group made trade along the silk roads more dangerous, persia: another ancient empire, this area is now known as iran, marcopolo: this famous italian adventurer travelled the silk roads, cinnamon: this delicious, sweet spice came from sri lanka and was highly prized, siberia: far to the north, warm furs from this place were a favourite of genghis khan, syria: the mughal emperor sharjahan used glass from this place to build the shish mahal palace, constantinople: now called istanbul, this city was an important western trading centre