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Echoes of Forgotten Trade Tongues
Explore ancient and vanished languages that once thrived along historic trade routes, shaping cultures and commerce.
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  • 1. Ancient symbol or character used in trade inscriptions
  • 2. Historic visual communication method aiding trade route messages
  • 4. Refers to language connections along trade routes reaching Islamic palatial centers
  • 5. Languages related to Mongol Empire’s extensive trade routes
  • 7. Common Greek dialect used in Mediterranean trade and communication
  • 8. Written language of ancient Nubian trade kingdom
  • 13. Group of travelers trading goods across deserts, spreading languages
  • 15. Semitic language once used widely across Middle Eastern trade routes
  • 16. Quechuan social unit language tied to Andean trade networks
Down
  • 3. Bantu-rooted trade language along East African coast
  • 6. A common language used by speakers of different native languages for trade
  • 9. Famous cartographer whose maps aided early trade navigation
  • 10. Biblical city symbolizing diverse languages and trade confusion
  • 11. Modern trading term derived from Latin ‘trading across land’
  • 12. Famous trade route linking East and West, fostering language exchange
  • 14. Extinct East Germanic language linked to migration trade paths
  • 17. Latin for tablet, symbolizing written trade records from ancient routes

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