Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Silk Roads and Spice Route Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Fragrant resin once as precious as gold in Arabian markets
- 2. Elusive root once traded for its hallucinogenic, medicinal traits
- 4. Nature’s force challenging desert caravans en route to Timbuktu
- 5. Not a beast of burden but a nickname for a Mediterranean trade fish
- 9. Ancient artery connecting East’s silks with West’s spices
- 12. Ceramics vital to trade from China, much sought by explorers
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- 3. Ancient travelers' safe haven on the Silk Road
- 6. Relating to merchants or trade, a system that shaped ancient economics
- 7. Ancient European path famed for precious fossilized resin shipments
- 8. Ruling houses that controlled trade routes in imperial China and Persia
- 10. Majestic ships of commerce dominating early maritime trade
- 11. Describes the fierce seasonal wind hampering Indian Ocean navigation
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