joined — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
tangled — snarled, interlaced, or mixed up: tangled thread.
netlike — a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals: a butterfly net.
confederated — Simple past tense and past participle of confederate.
interdependent — mutually dependent; depending on each other.
gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.