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Period: 250 to
MAYA
location - northwestern part of isthmus of Central America accomplishments - Peasants farmed crops, built temples, served as soldiers, paid taxes
Slaves did manual labor for owners; they were usually treated well -
Period: 300 to 1100
GHANA
location - West africa
accomplishments - they gained independence from britain in 1957 -
Period: 319 to 590
GUPTA EMPIRE
location - northeastern India
accomplishments - the gupta empire had developed advancements in Science they are, engineering, art, dialectics, laterature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy -
Period: 330 to 1453
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
location - North Africa and the Middle East.
accomplishments - preservation of Greek and Roman civilization -
Period: 610 to
MUSLIM EMPIRE
location - west and northern India
accomplishment - found the direction of Mecca for prayer and built observatories to study the sky and invented the quadrant and astrolabe. -
Period: 794 to
JAPAN
location - Northeast Asia or East Asia, to the east of the Eurasian continent
accomplishment - japan is known for onsen hot springs and kabuki baths -
Period: 800 to
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
location - centrial and western europe
accomplishment - highly trained and disciplined army -
Period: 900 to
IMPERIAL CHINA
location - east Asia
accomplishment - Papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the invention of the compass -
Period: 1200 to 1533
INCA
location - western and south central Bolivia southwest Ecuador and Colombia
accomplishment -Commoner children had no education; learned skills, traditions
Noble boys had tutors for geometry, history, public speaking
Kids stayed home until married; noblemen had multiple wives -
Period: 1235 to
MALI
location - west africa
accomplishment - they established a prosperous and centralized state under the emperor Sundiata Keita and built mosques and universities -
Period: 1300 to 1521
AZTECS
location - northern mexico
accomplishment - They built Tenochtitlán on the island -
Period: 1460 to
SONGHAI
location - west africa
accomplishments - created a system which allowed it to become a major trading center