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Period: 240 to 550
Gupta Empire
Location: northeastern India Achievement: Gupta developed the religion hinduism through the different belief systems that citizens believed in. -
Period: 250 to 900
Maya
Location: southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize and western Honduras. Achievement: The Ancient Mayans developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems, and hieroglyphic writing. -
Period: 300 to 1100
Ghana
location: Western Africa Achievement:They controlled three major gold fields. -
Period: 330 to 1453
Byzantine Empire
Location: The Byzantine Empire covered much of the land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, including what is now Italy, Greece, and Turkey along with portions of North Africa and the Middle East. Achievement: The most important legacy of the Byzantine Empire is the preservation of Greek and Roman civilization during the Middle Ages. -
Period: 632 to 661
Muslim Empire (Rashidun-Abbasid Caliphate)
Location: the Middle East, northern Africa, the Iberian peninsula (Spain), and parts of Asia into India. Achievement: he Abbasid Caliphate Created an Inclusive Society. -
Period: 794 to 1185
Japan (Heian)
Location: Kyoto Achievement: the creation of a Japanese writing (kana) using Chinese characters -
Period: 800 to
Holy Roman Empire
There location: Western and Central Europe
An Achievement There vast Empire -
Period: 1325 to 1519
Aztec
Location: central and southern Mexico. Achievement: They built aqueducts and dikes -
Period: 1368 to
Imperial China
Location: from the Korean peninsula in the east, to the steppes of Mongolia in the north, to present-day Afghanistan in the west, and to northern Vietnam in the south. Achievement: Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West -
Period: 1375 to
Songhai
Location: West Africa Achievement: Songhai surpassed the Malian Empire in area, wealth, and power, absorbing vast areas of the Mali Empire and reaching its greatest extent. -
Period: 1438 to 1572
Inca
Location: Peru Achievement: The Incas built roads across the length of and width of their empire. -
Period: to
Japan (Edo Periods)
Location: Tokyo Achievement: the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization. -
Period: to
Mali
Location: Western Africa Achievement: Establishing a prosperous and centralized state under Emperor Sundiata Keita.