Medieval Timeline

  • Period: 200 to 900

    Maya Empire

    Location: Central America
    Accomplishment: The classical period lasted quite a while and each little city-state had its own pyramid for their structure. This fits under the political lens and shows how much power they had within their own communities.
  • Period: 317 to 467

    Gupta Empire

    Location: South Asia
    Accomplishment: They managed to keep the empire for about 200 years which could fall under the political lens because they were able to keep rule for that long.
  • Period: 330 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Location: Europe
    Accomplishment: During the Byzantine Empire people started to teach others using some kind of standard with their learning, this fits into the political category because at the time only people in political stand points were able to get a form of education.
  • Period: 618 to

    Imperial China

    Location: East Asia
    Accomplishment: After so many people didn't need to farm anymore, people started to go out and make new jobs, this fits under the political lens, although it can be under the economic lens, because in the end it just gives more money to the emperor and gives the emperor more power over the empire.
  • Period: 632 to 1258

    Muslim Empire

    Location: Arabia
    Accomplishment: They started to win the crusades, and started to get a lot of the land back. This falls under the political lens.
  • Period: 794 to

    Japanese Empire

    Location: East Asia
    Accomplishment: Being feudal, although this wasn't the greatest thing, it established power and it held the emperor up in the system. This is apart of the political lens.
  • Period: 800 to

    Holy Roman Empire

    Location: Europe
    Accomplishment: During the crusades they conquered quite the bit of land and started to hold power over a bunch of others. This fall under the political lens.
  • Period: 829 to 1235

    Ghana Empire

    Location: West Africa
    Accomplishment: They started the gold trade, because they had so much of it, which means they would be getting richer and richer which fits under the political lens because then the king would be getting all of the money coming in from the trade and would then gain more power.
  • Period: 1226 to

    Mali Empire

    Location: West Africa
    Accomplishment: They took control over a large area. It fits into the political lens because they would've had to rule over all the land they took over.
  • Period: 1325 to 1521

    Aztec Empire

    Location: Central America
    Accomplishment: They had a lot of good architecture, which was good for having space for a lot of people. This could fit into the political lens, being able to rule over a bunch of people and having the room for them.
  • Period: 1438 to 1533

    Inca Empire

    Location: South America
    Accomplishment: They started expanding their empire about 200 years after they settled, which shows a political achievement because they started building their empire and finding the power.
  • Period: 1460 to

    Songhai Empire

    Location: West Africa
    Accomplishment: They had a lot of political expansion while taking over their land. This fits under the Political lens.