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Jan 1, 670
Srivijaya
670 - 1025
Island of Sumatra
Controlled SE Asian sea trade with powerful navy
WHAP Theme 3: navy and bureaucracy funded by taxing ships -
Jan 1, 750
Abbasid Dynasty
750 - 1258
Not interested in imperial expansion
Islamic
High-point: Harun al-Rashid
Baghdad
WHAP Theme 3: Highly centralized, focused on administration through ulama, qadis, and other officials -
Jan 1, 751
Carolingian Empire
751 - 843 CE
Charles Martel ("the Hammer") defeated Muslim Spanish army in Battle of Tours
High point: under Charlemagne
Public building projects
Charlemagne crowned emperor in 800 by Pope Leo III
WHAP Theme 3: Centralized, missi dominici -
Jan 1, 1000
Ghana Kingdom
11th to 13th Century
Center of gold trade
Capital: Khoumbi-Saleh
10th century: kings converted to Islam
WHAP Theme 3: government very trade-oriented; levied taxes on trade -
Jan 1, 1200
Mali Empire
13th to 15th century
Mansa Musa - influential leader
Sundiata - founding leader
Controlled most of west African trade
Islamic
WHAP Theme 3: centralized government, focused on trade; encouraged Islam -
Jan 1, 1206
Mongol Empire
1206 - 1370 CE (when Yuan Dynasty fell)
Largest empire ever
Nomadic peoples - unified by Chinggis Khan (formerly Temujin)
WHAP Theme 3: De-centralized government; allowed conquered peoples autonomy -
Jan 1, 1206
Sultanate of Delhi
1206 - 1526
Established by Turkish Mahmud of Ghazni
Islamic
Sultans were not very powerful
WHAP Theme 3: Sultans had power in Delhi, but beyond that only the illusion of power; no permanent bureaucracy -
Jan 1, 1345
Aztec Empire
1345 - 1520
Human Sacrifice and ritual bloodletting
Located on Lake Tenochtitlan
WHAP Theme 3: Decentralized empire with a small bureaucracy - collected tribute from conquered areas, but gave them political autonomy -
Chola Kingdom
850-1267
Southern India
Controlled trade from Arabian Sea to the South China Sea through powerful navy (captured Ceylon)
WHAP Theme 3: Not tightly centralized; demanded taxes but allowed conquered areas atutonomy -
Sui Dynasty
589-618
Yang Jian united all of China into the Sui Dynasty
Built the Grand Canal (north to south transportation) - forced labor
WHAP Theme 3: highly centralized government; emperor ruled under authority of Mandate of Heaven -
Tang Dynasty
618-907
Tang Taizong - influential leader
Equal field allocation system
WHAP Theme 3: Bureaucracy of merit; tributary relationships with neighboring areas -
Angkor
889 - 1431
Buddhist and Hindu
Angkor Wat
WHAP Theme 3: built cities around Hindu temples and used Hindi world order; later, created cities based on Buddhist ideals