Post Classical Timeline

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  • 661

    Middle East: Umayyad Dynasty

    Capital at Damascus: most important trading city, Responsible for the architecture of the Dome of the Rock, Social structure held Caliph on top and peasant at the bottom,
  • 800

    Europe: Holy Roman Empire

    Developed during the Early Middle Ages,
    On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned king Charlemagne Emperor,
    Continued until its dissolution in 1806
  • 802

    Southeast Asia: Khmer Empire

    Capital: Angkor,
    Had the highest cultural achievement in the region,
    Temple at Angkor Wat celebrated king as
    incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu
  • 850

    South Asia: Chola Empire

    Ruled Coromandel Coast,
    Dominated waters from South China Sea to Arabian Sea,
    Began to decline by the 12th c.
  • 1206

    East Asia: Mongol Empire

    It unified large regions such as uniting eastern and western Russia, the western parts of China,
    Genghis Kahn,

    Invented a postal system called the yam
  • 1230

    Africa: Mali Empire

    Ruled by Mansa Musa,
    The Mali Empire consisted of outlying areas and small kingdoms,
    Islam was the dominate religion
  • 1300

    Mesoamerica: Aztec

    Aztecs spoke the Nahuatl language,
    Many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture are not exclusive to the Aztecs,
    Tenochtitlan was the capital
  • 1368

    Central Asia: Ming Dynasty

    AKA: Empire of the Great Ming
    "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history" (as described by Edwin O. Reischauer, John K. Fairbank and Albert M. Craig)