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Period: 250 to 900
Mayan (Classic)
Location: Central America
Achievement: Had merchants and artisans, farmers paid taxes -
Period: 300 to 1100
Ghana Empire
Location: Africa
Achievement: Traded gold and salt, got rich off of plentiful gold mines -
Period: 320 to 550
Gupta Empire
Location: South Asia
Achievement: Mass produced golden and silver coins, proving they had a surplus wealth -
Period: 330 to 1453
Byzantine Empire
Location: Europe
Achievement: Tons of trade making them rich -
Period: 618 to
Imperial China (Tang-Ming)
Location: East Asia
Achievement: Invented tons of things and traded them to become wealthier -
Period: 632 to 1258
Muslim Empire
Location: Arabia
Achievement: Creating beautiful calligraphy and books to sell and make lots of money -
Period: 794 to
Japan (Heian-Edo)
Location: East Asia
Achievement: Made and sold sculptures, art, and literature -
Period: 800 to
Holy Roman Empire
Location: Europe
Achievement: Had guilds which were men specialized in a specific craft selling goods to make money -
Period: 1226 to
Mali Empire
Location: Africa
Achievement: Taxing trade goods and collecting tribute -
Period: 1325 to 1521
Aztec
Location: Central America
Achievement: Taxed all the people they took over (tribute) and gained lots of goods and wealth -
Period: 1438 to 1533
Inca
Location: Central America
Achievement: Farmed and harvested crops to gain some sort of income -
Period: 1464 to
Songhai Empire
Location: Africa
Achievement: Also taxed trade goods and collected tribute