World History Timeline

  • Period: 250 to 900

    Maya

    location: Central America
    achievement: They began the study of astronomy.
  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Empire

    Location: India
    Achievement: They learned how to make medicines.
  • Period: 500 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Location: Europe, Asia, and Africa
    Achievement: Justinian rebuilt the city and tried to take Roman territory.
  • Period: 500 to 1200

    Ghana

    Location: Western Africa
    Achievement: They made people pay taxes for a stronger government.
  • Period: 613 to 1258

    Muslim Empire

    Location: The Arabian Peninsula
    Achievement: They used Algebra to solve problems involving unknown numbers.
  • Period: 618 to

    Imperial China

    Location: China
    Achievement: They were using Champa rice for agriculture because it was the easiest agriculture crop to grow.
  • Period: 794 to

    Japan

    Location: Japan
    Achievement: They had their warriors be mentally prepared to die. They went into war thinking they were already dead.
  • Period: 800 to 1453

    Holy Roman Empire

    Location: Western part of Europe.
    Achievement: They created the feudal system.
  • Period: 1235 to

    Mali

    Location: Western Africa
    Achievement: Established a centralized state.
  • Period: 1375 to

    Songhai

    Location: West Africa
    Achievement: They broke away from Mali to start their own vast empire.
  • Period: 1400 to 1532

    Incas

    Location: Peru
    Achievement: They had a way to send letters by telling one person on to the next person.
  • Period: 1428 to 1519

    Aztec

    Location: Central Mexico
    Achievement: They had a different type of way to pay items. Cocoa beans was the most valuable currency.