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Period: 250 to 900
Maya
Location; Central America
Achievement; Written Number System and Symbol for 0. (Economic) -
Period: 320 to 550
Gupta
Location; South Asia
Accomplishment/Fact; Standardized Money -
Period: 330 to 1453
Byzantine Empire
Location; Europe
Accomplishment/Fact; Due to being at an intersection of Arabia and Europe, merchants in the city had lots of money and it was an epicenter of trade. -
Period: 618 to
China
Location; East Asia
Achievement/Fact; Earlier in their history, they used copper coins with a hole in the center that could be used to string them together, but as the country grew they ran out of copper and switched to paper currency in order to make more and be able to support the economy. -
Period: 632 to 1258
Muslim Empire (Rashidun to Abbasid Caliphate)
Location; Arabia
Accomplishment; Invented Algebra. (Economic because Algebra is useful in calculating interest.) -
Period: 794 to
Japan
Location; Eastern Asia
Achievement; Used a grid system for their cities with a wide boulevard in the center of the city leading outward. -
Period: 800 to
Holy Roman Empire
Location; Europe
Accomplishment/Fact; The Holy Roman Church ran a social service program type thing where they delivered bread to the peasants through their churches. -
Period: 830 to 1240
Ghana
Location; West Africa
Accomplishment/Fact; Had a silent barter system where gold would be placed on mats, then salt of approximately the same value would be placed down, and it would keep going removing and adding amounts of salt and gold until both parties were happy and accepted the deal. -
Period: 1230 to
Mali Empire
Location; West Africa
Fact; Mansa Musa, a Mali leader, crashed the economy of many cities on his Hajj, due to his great wealth and how much stuff he bought. Along with his entourage of 80,000 people. -
Period: 1428 to 1521
Aztec
Location; Central America
Achievement; Chinampas (Economic) -
Period: 1438 to 1533
Inca
Location; South America
Achievement; Created Suspension Bridges (Economic) -
Period: 1460 to
Songhai
Location; West Africa
Accomplishment/Fact; Songhai had Timbuktu as an educational epicenter, a city which contained the University of Sankore, a school system renowned throughout the Islamic world.