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Period: 2000 BCE to 1500
Maya
Central America They developed their own system of hieroglyphs -
Period: 27 BCE to 476
Holy Roman Empire
Europe At its height, around 200 C.E., the Roman Empire spanned the whole of the Mediterranean world -
Period: 320 to 550
Gupta Empire
South Asia Chandragupta II elevated culture, art, mathematics, philosophy, religion, and astronomy during his reign. -
Period: 500 to 1200
Ghana
West Africa All gold nuggets found in the kingdom were given straight to the king -
Period: 500 to 1453
Byzantine Empire
Europe At it ´s height, the capital Constantinople was home to 1 millions people. -
Period: 614 to
Imperial China
East Asia The Song relied on civil service exams and made them available to far more candidates, creating a meritocracy. -
Period: 632 to 1258
Muslim Empire
Arabia Many of these Muslim texts were translated into Latin in the 12th century -
Period: 794 to
Japan
East Asia Borrowing Confucian ideas, the prince created ranks for government officials. -
Period: 800 to
Songhai
West Africa Ruler collected tribute from the people they conquered -
Period: 1235 to
Mali
West Africa They are located by the Sahara Desert -
Period: 1400 to 1532
Inca
Central America The inca had 2,500 miles of land and the population of millions -
Period: 1428 to 1519
Aztec
Central America They took refuge on the island of Lake Texcoco