World History Final

  • Period: 240 to 543

    Gupta Empire

    Location: South Asia
    Achievement: Government mass produced gold coins and made things easier to tax.
  • Period: 250 to 900

    Maya

    Location: Central America
    Achievement: Traveled for trade through water. Peasants did many jobs and paid taxes.
  • Period: 395 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Location: Europe
    Achievement: Crossroad for trade networks.
  • Period: 500 to 1200

    Ghana

    Location: West Africa
    Achievement: Silent Barter trade was used to negotiate without speaking because of language borders.
  • Period: 618 to

    Imperial China

    Location: East Asia
    Achievement: Champa rice could be grown extremely quick and better tools helped with the harvest of it.
  • Period: 632 to 1258

    Muslim Empire

    Location: Arabia
    Achievement: Medicine became more advanced with treatments such as drugs, diets, and exercise. They also were able to perform operations.
  • Period: 794 to

    Japan

    Location: East Asia
    Achievement: Wealthy people had homes in the center of the city with many gardens and artificial lakes.
  • Period: 800 to

    Holy Roman Empire

    Location: Europe
    Achievement: Markets and merchant fairs brought business.
  • Period: 1226 to

    Mali

    Location: West Africa
    Achievement: Timbuktu had many scholars and was important until taken over.
  • Period: 1300 to 1521

    Aztec

    Location: Central America
    Achievement: They were mercenaries and did jobs for the highest payers.
  • Period: 1438 to 1533

    Inca

    Location: South America
    Achievement: Commoners farmed potatoes for the whole civilization. Most of the harvest was taken by the government.
  • Period: 1460 to

    Songhai

    Location: West Africa
    Achievement: Timbuktu was considered a trading city.