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Centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala.
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A West African empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali that existed from c. 300 until c. 1100.
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An ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE.
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The continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople.
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A semi-religious political system of governance in Islam.
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A historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan.
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The empire consists primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories under the suzerainty of an emperor and existing from the 9th or 10th century to 1806.
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One of the largest empires in West African History,
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Between A.D. 1345 and 1521, the Aztecs forged an empire over much of the central Mexican highlands.
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A remarkably stable civilization, which led the world in art and technology, with inventions including paper, PORCELAIN, and gunpowder.
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A vast empire that flourished in the Andean region of South America from the early 15th century A.D. up until its conquest by the Spanish in the 1530s.
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A state that dominated the western Sahel/Sudan in the 15th and 16th century.