Honors History Final Project

  • Period: 250 to 900

    Maya (Classic Period)

    Location: The Maya were found around southern Mexico
    Fact: Their beliefs included multiple gods, anything that could influence events, rituals/sacrifices, and worshipment of ancestors
  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Empire

    Location: The Gupta could be found in northeastern India
    Fact: The religion was Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Period: 330 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Location: Much of the area around the Mediterranean Sea but mostly around modern day Italy Greece
    Fact: The religion was Eastern Orthodox Christianity
  • Period: 618 to

    Imperial China (Tang - Ming)

    Location: From China to areas around Mongolia, the Korean Peninsula, Afghanistan, Vietnam
    Fact: Imperial China's religion was Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism
  • Period: 632 to 1258

    Muslim Empire (Rashidun - Abbasid)

    Location: Mostly around the Arabian Peninsula but also found in areas around northern Africa, Spain, Asia
    Fact: The religion of the Muslim Empire was Islam
  • Period: 749 to 1240

    Ghana

    Location: Ghana was located in Western Africa
    Fact: Their beliefs were influenced from Islam but not converted to it, just tolerated it
  • Period: 794 to

    Japan (Heian & Edo)

    Location: The location of the Japanese Empire was Japan
    Fact: The religions of the Japanese were Buddhism and Shintoism
  • Period: 962 to

    Holy Roman Empire

    Location: The Holy Roman Empire was found around Western and Central Europe
    Fact: The religion for the most part was Catholicism
  • Period: 1200 to 1533

    Inca

    Location: Inca is located along the Andes mountains in South America
    Fact: The parts of their religion included multiple gods (but mostly the sun god), rituals/sacrifices, worshipment of ancestors
  • Period: 1235 to

    Mali

    Location: Mali was found in Western Africa just south of Ghana
    Fact: The religion was influenced by Islam greatly but still held on to their own beliefs/practices while following specific practices of Islam
  • Period: 1345 to 1521

    Aztec

    Location: The Aztecs lived around central Mexico.
    Fact: Their beliefs were centered around the gods were influenced by the past people with religions and the serpent god.
  • Period: 1464 to

    Songhai

    Location: Songhai was located in western Africa but was more eastern compared to the other African empires
    Fact: At first, the people tolerated the practice of Islam but after the ruler Askia they fully converted