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Capital at Damascus: most important trading city, Responsible for the architecture of the Dome of the Rock, Social structure held Caliph on top and peasant at the bottom,
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Developed during the Early Middle Ages,
On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned king Charlemagne Emperor,
Continued until its dissolution in 1806 -
Capital: Angkor,
Had the highest cultural achievement in the region,
Temple at Angkor Wat celebrated king as
incarnation of Hindu god Vishnu -
Ruled Coromandel Coast,
Dominated waters from South China Sea to Arabian Sea,
Began to decline by the 12th c. -
It unified large regions such as uniting eastern and western Russia, the western parts of China,
Genghis Kahn,
Invented a postal system called the yam -
Ruled by Mansa Musa,
The Mali Empire consisted of outlying areas and small kingdoms,
Islam was the dominate religion -
Aztecs spoke the Nahuatl language,
Many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture are not exclusive to the Aztecs,
Tenochtitlan was the capital -
AKA: Empire of the Great Ming
"one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history" (as described by Edwin O. Reischauer, John K. Fairbank and Albert M. Craig)