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-Began in the Mexican highlands in 200 BCE
-Teotihuacan had a pyramid: the Pyramid of the Sun
-Had extensive trade; artisans manufactured tools and pottery
-Ended:750 CE -
The Post-Classical period is best categorized under the theme of state-building, expansion, and conflict and creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems. Throughout this era, there is are many rises and falls of kingdoms and empires. There are different leaders andmany different regions of control. There are agricultural and social developments, such as the caste system and fast rippening rice. This time period was known for its discoveries and all around expansion.
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-Built ceremonial centers such as pyramids, palaces, and temples
-Reached its height in 600 CE
-Had own system of writing and believed that thier gods had made people out of maize
-Ended:1100 CE -
-"The Second Rome" after the diocletian split and western Rome falls
-Trade center:capital at Constantinople
-Main empire during religous controversies between the Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic Church schism
-Ended:1453 CE -
~Large West-African state at the time of the Muslims' arrival in the 8th century
~ Actual beginnings of this society are difficult to trace back but are believed to have originated in the 5th century ce
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-Short period of reunification in northern India
-Started by King Harsha, who conquered the region when he was a teenager
-Harsha's assassination ended the kingdom
-Ended:648 CE -
-built a powerful navy that controlled trade in the southeast-asian waters
-Was eventually taken over by the Chola Kingdom
-Ended:1025 CE -
-Empire started by the rebellion leader Abu al-Abbas
-Utilized Persian administrative techniques with the adition of Caliphs
-Ended:1258 CE -
-A short lived empire, started by Charles Martel
-Had its high point during the reign of Charlemange
-Was procaimed emperor by Pope Leo III in 800
-Ended:843 CE -
- The migrating Bantu Peoples had settled into villages organized into districts in the Sub-Sahara -The population expanded due to the utilization of bananas
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-Territorially one of the largest empires in Chinese history
-Developed and used the equal-field system
-Worked on the Grand Canal
-Ended:907 CE
