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~Began 200 BCE in the Mexican highlands
~Teotihuacan, the main city, had a pyramid almost as large as the great pyramid of Egypt: the Pyramid of the Sun
~Had extensive trade; artisans manufactured tools and pottery -
~Built large ceremonial centers with pyramids, palaces, and temples
~Reached its height (600-800 CE) with its capital at Tikal
~Had own system of writing and believed that thier gods had made people out of maize -
~"The Second Rome"
~Strategic trade center with it's capital at Constantinople
~Main empire during religous controversies like Iconoclasm and the Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic Church schism -
~Principal West-African state at the time of the Muslims' arrival in Africa in the eigth century CE
~ Actual beginning date of beginning is uncertain- Fourth/fifth century CE?
~Was a central site for the gold trade -
The Postclassical Era
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~Very brief restoration of unified rule in northern India
~Started by King Harsha, who conquered the region at the age of sixteen
~Ended with Harsha's assassination -
~Kings of Srivijaya built a powerful navy that controlled commerce in the southeast-asian waters
~Was eventually eclipsed by the expanding Chola Kingdom -
~Empire started by the rebellion leader who ended the Umayyad Dynasty: Abu al-Abbas
~Employed Persian administrative techniques with institution of Caliphs -
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~A brief empire of Europe, started by Charles Martel
~Had its high point during the reign of Charlemange, who was proclaimed emperor by Pope Leo III in 800 -
~By this point, the migrating Bantu Peoples had settled into council-ruled villages organized into districts in Sub-Saharan Africa
~The population of the region was greatly influence by the cultivation of bananas -
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~Territorially one of the largest empires in Chinese history
~Developed and used the equal-field system of land allocation, giving equal allocations of fertile land out to individuals to avoid the problems caused by concentration of landed property -
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