World history

  • Period: 250 to 900

    Maya

    Location: Southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize and Western Honduras.
    Achievement: The Ancient Mayans developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems, and hieroglyphic writing.
  • Period: 300 to 1100

    Ghana

    Location: Western Africa
    Achievement:They controlled three major gold fields.
  • Period: 300 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Location: North Africa and the Middle East.
    Achievement: The most important legacy of the Byzantine Empire is the preservation of Greek and Roman civilization during the Middle Ages.
  • Period: 319 to 550

    Gupta empire

    Location: Northeastern India
    Achievement: Gupta developed the religion hinduism through the different belief systems that citizens believed in.
  • Period: 618 to

    Imperial China (tang-ming dynasties)

    Location: Asia
    Achievement: Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West
  • Period: 632 to 1258

    Muslim Empire (Rashidun-Abbasid Caliphate)

    Location: Middle East, and Northern Africa.
    Achievement: he Abbasid Caliphate Created an Inclusive Society.
  • Period: 794 to

    Japan (Heian Edo Periods)

    Location: Kyoto
    Achievement: the creation of a Japanese writing (kana) using Chinese characters

    Location: Tokyo
    Achievement: the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization.
  • Period: 800 to

    Holy Roman Empire

    location: Western and Central Europe
    Achievement There vast Empire
  • Period: 1200 to 1572

    Inca

    Location: Peru
    Achievement: The Incas built roads across the length of and width of their empire
  • Period: 1250 to

    Mali

    Location: Western Africa
    Achievement: Establishing a prosperous and centralized state under Emperor Sundiata Keita.
  • Period: 1325 to 1519

    Aztec

    Location: central and southern Mexico.
    Achievement: They built aqueducts and dikes
  • Period: 1375 to

    Songhai

    Location: West Africa
    Achievement: Songhai surpassed the Malian Empire in area, wealth, and power, absorbing vast areas of the Mali Empire and reaching its greatest extent.