World History Final Project

By sierraschreiner
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    Maya Civilization

    Location: Central America
    - Achievements: They created the solar calendar which led to the advance of mathematics, and along with that they also used hieroglyphics and wrote down anything in the spoken language through glyphs.
  • Period: 500 to 1453

    Byzatine Empire

    Location: Eastern Europe
    - Achievements: Controlling land in 3 continents, having a period of time where the western and eastern parts remained connected through Christian faith, and then the creation of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
  • Period: 500 to 550

    Gupta Empire

    Location: Northern India
    - Achievements: The creation of their strong central government, Hindu and Buddhist universities, an da system of roads that helped the growth of trade.
  • Period: 500 to 1100

    Ghana

    Location: West Africa
    - Achievements: Ghana had a good control of the trans-Saharan trade, with the money from trade their army was strong and their empire grew, as well as their remarkable gold and salt trade.
  • Period: 618 to 1500

    Imperial China

    Location: East Asia
    - Achievements: The creation and use of aristocracy and meritocracy, as well as the civil service system.
  • Period: 622 to 1258

    Muslim Empire

    Location: Arabia and North Africa
    - Achievements: Muslim rule being spread to most of India, and that fact that their were more than one Muslim empires.
  • Period: 794 to 1500

    Japan

    Location: East Asia
    - Achievements: There strong central government, the invention of kanji and kana, and the influence of Buddhism.
  • Period: 800 to 1500

    Holy Roman Empire

    Location: West Europe
    - Achievements: The successful rule of charlemagne, and the feudal system being established.
  • Period: 1240 to 1460

    Mali

    Location: West Africa
    - Achievements: At one time it was larger than Western Europe, along with it being one of the richest and most powerful states in the world, and Timbuktu being a hub of commerce.
  • Period: 1428 to 1500

    Aztec

    Location: Central America
    - Achievements: The creation and use of their island city Tenochtitlan, using chinampas and causeways ways an impressive way to adapt.
  • Period: 1438 to 1500

    Inca

    Location: South America
    - Achievements: They had such a large area that there empire grew in and maintaining it was one of their greatest accomplishments along with the building of their roads.
  • Period: 1460 to 1500

    Songhai

    Location: West Africa
    - Achievements: The Songhai conquering the Mali empire.