South Asia
Maurya and Gupta Empires
The Maurya: The Maurya Empire flourished between 322 - 185 B.C.E. This empire was the first to unite almost
all the Indian subcontinent: the boundaries stretch from the north-west region in Afghanistan to east of the mouth of Ganges and
south of modern Mysore. The empire conquered through great conquering tactics, elephants, trade, help of the Poros.
The Gupta: The Gupta Empire flourished between 320 - 550 AD. The empire’s conquer methods were through trade
and wealth from the families though history doesn’t which family the Gupta empire came from either Magadha or Prayaga.
Synopsis: The Maurya and Gupta empire used the positions of trade to take over masses of land.
Qin and Han Dynasties Maps
Qin and Han Dynasty
১The Qin: The Qin Dynasty flourished between 221-206 BCE, the Qin conquered the other feudal states of the old Zhou
kingdom Han, Wei, Zhao, Chu, Yan and Qi. This success had been possible by successful administrative reforms, a huge standing
army whose troops were recruited from among the peasantry, and, lastly, many competent and ambitious ministers and generals.
২The Han:
The Han Dynasty Flourished between 206 BCE-220 CE, the Han expanded southward through a series of military campaigns
and expeditions in what is now southern China and northern Vietnam. Military expansion to the south began under the previous Qin dynasty
and continued during the Han. Campaigns were against the Yue tribes, leading to the annexation of Minyue by the Han in 135 BC and 111 BC,
Nanyue in 111 BC, and Dian in 109 BC.
৩Synopsis:
Chinese culture influenced the conquered territories, and blended with native traditions. Han influences are apparent in artifacts
dug up in the Baiyue tombs of southern China. This influence extended to the kingdoms of Southeast Asia, where contact led to trade and
diplomacy. The demand for Chinese silk established trade routes between Europe, the Middle East, and China.
Mediterranean Region Maps
Mediterranean Region
Phoenicia was situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon
and Tartus Governorate in Syria. All major Phoenician cities were on the coastline of the Mediterranean, some colonies reaching the
Western Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550 BC to 300 BC.
Greece After the Greek dark ages, villages started to band together, in part for protection and in part for more organized trade.
They wanted strong trading centers. These groups of villages were that banded together were called city-states. There were hundreds of
city-states in ancient Greece, some small and some really big ones with large populations.
Hellenistic
The Hellenistic period is the period of ancient Greek and eastern Mediterranean history between the death of
Alexander The Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium 31 BC and the subsequent
conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt in 30 BC.
Roman Empire The Roman Empire controlled all the shores of the Mediterranean, stretched north to England and up to
the Rhine river in Germany and east to Hungary, including Rumania, Turkey and all the Near East. The splendour of the Roman Empire
lasted several centuries, until around 400 AD, when hordes of invaders descended from the north, the Goths and the Vandals and the
Huns from Asia, lead by Attic, wreaking terror and devastation.
Southwest Asia
Sassanid Empire
Established in 224 CE by Ardashir I, the Sassanid empire was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire. The empire
lasted until 651CE when it was dethroned by The Arab Caliphate.
Sassanid Empire Timeline
224 CE- Sassanid empire dethroned the Parthians empire
224 CE- 240 CE- Reign of Ardashir
240 CE- 270 CE- Reign of Shapur I
260 CE- Shapur captures the Roman Emperor Valerian at Edessa
309 CE- 379 CE- Reign of Shapur II
531 CE-579 CE- Reign of Khosrau I of the Sassanid Empire, who became the Iranian’s Ideal of King
607 CE- 627 CE- East Rome defeats Sasanian empire
632 CE- 651 CE- Reign of the last king of Sasanian Empire, Yazdgird III
651 CE- Arab Caliphate conquered the Sasanian Empire
Teotihuacan Map
The Teotihuacan and Maya
The Maya established trade routes that covered long distances. They traded with many other Mesoamerican cultures, like
the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, and other groups in central and gulf-coast Mexico. They also traded with groups that were farther
away. For example, people have discovered gold from Panama in the Sacred well at Chichen Itza. They also traded resources
such as cacao, salt, sea shells, jade and obsidian.
Andean South: Moche Map
Andean South America: Moche
● Moche, also called Mochica, civilization present on the northern coast of
what is now Peru from the 1st to the 8th century AD and dominant during
the Early Intermediate Period (c. 400 BC–AD 600).
● flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche and
Trujillo from about 100 AD to 800 AD, during the Regional Development
Epoch.
● Moche society was agriculturally based, with a significant level of
investment in the construction of a network of irrigation canals for the
diversion of river water to supply their crops. Their culture was
sophisticated; and their artifacts express their lives, with detailed scenes of
hunting, fishing, fighting, sacrifice, sexual encounters and elaborate
ceremonies
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