Accomplishments of Empires
Accomplishments of The Olmec
Monumental sculpture, Long-distance trade networks, Early writing system, Mesoamerican ball game
Rome Influence
influenced government systems especially for the need of a senate
Olmec
Created Maize and raised fields
Islamic Structures
Caliphate
An Islamic state led bye a Caliph; a political and religious leader
Accomplishments of The Mayan
Advanced writing system (glyphs), sophisticated calendar systems, monumental architecture (temples and Urban Planning, Mathematics (concept of zero)
Preserved greek writings, invented algebra, and founded the oldest university in the world
Inca
Created Terrace agriculture (crops on large steps)
Mayan Structures
Chicen Itza, and other Monumental architecture.
Justinian Code
A collection of laws and legal interpretation developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine Empire.
Major advancements in health sciences during Golden Age, Hospitals care to all social classes, Books like Ibn Sina's "The Canon of Medicine" were influential
Mayan Influence
Aztec
Made the floating gardens
Incan Architecture Ruins
Machu Pichu
Terraced Farming
An agricultural method that involves creating steps on hills to farm on sloped land
Accomplishments of pre-contact NA
Mound-building cultures, Sophisticated pottery and textile production, astronomy and agricultural calendars, oral tradition and complex mythologies, and rock and petroglyphs
Pre-contact NA
Made different band societies to complex confederacies that influenced the government in the West
They used the overflowed water of the Nile and used to water the crop
Roman Architecture
Pre-Contact
Period before Europeans made contact in the Americas
Accomplishments of Egypt
Planked Ships and Papyrus
Olmec Influence
Religious concepts and iconography, artistic styles and motifs, politics; and social organization, agricultural techniques, and ritual practices
Greece
grew crops, and cultivated many fisheries used to feed their society and for trade
Greek Architecture
used different arches seen in many parts in the West
Constantine the Great
Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD, who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, (present day Istanbul0