Mauryan and Gupta Empire

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Greece and Rome

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

South America: Moche

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Centralized government systems with bureaucracies

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Carthage, Alexandria, Constantinople founded and flourished

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Environmental damage (deforestation, soil erosion and silted rivers) due to imperial government policies makes elite wealthy and creates tension among classes.

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Buddhism spreads to China

• to 600 B.C.E.
• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750

Interregional trade growth in luxury goods (silk, porcelain) leads to innovations in transportation (compass, astrolabe, caravans/camel saddle)

• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750
• 1750-1900

New forms of credit:  Bills of exchange, banking houses, checks

• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750
• 1750-1900

Byzantine, Caliphate Empires, Mongols and Tang/Song

• 600 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.
• 600-1450
• 1450-1750
• 1750-1900