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FIND OUT MORE. Age of Empire 422–423 • Hinduism 286 • Mughal India 407 History^379 Mauryan India The Maurya dynasty ruled India ...

Early Americans HOW DID EARLY AMERICANS LIVE? The first Americans were hunters, gatherers, and fishermen, and this way of life c ...

Maya The Maya lived in Central America and were powerful from around 250 to 900 CE. They built spectacular cities such as Palenq ...

382 History FIND OUT MORE. Age of Migrations 384 • Byzantine Empire 385 Ancient Rome Rome began, around 800 BCE, as a settlement ...

FIND OUT MORE. First Metalworkers 367 • Holy Roman Empire 385 History^383 Celts The tribespeople who lived in western Europe bef ...

384 History FIND OUT MORE. Ancient Rome 382 • Normans 389 WHY DID ANGLES AND SAXONS MOVE TO BRITAIN? Around 200, the climate bec ...

FIND OUT MORE. Medieval Europe 390–391 • Napoleonic Wars 416 STAINED-GLASS WINDOW 1 At Chartres Cathedral, France, Charlemagne i ...

386 History Islamic Civilization In 610 CE, an Arab merchant called Muhammad founded a new religion called Islam. His teachings ...

FIND OUT MORE. Crusades 389 • Islam 290 • Medieval Africa 394–395 • Ottoman Empire 397 History^387 HOW DID AL ANDALUS LINK EAST ...

WHERE DID THE VIKINGS TRAVEL? The Vikings raided and settled along the coasts of Britain, Ireland, and continental Europe. They ...

FIND OUT MORE. Islamic Civilization 386–387 • Medieval Europe 390–391 Normans The Normans were descended from Viking warriors wh ...

390 History Medieval Europe Between 1000 and 1500 CE, a lively society developed in Europe. Although most people still worked on ...

FIND OUT MORE. Crusades 389 • Normans 389 • Reformation 399• Renaissance 398 HOW DID MEDIEVAL TOWNS DEVELOP? Many towns grew up ...

392 History FIND OUT MORE. Buddhism 289 GENGHIS KHAN r. 1206–1227 Genghis Khan began his career as Temujin, the brilliant, ambit ...

FIND OUT MORE. China’s First Empire 378 • Revolutionary China 429 History^393 Imperial China For more than 2,000 years, from 221 ...

394 History Medieval Africa From around 750 to 1500 CE, lands to the south of Africa’s Sahara Desert were home to many thriving ...

FIND OUT MORE. Africa 238–239 • Age of Empire 422–423 • Exploration 400–401 •Islamic Civilization 386–387 History^395 OBAS From ...

396 History FIND OUT MORE. Exploration 400–401 • New Zealand 425 MAORIS WHY DID PEOPLE SET SAIL FOR POLYNESIA? The islands in so ...

FIND OUT MORE. Crusades 389 • Islamic Civilization 386–387 History^397 Ottoman Empire Around 1300 CE, a new Muslim empire ruled ...

398 History FIND OUT MORE. Artists 324 • Painting 320–321 • Philosophy 292–293 One of the most creative periods in history occur ...