Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE) — Chapter Summary
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Summary of Empires: Timeline 2 (C. 100 BCE To 1300 CE) for CBSE Class 11 History. Part of the CBSE Class 11 History syllabus.
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Overview
Between 100 BCE and 1300 CE, large empires grew, changed, and declined across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Trade networks connected regions over land and sea, and ideas, languages, religions, and technologies travelled with merchants, soldiers, travellers, and rulers. Rome expanded across the Mediterra
Key Concepts
Overland routes and Mediterranean sea routes
Overland routes and Mediterranean sea routes connected regions and helped goods, people, and ideas move across large distances. The Han empire also sa
Alexander of Macedon conquered parts
Alexander of Macedon conquered parts of North Africa, West Asia, and Iran, reaching the Beas, where his soldiers refused to go further east. His empir
The region under Alexander became Hellenised
The region under Alexander became Hellenised, and Greek became a well-known language. At the same time, Iranian culture remained very important, often
Rome was a republic when it
Rome was a republic when it first expanded into North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean from the second century BCE. In the middle of the first cen
Latin was the main language
Latin was the main language of the Roman Empire, though Greek continued in the east. The empire became substantially Christianised after Constantine b
Learning Objectives
- Understand how empires expanded and governed large territories.
- Trace the rise and fall of major powers from 100 BCE to 1300 CE.
- Explain the role of trade networks in linking different regions.
- Recognise how religion, language, and culture spread across empires.
- Identify key rulers, travellers, and intellectual figures of the period.
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- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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