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The source of the most valued jade was the Motagua River valley in eastern Guatemala, [16] and Olmec obsidian has been traced to sources in the Guatemala highlands, such as El Chayal and San Martín Jilotepeque, or in Puebla, [17] distances ranging from 200 to 400 km (120–250 miles) away, respectively.
The investment in infrastructure complemented Ohio's central location and put it at the heart of the nation's transportation system traveling north and south and east and west, and also gave the state a headstart during the national industrialization process which occurred between 1870 and 1920.
The Olmec civilization ended in 400 BC, with the defacing and destruction of San Lorenzo and La Venta, two of the major cities. It nevertheless spawned many other states, most notably the Mayan civilization, whose first cities began appearing around 700–600 BC. Olmec influences continued to appear in many later Mesoamerican civilizations.
Kingdom of Arzawa (c. 1500 BC–c. 1200 BC) Phoenicia (1200 BC–539 BC) Iron Age. Sindhu-Sauvīra (1300 BC- 518 BC) Magadha Kingdom (until 320 BC) Colchis (–164 BC) Kingdom of Phrygia (until 696 BC) Kingdom of Lydia (until 546 BC) Philistia (until 732 BC) Sabaean Kingdom (c. 1100 BC–275 AD) Zhou Kingdom (c. 1046–256 BC) United Kingdom of ...
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
Ohio (/ oʊ ˈ h aɪ. oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [14] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
The Ohio Lands were the several grants, tracts, districts and cessions which make up what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio Country was one of the first settled parts of the Midwest , and indeed one of the first settled parts of the United States beyond the original Thirteen Colonies .
The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3] [4] Goguryeo (400-668) [5] [6] Iran (Sasanians, 500–600; Samanids, 900–950; Timurids, 1400–1450) [3] [4] Byzantine Empire (500–1050) [3] [4] Göktürk Khaganate (550–600) [3] Tibetan Empire (650–1250) [3] The ...