The Khmer Empire, the predecessor state to modern Cambodia, was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia. Its greatest legacy is Angkor which was the site of the capital city during the empire’s zenith.
The Khmer Empire comes to power in modern-day Cambodia Read more
The Marajoara culture was a pre-Columbian era society that flourished at the mouth of the Amazon River likely between 800 C.E. and 1400 C.E.
Marajoara culture flourishes at the mouth of the Amazon Read more
The Tibetan text describes, and is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the consciousness has after death, in the bardo, the interval between death and the next rebirth.
Padmasambhava composes the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book of the Dead Read more
Around 800 CE, Arawak arrived, eventually settling throughout the island. Living in villages ruled by tribal chiefs called the caciques, they sustained themselves on fishing and the cultivation of maize and cassava. At the height of their civilization, their population is estimated to have numbered as much as 60,000.
The Arawak people settle on Jamaica Read more
The sweat ceremony is intended as a spiritual reunion with the creator and a respectful connection to the earth itself as much as it is meant for purging toxins out of the physical body.
The Plains Indians begin their purification ceremonies held in sweat lodges Read more
The Pyramid of Kukulcan (also know as El Castillo, a name given by the Spanish Conquistadors) is the central of Chich’en Itza, it was built over a preexisting temple between 800 and 900 C.E.
Mayans begin construction of pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich’en Itza in modern-day Mexico Read more
With his crowning, Charlemagne’s kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor Read more
In the late classic period of the Maya civilization, it is estimated that between 400,000 and 1,000,000 people inhabited the area that is now Belize.
The Maya civilization thrives in modern-day Belize Read more
