now part of our everyday lives were used for the first · Part 3

India, Nalanda emerges as an important educational centre Arabs conquer Sind ( ) Mahmud of Ghazni raids the northwest, Alberuni travels to India, Rajarajesvara temple built at Thanjavur Kalhana writes the Rajatarangini Establishment of Delhi sultanate ( ) Amir Khusrau ( - ) introduces new forms of poetry and music * , Sun temple at Konark DATES - BCE - - CE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AMERICAS City-state of Teotihuacan established in Mexico, with pyramid temples, Mayan ceremonial centres * , development of astronomy, pictorial script * The first city is built in North America (c. ) AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS Maori navigator from Polynesia ‘discovers’ New Zealand Sweet potato (originally from South America), grown in the Polynesian islands ACTIVITY Try and identify at least events/ processes that would have involved the movement of peoples across regions/ continents. What would have been the significance of these events/ processes? T IMELINE - II T HEMES IN W ORLD H ISTORY