In the Sailendra dynasty, which arose in the eighth century in central Java, Mahayana Buddhism blossomed, and Buddhist temples like Borobudur were built.

The Safavid dynasty reunified Iran in 1501.

The name Algeria comes from "Al-Jazair" which means "islands" in Arabic. The country is named after its capital city which, in turn, was named after four little islands that were located a few dozens of yards off the coast of the old city of Algiers. It was the Berber dynasty of the Zirids that made Algiers the capital of their kingdom in the 10th century AD.

Seashells were the legal tender in the Shang dynasty.

The Almohad dynasty began a rapid downfall.

It is generally believed that Buddhism first came to China in 67 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City.

The Almohad dynasty continued to expand its territory.

Hanfu is the traditional clothing used by the ethnic Han of China, before the Qing dynasty.

The Tudor Dynasty fell in the year 1603.