They developed their own styles of landscape painting and created blue and white porcelain, which were among the most valuable exports to the west. Poetry and new forms of literature also began to appear they produced the world’s first detective stories. These are the many developments of the Ming dynasty, the effected both the Chinese and the rest of the world.The Gupta dynasty was a period in time where great learning was achieved. The students did not only learn about religion, but they also learned about philosophy. They were taught mathematics, medicine, physics, languages, literature, and other important subjects. The concept of zero was achieved in this time period and the decimal system based on the number 10. This was a great development for the guptas; the base 10 system is still in use today around the world. The also progressed in the area of architecture, they built large stone temples, and stupas, along with magnificent carvings. These advances allowed the Guptas become more powerful, and wealthy both in economic means and educational. Many of these developments are still affecting us today, they helped the Gupta dynasty, and their ideas and developments have spread around the world.The Mayas were a very ingenious people; they had a method to grow crops in the tropical rainforest that may not grow there naturally. They also built towering temples, where priests preformed sacrifices. One of their greatest developments that is still in use today is the invention of the 365 day solar calendar, and they also invented a numbering system and understood the concept of the number zero before the Europeans had acquired it from the Indians. They had expert mathematicians, and astronomers who helped create this very accurate calendar. This was an important development because it helped them learn the seasons, and the best and right time to plant and harvest their crops most efficiently. This calendar is still in use throughout...
