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| c. 200 |
| | | The potato is cultivated in the Peruvian Andes | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | The Chinese transform the toe loop of nomadic horsemen into the metal stirrup | |
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| c. 400 |
| | | The Chinese solve the difficult problem of harnessing a horse without strangling it | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | Beans are gathered by the Maya from wild cocoa trees and are probably used in a chocolate drink | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | Mayan priests feature in stone carvings smoking pipes and puffing the smoke towards the sacred sun | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The luxury of Baghdad, under the caliph Harun al-Rashid, is evident in the Thousand and One Nights | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The Jews prosper in the Muslim and Carolingian empires, forming strong communities in Spain and in Germany | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | Strip-farming gives each member of the village a stake in the communal crop, while also sharing out the good land | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | The three-field system, introduced by the Franks, increases agricultural yield by 33%. | |
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| c. 995 |
| | | Sei Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to the Japanese empress, records her thoughts and impressions in her Pillow Book | |
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