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Mayan law punishments began around the time of 250 AD. Law codes were harsh, but the harsh punishments led to good behaviour.  For violent and significant offenses, painful death was used to keep civilians in check. Lesser crimes disgraced the person publicly. There were a few other ways, such as  making a civilian a slave, or selling all the criminals belongings.

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Religious leaders were greatly valued in society - shamans and priests made governmental choices, sacrifices, and prayers to the gods. Shamans were considered vital to society to please gods and decipher events.

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There were religious leaders - kings, priests, shamans.
Second to that were nobles and non dedicated priests.
Below was commoners, serfs, and slaves.

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Only those who passed civil service exams were allowed to govern

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An Animist religion, the society believed that everything had an essence, including inanimate objects. They also believed that sacrifice must be made for the sake of pleasing gods.

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Mayan architecture is famously pyramid-like, and decorated with carvings, paint, and signs.

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Dance was often used in religious ceremonies, leaving a colourful and joyous music to dance to.
Mayan materials in art greatly differed, leaving original styles on every found piece.

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Many of the Mayan's famous creations were not actually from Maya, but improved on within the society. Diffusion led to Maya improving ideas and inventions.

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For the most part, women were seen as lesser than men. However they were respected in a sense of their importance to religious rituals, sacrifice, future generations, and teaching their daughters religion.

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Religious events and seasons led to the creation of the Mayan Calendar. Astronomy, mathmatics, astrology, and writing.

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Famous for the "Justinian Code", early European societies had codes to punish crime. Typically religion based and biased - although applying to all - the codes punished laws with the idea "an eye for an eye".

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Royalty was picked "by God", so they all had enormous respect. Priests and churches had a high place in society, and religion enforced laws.

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After the monarchy converted to Christianity, the people of Russia were also forced to convert. Military forced mass baptisms and conversions.

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Basic nobles, commoners, serfs, slaves, etc - except with a declining amount of wealth upper class was disappearing.

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Feudalism was discouraged in Post-Classical Islam, as the Qur'an was against ownership of most slaves, against the wrongful stealing of property, and encouraged helping the poor.

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After becoming a monarchy, nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves were all classes existing in Russia

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Religion of Christianity began in European countries, with diverse changes in denominations. They believed in monotheism, based on The Gospel.

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Muhammad was the last prophet of Allah, who's teachings would be passed to followers. The religious book is the Qur'an.

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Religion was animist because Slavic people who immigrated to the area interacted with natives. However, the Monarchy later converted to Christianity.

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Architecture typically favored large domes, gothic materials and buildings, and extensive patterns.

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Islam's architecture is famously dome-like, shiny if possible, sometimes colorful, and if not bright with golds and blues, is usually colored white.

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Architecture in the Tang Dynasty was angular, dark, and made largely of brick and stone. The most notable aspects is the large, curved roofs.

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Architecture was decribed as "elaborate", especially that of castles and churches. Of course, it was dome like and colorful, as much of Russia's current architecture still looks.

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Religious art and music was the most popular, mosaics and painting being extremely popular.

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Art was typically made in faith of Islam. Diffusion affected art but style stayed traditionally colorful and symmetrical.

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With the idea of porcelain new in the Tang Dynasty, many famous works are 3D vases. 2D Tang Dynasty art was very stylized and mostly depicted wars and history.

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Muslim women were treated better than those under Christian or Jewish law. Women could own property, could remarry, could practice birth control. However some rights, they were still treated as half a man.

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Religion of Paganism split into many denominations and branches of Christianity, causing European nations to be culturally diverse.

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Islam was spread through trade caravans and through force - a popular idea because of the fair rules, the religion diffused.

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Buddhism spread to China through peaceful trade and religious travelers. Many ideas - such as porcelain - spread to other Asian countries and was slightly changed on for that other countries culture.

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Much of the culture came from Byzantium, however the leaders were attached to their traditional ceremonies. Unaware of most western Europe, they developed in isolation.

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Women were confined to home and only were able to be housewives to men. They had little choice in their lives besides teaching their daughters.

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Women were forced to have discipline for themselves and their husband. This discipline was created through foot binding, where women break their toes and fold their feet in a specific way so they could be small.

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Trade development with countries, no matter how far. Traditions for Christians began and are still held, like priests not getting married.

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Tin-glazing, lusterware, mental institutions, windmills, bridge mill

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"Flying cash" and general currency, compasses, clocks

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Fermentation (alcohol), multi domed churches, headdresses, ships made for breaking ice