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intellectual impact of,
666
–7
social effects if,
667
–70,
672
,
790
–2,
818
Russian expansion,
813
–14
British naval bases,
814
Africa,
820
–7
S.E. Asia,
827
,
857
–60,
927
–8
US expansion,
827
–9
Mandates developed,
902
,
940
–1
in Ottoman territories,
933
–43
Japanese,
1063
British and Suez,
1068
–9
British, Arab resentment,
1071
legacy for Africa,
1073
–4
see also
colonization

Inca society,
487
–8

Pizarro and,
643

India

earliest civilization,
42
,
89
regions,
120

(i) ancient,
119
–32; origins of civilization,
119
–21; Harappan culture,
121
–3; Aryan culture,
123
–9; leadership of north,
127
; religions,
128
–32; Alexander halted,
216
,
218
,
423

(ii) medieval: attacked by Timur Lang,
383
; Mauryan empire,
422
–7; western accounts,
422
–3; political disunity,
427
–8; Gupta civilization,
429
–31; religious cross-currents,
431
–2,
433
–4; Islamic settlement,
433
–5; Moghul empire,
435
–43,
638
; European commercial presence,
439
,
441
–3,
637

(iii) British rule: British political intervention,
638
–41; Hindu-Moslem clash,
638
,
853
–5,
980
–2,
1120
; British control extended,
815
–18,
849
–51; social attitudes,
816
–18,
850
–1,
982
; Mutiny,
818
–20,
849
,
850
–1; economy,
820
–1,
982
–3; nationalism,
851
–2,
979
–82; religion,
859
; civil disobedience,
980

(iv) self-government: British withdrawal,
975
,
979
–82; constitution,
980
–1,
1049
; partition,
982
,
1120
; food supplies,
1007
; religion in,
1030
; foreign policy,
1048
,
1120
; politics,
1118
–20,
1159
–60; Sikh terrorism,
1120
; nuclear weapons,
1162

Indians, N. American

early colonial relations,
653
,
655
,
671
–3
extermination and eviction,
668
,
672
revolts,
721
depressed status,
827
in Canada,
810

Indo-China

China and,
460
,
1061
–2
French in,
827
,
837
,
857
–8,
986
,
1062
World War II and,
962
,
986
communists in,
986
–7,
1062
,
1105
see also
individual areas

Indo-European peoples,
47
,
61
,
100
,
102
,
107
,
124
,
159
,
224
–5

Indonesia

Dutch imperialism,
636
nationalism in,
858
–9,
985
–6
World War II and,
962
,
978
internal tensions,
1052
–3,
1121
economy,
1161
unrest in,
1159
political reform,
1161

Indra, Aryan god,
124

industrialization

medieval power sources,
516
slow growth,
560
–1
early modern Russian,
622
–3,
765
,
794
‘Industrial Revolution’, use of mineral power,
709
–11
technology,
709
–11
factories,
711
transport,
710
–11
topography,
712
social effects,
711
–17
socialism and,
758
in India,
851
,
982
social impact of widespread,
864
political tensions and,
886
Stalin and,
908
China,
1054
today,
1006
–7
see also
technology

inflation

in Roman empire,
278
early modern European,
562
19th-cent. Chinese,
833
post-World War I,
912
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
1003
in UK,
1110

information technology,
1009
–11

Innocent III (1161–1216), pope (1198–1216),
494
–5,
496
–7,
526

Inquisition

Spanish,
583
–4,
647
,
675
intellectual censorship,
679

intellectual activity

growth of rational thought in Greece,
199
–206
Hellenistic culture,
220
–3
Roman,
251
Islamic,
338
–41
Carolingian,
399
English under Alfred,
409
Gupta advances in India,
430
Islamic influence on Europe,
538
–9
Medieval scholasticism,
537
Renaissance,
540
–1
broadens via imperial growth,
666
–7
promoted by literacy,
676
–9
attitudes to science,
679
–86
Enlightenment ideas,
686
–94
19th-cent. movements,
876
–82
changing 20th-cent. patterns,
947
–8
élites,
1028
China,
1059
Soviet Union,
1097
,
1136
see also
literature; philosophy; science

International, Second Socialist,
867

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
1003
,
1039

Internet,
1011

Investiture contest,
492
–4

Ionia

Ionians,
102
,
163
,
185
philosophers,
201
–2
islands, Ottoman conquest,
388
,
609
British acquisition,
814

Iran

(i) ancient
see
Persia

(ii) modern state: oil and,
1070
; and Russia,
943
,
969
,
974
; Rea Khan’s coup,
943
–4; World War II and,
962
; revolution, and relations with USA,
1122
,
1125
,
1126
–7; war with Iraq,
1126
,
1132

Iraq

in Arab Empire,
330
,
335
,
336
nationalism in,
937
British mandate,
940
oil source,
940
–1,
987
World War II and,
962
,
987
in Arab League,
988
revolution,
1069
war with Iran,
1126
,
1132
and Gulf War,
1132
–3,
1175
relations with USA,
1170
Second Gulf War and after,
1176
–7
weapons of mass destruction,
1175
see also
Baghdad; Mesopotamia

Ireland

Norse trade with,
407
Viking raids,
408
famines in,
704
,
750
,
787
Act of Union with UK,
787
demand for Home Rule,
788
,
872
–3
Irish Free State,
903
civil war in Ulster,
1110
,
1152
religion in politics,
1031
peace,
1152
–3
Good Friday Agreement,
1152

Irenaeus (
c.
130–202), bishop of Lyons,
274

Irene (
c.
752–803), Byzantine empress (769–802),
356
,
357

iron,
35
,
90

in China,
43
,
141
military advantages,
90
spread of,
107
value to Hittites,
107
in India,
124
,
125
in Africa,
151
,
477
in Persia,
161
in Italy,
229
Russian exports,
623
smelted,
710
in Germany,
864

Isaac, Hebrew patriarch,
108
,
109

Isabella (1451–1504), queen of Castile (1474–1504),
508

Isaiah (8th cent.
BC
), Hebrew prophet,
114
,
118

Isaurian dynasty in Byzantine empire,
254
,
355

Isfahan,
392

Isis, Egyptian goddess,
77
,
81

Islam

Hebrew influence on,
114
origins,
324
–9
conquests,
330
–1
spread of,
330
–1,
343
–4
lack of records,
334
schism,
333
,
336
non-Arab converts,
334
,
335
nature of civilization,
338
–41
Orthodox view of,
347
cultural stability of,
372
political role in Middle East,
374
–6
Mongol attacks,
378
–9
in India,
433
–5,
854
,
981
–2
in Africa,
477
,
479
,
480
,
482
struggle against in medieval Europe,
524
–7
intellectual contribution to Europe,
538
–9
modern force of,
1030
–1,
1034
,
1037
,
1066
fundamentalism in,
1123
–5,
1130
,
1163
see also
Crusades; Shi’ites; Suni

Ismail (1486–1524), Safavid ruler of Persia (1500–1524),
390
–1

Ismail (1830–95), first Egyptian khedive (1866–79),
933

Israel

religious vision of,
110
tribes in,
112
,
113
,
114
–15
defeated by Assyrians,
114
,
115
Jewish national state,
987
–9
Arab hostility to,
988
–90,
1065
–6,
1070
,
1071
,
1130
Six Day War (1967),
1070
–1
Yom Kippur War (1973),
1071
and Egypt,
1121
–2
and Gulf War,
1132
and Palestine,
1169
–70,
1170

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