Why the West Rules--For Now (129 page)

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Authors: Ian Morris

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in Byzantium,
346
–48
in China,
355
,
397
,
401
,
405
in Europe,
397
–99,
427
,
438
,
446
,
447
,
455
,
466
,
467
,
506
in Islamic nations,
397
,
398
Buddha,
255
,
256
,
262
,
274
,
322
,
324
,
375
–76,
398
,
404
–405,
440
Buddhism,
255
,
256
,
263
,
351
,
357
,
393
,
395
,
420
,
437
,
525
,
563
in Bactria,
271
in China,
321
–23,
326
,
328
–29,
334
,
339
–42,
375
–76,
378
,
419
,
423
–24,
478
,
543
,
546
Christianity compared with,
324
–28
in Japan,
440
Mahayana,
322
,
324
,
325
Bulgaria,
313
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
,
608
Bush, George W.,
588
Business Week
,
553
Byzantine Empire,
317
,
343
–49,
363
,
373
,
457
,
566
,
616
Arabs and,
352
,
356
–57
religious conflicts in,
352
,
361
–62
Turkic attacks on,
366
,
372
,
401
,
403
Caboto, Giovanni (John Cabot),
416
,
417
,
430
Caesar, Julius,
228
,
283
,
419
Caffa (Crimea),
397
Cairo (Egypt),
359
n
,
364
,
371
,
392
Calicut (India),
429
,
431
California, University of; Davis,
19
Irvine,
18
,
20
Los Angeles,
18
n
California Institute of Technology,
18
n
“California School” of history,
19
–20
Caligula, Emperor,
307
Calvinism,
448
Cambodia,
360
Cambridge University,
23
,
107
,
365
,
475
–76,
581
Cambyses, King,
249
Canada,
601
Candide
(Voltaire),
280
Cann, Rebecca,
71
Cao Cao,
303
–304
Cao Xueqin,
503
Carlson, Robert,
596
n
Carlson’s Curve,
596
Carlyle, Thomas,
472
Carpenter’s Gap (Australia),
77
Carthage,
242
,
250
,
268
,
270
,
315
–17,
345
Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo,
540
Çatalhöyük (Turkey),
100
,
102
,
105
,
123
,
124
Catholicism,
20
,
362
,
372
,
398
–99,
401
,
404
,
448
,
453
,
477
–78
Cavalli-Sforza, Luca,
110
–12
Çayönü (Turkey),
102
–103,
105
,
125
Chang, Kwang-chih,
124
,
125
,
204
,
205
,
208
Chang’an (China),
153
,
289
,
293
n
,
298
–99,
305
,
306
,
321
,
337
–38,
340
,
342
,
355
,
359
,
377
Chariots of the Gods?
(von Däniken),
182
,
410
Charlemagne,
362
–63,
370
,
403
n
,
446
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor,
446
–49,
573
Chauvet Cave (France),
74
–77,
79
Cheng, King,
230
,
232
Chengdu (China),
334
,
605
Chennai (India),
274
Chen Zilong,
473
n
Chernobyl disaster,
549
Chicago,
509
,
604
Chicago, University of,
23
Childe, Gordon,
233
China,
17
–20,
23
,
24
,
345
,
449
,
494
,
514
,
528
,
538
,
568
,
604
,
608
–12
ancient,
34
,
122
–26,
137
,
201
–15,
220
–23,
228
–38,
240
,
242
–45,
251
–53,
261
,
278
–79,
311
,
318
,
562
(see
also
Qin)
Boxer rebellion in,
525
Britain and,
7
–15,
25
,
40
,
143
,
145
,
147
–48,
211
,
484
,
506
,
515
–18,
520
,
524
,
572
–73
Buddhism in,
321
–23,
326
,
328
–29,
334
,
339
–42,
375
–76,
378
,
419
,
423
–24,
478
,
543
,
546

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