Why the West Rules--For Now (130 page)

carbon emissions in,
18
,
155
,
609

Christians in,
10
,
342
,
397
,
477
–79

civil service in,
439
–40

Communist,
62
n
,
149
,
212
,
534
–35,
543
–49,
579
,
588
,
606

Confucianism in,
see
Confucius

Confucianism; economy of,
359
–61,
377
–80,
386
–88,
404
,
438
,
439
–40,
450
,
502
,
547
–49,
551
–53,
567
,
578
,
582
,
585
–91,
615

energy consumption in,
380
–82,
493
,
604
,
612

Enlightenment intellectuals in,
472
–77

epidemics in,
296
,
297
,
301
,
304
,
305
,
308
,
355
,
392
,
396
–97,
473
,
603

European trade with,
33
,
275
–76,
384
–85,
392
,
395
–96,
432
–33,
435
,
461
–62,
484
,
520
–22 (
see also
Silk Roads)

farming in,
32
,
114
,
117
,
119
–22,
127
,
201
,
208
,
222
,
232
,
238
,
265
,
287
,
290
,
298
–99,
305
,
317
,
319
,
334
–36,
338
,
369
,
377
,
405
,
406
,
499
,
516
,
522
,
544
,
548
,
561

footbinding in,
424
–25

Grand Canal of,
6
,
337
,
368
,
380
,
465
,
493
,
506
,
517
,
563
; Han,
see
Han dynasty

Japan and,
15
,
52
,
211
,
306
,
360
,
361
,
411
,
441
–43,
475
,
531
,
533

Ming,
see
Ming dynasty

modernization of,
522
–24

Mongol conquest of,
388
–91,
396
,
398
,
400
,
401
,
404
–407,
416
–18,
575
,
576

nomad incursions in,
293
–95,
298
,
299
–307,
310
,
314
,
315
,
345
,
349
,
354

ocean voyages of,
16
–17,
407
–10,
413
–14,
416
,
426
,
427
,
429

piracy on coast of,
442
,
485

population of,
17
,
19
,
201
,
206
,
237
,
238
,
242
,
243
,
286
,
289
,
298
,
307
,
355
,
377
,
392
,
440
,
484
,
544
,
547
,
585

prehistoric,
50
–56,
72
,
79
,
86
,
97
; Qing,
see
Qing dynasty

Renaissance thought in,
418
–22,
426

reunification of,
336
–37,
345
,
346
,
362
,
373

Romans and,
271
,
273
,
275
–76

Russia and,
455
–59,
482

science in,
475
–81

social development of,
34
,
35
,
158
–59,
167
–69,
262
,
332
–42,
359
,
382
,
384
,
426
,
481
–83,
522
,
569
,
597
; Song,
see
Song dynasty

technology in,
395
–96,
496
,
497

United States and,
518
,
546
–47,
585
–88,
604
–606

urbanization in,
152
–53
(see also specific cities);

warlords in,
51
,
211
,
283
,
284
,
302
–304,
354
–57,
453
,
458
;
see also
Beijing

China Daily
,
72
,
605

China Youth Journal
,
544

Christianity,
14
,
41
,
357
,
431
,
446
,
472
,
513
,
563
,
567

in Africa, myth of,
414

Arab converts to,
349

in Axial thought,
256
,
324
–25

and Black Death,
397
–99

in China,
10
,
342
,
397
,
478
–79

Crusades and,
19
,
372
–73,
427

holiest relics of,
348

Islam and,
351
–54,
360
,
361
,
373

in medieval Europe,
83
,
362
,
363
,
365
,
368
–72,
382

Mongols and,
389
,
391
,
393
,
395
,
401

Ottomans and,
403
,
444