Read Why the West Rules--For Now Online
Authors: Ian Morris
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in Soviet Union,
520
of steppes,
292
,
294
,
389
,
459
transition from foraging to,
107
–14,
116
,
122
,
127
–29,
131
,
184
,
368
,
430
,
559
,
596
–97
in United States,
509
,
529
,
537
–38
Fatherland
(Harris),
579
Fatimids,
364
,
366
,
367
Feminine Mystique, The
(Friedan),
540
Ferguson, Niall,
509
,
585
Fermi, Enrico,
613
,
614
55 Days in Peking
(film),
525
Five Classics, Chinese,
137
“Five Pecks of Grain” movement,
302
Five Year Plans,
543
Flagellants,
399
Florence,
396
,
419
–20,
438
–39,
501
,
502
Flores,
52
–54,
55
n
,
60
n
“Flow of Energy in an Industrial Society, The” (Cook),
154
Flowers in the Mirror
(Li Ruzhen),
514
Flynn Effect,
570
Fogel, Robert,
583
,
588
footbinding,
424
–25
foraging,
80
,
89
,
101
,
104
–107,
118
,
131
,
191
global warming and,
84
–85
Ice Age,
88
,
100
transition to farming from,
107
–14,
116
,
127
–29,
131
,
184
,
368
,
559
,
596
–97
Younger Dryas,
94
,
629
;
see also
hunter-gatherers
fossil fuels,
35
,
168
,
216
,
385
,
388
,
504
,
507
,
560
,
564
,
599
,
627
;
see also
coal; oil
Foundation
novels (Asimov),
580
–81,
614
Founding Fathers,
260
1421: The Year China Discovered America
(Menzies),
408
,
410
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
(Menzies),
420
n
Foxe, John,
436
FOXP2 gene,
58
–59
France,
20
,
353
,
403
–404,
437
,
452
,
608
American colonies of,
463
ancient,
33
,
159
,
287
,
290
(see
also
Gaul)
British wars against,
486
–89,
500
Catholic Church in,
370
,
398
China and,
10
,
518
,
523
Enlightenment in,
472
,
488
Habsburgs and,
447
,
448
industrialization of,
501
,
510
,
572
medieval,
362
–63,
370
,
371
prehistoric,
56
,
69
,
74
–75,
77
in World War I,
528
;
see also
French Revolution
France, Anatole,
55
Frank, Andre Gunder,
19
–21
French Revolution,
260
,
488
,
504
Freud, Sigmund,
261
Friedman, Thomas L.,
600
,
609
Fuchai, Viscount,
245
Fujian (China),
588
Gabriel, Archangel,
349
–50,
566
Galileo,
418
,
469
,
470
,
474
Gallup polls,
602
Gama, Vasco da,
430
–31
Gan Ying,
273
Gaodi, Emperor,
283
,
284
,
293
Gates, Bill,
542
Gaul,
311
,
314
,
315
,
347
Gaza,
218
Genghis Khan,
388
–90,
393
,
399
,
401
,
575
–76
Genoa,
371
,
372
,
392
,
402
Gerald of Wales,
367
Germanic peoples,
307
,
308
,
311
,
313
,
315
,
325
,
349
,
563
Germany,
160
,
187
,
437
,
455
,
486
,
526
,
528
,
530
Habsburgs in,
446
industrialization in,
510
,
512
,
521
medieval,
363
,
368
,
369
Mongol invasion of,
391
Nazi,
526
,
531
–33,
578
–79,
587
prehistoric,
54
,
58
,
78
–79
religious wars in,
454
in World War I,
526
,
616
Ghazali, al-,
367
Gherardi, Giovanni,
479
Gibbon, Edward,
307
,
326
–27,
353
,
403
,
490
,
574
Gilbert, W. S.,
522
–23