Why the West Rules--For Now (137 page)

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Authors: Ian Morris

Tags: #History, #Modern, #General, #Business & Economics, #International, #Economics

Hungary,
276
,
312
,
368
,
391
,
402
,
442
,
446
,
549
Academy of Sciences of,
65
Huns,
312
–16,
345
hunter-gatherers,
100
–101,
105
–106,
109
,
121
,
127
,
277
,
368
,
430
,
597
energy consumption of,
154
,
381
Ice Age,
85
,
86
,
491
modern,
76
,
104
,
140
;
see also
foraging
Huntington, Ellsworth,
30
Hurrians,
196
–97,
220
,
221
Husayn,
357
–58
Hussein, Saddam,
90
,
180
Hyksos,
197
,
198
Ibrahim, Sultan (“the Crazy”),
452
Ice Age,
35
,
67
,
79
–80,
100
,
149
,
270
,
617
,
620
effects of warming following,
77
,
81
–86,
88
,
91
end of,
14
,
31
,
32
,
89
,
116
,
140
,
154
,
158
,
160
,
167
,
263
,
271
,
558
,
559
,
561
,
562
,
590
,
619
,
626
human survival strategies during,
76
–77,
92
,
132
,
381
,
491
Neanderthal adaptation to,
56
Iceland,
371
,
398
,
421
Iliad
(Homer),
199
Incas,
460
,
515
India,
16
,
23
,
32
,
297
,
365
,
416
,
520
,
605
,
620
n;
ancient,
268
,
292
Britain and,
273
–74,
339
n
,
495
Buddhism in,
263
,
329
,
340
–42,
437
environmental impacts of,
609
industrial development in,
522
Mongol invasion of,
574
opium in,
7
,
515
Portugal and,
430
–32
prehistoric,
49
,
50
,
97
Romans in,
273
–75
Indochina,
306
,
535
Indonesia,
535
industrial revolution,
11
,
13
,
19
–21,
100
,
380
,
413
,
491
,
503
,
510
,
542
,
565
,
572
–77,
585
,
608
,
611
British,
13
,
19
–21,
40
,
379
,
382
,
494
–98,
500
,
501
–507,
510
,
511
,
572
,
596
,
620
social development and,
32
,
36
,
167
,
169
,
228
,
383
,
385
,
392
,
449
,
498
,
500
,
501
,
515
,
559
,
593
,
597
,
611
,
616
–17
information technology,
149
,
157
,
268
,
395
,
542
,
583
,
591
–93,
596
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
39
–40,
490
,
501
Intel,
592
International Age,
197
,
198
,
234
,
236
International Association of Athletic Federations,
594
International Astronomical Union,
613
n
International Business Machines (IBM),
542
,
596
,
597
International Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archaeology (Lisbon, 1880),
74
International Energy Agency,
612
International Institute for Strategic Studies,
151
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
547
–48,
586
Internet,
151
,
592
,
595
IQ tests,
570
Iran,
23
,
99
,
138
,
312
,
342
,
360
,
366
,
367
,
392
,
605
ancient,
179
,
184
,
191
,
196
,
197
,
203
,
225
,
248
,
254
n,
292
,
323
,
328
,
335
Islamic Revolution in,
180
Iraq,
90
,
138
,
159
,
358
–61,
366
,
392
,
398
,
551
,
605
ancient,
93
,
107
(see
also
Mesopotamia)
Inquisition in,
358
invasion of Kuwait by,
180
plague in,
397
Ireland,
371
,
450
,
451
,
472
n

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