Read Why the West Rules--For Now Online
Authors: Ian Morris
Tags: #History, #Modern, #General, #Business & Economics, #International, #Economics
Lenin, V. I.,
15
,
530
,
543
Leninists,
15
–16
Lenovo,
597
Leo III, Pope,
362
Leonardo da Vinci,
419
,
420
,
589
Leopold, King,
519
Levant,
189
,
248
Levellers,
452
–53
Levitra,
594
Li, King,
233
Liang dynasty,
333
Libya,
218
,
235
,
605
n
Liezi,
258
Li Jianping,
546
Lincoln, Abraham,
594
Ling, Duke,
252
–53
Lingdi, Emperor,
301
,
302
Linnaeus, Carolus,
474
Lin Xin, King,
213
Lin Zexu,
8
,
12
Linzi (China),
251
Li Ruzhen,
514
Lithuania,
455
Little Ice Age,
398
Liu Bang,
283
Liu Daxia,
417
Liujiang (China),
68
Liverpool–Manchester railroad,
509
Locke, John,
471
,
481
London,
39
,
92
,
436
,
451
,
482
,
501
,
502
,
528
,
529
plague in,
455
population of,
152
,
482
n
Longmen (China),
340
,
341
Longwangcan (China),
97
Lord of the Rings, The
(Tolkien), films based on,
53
Los Alamos National
Laboratory,
613
Lost Tribes of Israel,
391
Louis XVI, King,
488
Lu (China),
251
–52,
262
Lü Buwei,
204
Lucky Latitudes,
85
,
114
,
561
Lu Gwei-djen,
475
–76
Luoyang (China),
273
,
299
–302,
305
,
336
,
338
Luoyi (China),
243
Luther, Martin,
447
,
453
,
573
Lydia (Anatolia),
250
Maastricht Treaty,
533
n
Macao,
435
,
477
,
548
Macartney, Lord,
484
,
515
,
572
–73
Macedon,
186
,
268
,
269
,
292
,
524
Machiavelli, Niccolò,
404
,
418
–20
MacNeish, Richard,
120
–21
Maddison, Angus,
582
–83,
587
Madeira Islands,
414
Mafia,
231
Magadha (India),
254
n
Magnificent Seven, The
(film),
440
n
Magyars,
363
Mahavira,
254
n
Majapahit (Java),
393
,
406
Majors, Lee,
594
Malacca,
431
–32
Malaya,
535
Malaya Síya (Siberia),
79
Malaysia,
534
,
567
Malcolm X,
351
Malinowski, Bronislaw,
133
–34,
136
Malta,
189
,
193
Ma’mun, Caliph al-,
357
,
358
,
370
Manchuria,
290
,
335
,
386
,
531
Manchus,
458
,
473
,
478
Manhattan,
465
Mann, James,
588
Man peoples,
245
Maodun,
293
Mao Zedong,
16
,
62
n
,
149
,
423
,
425
n
,
522
,
534
–35,
543
–48,
552
,
553
,
567
,
579
,
589
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor,
273
,
308
–10
Marines, U.S.,
52
Marshall Plan,
533
Marx, Karl,
15
,
21
,
503
–506,
512
–14,
544
,
549
,
566
Massachusetts, colonial,
470
Massagetae,
277
,
278
Mauryan Empire,
284
Mecca,
349
,
351
,
408
Medes,
248
,
278
Medieval Warm Period,
363
,
366
,
367
,
371
,
373
,
376
,
397
,
599
Medina,
349
Meditations, The
(Marcus Aurelius),
308
n
Mehrgarh,
105
Melbourne, Lord,
8
,
12
,
148
Memphis (Egypt),
187
Mencius,
230
Menes,
185
Menzies, Gavin,
408
,
410
,
420
n
,
421
Merneptah, Pharaoh,
218
Merton, Robert,
568
Mesopotamia,
33
,
34
,
179
–84,
203
,
205
,
221
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235
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271
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358
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