Read Why the West Rules--For Now Online
Authors: Ian Morris
Tags: #History, #Modern, #General, #Business & Economics, #International, #Economics
Akkadian Empire in,
189
,
192
–94,
209
Arabs in,
352
,
353
Arameans in,
218
archaeological sites in,
188
–89
cities of,
181
,
184
,
186
,
191
,
197
,
200
,
201
,
562
(see
also
Uruk)
collapse of,
206
,
210
,
215
farming in,
177
,
179
,
184
,
196
,
250
,
499
,
561
–62
impact of climate change on,
180
–81
metallurgy in,
181
redistributive economy of,
196
,
225
Roman Empire and,
294
–95
trade of,
181
Turks in,
348
,
349
,
354
n
writing in,
123
,
124
;
see also
Assyria
metallurgy,
222
,
233
,
420
;
see also specific metals
Metz, Steven,
615
Mexico,
8
,
17
,
19
,
32
,
139
,
159
,
213
,
410
,
464
,
601
prehistoric,
114
,
117
,
120
Miao,
450
Michelangelo,
418
–19,
439
Michigan, University of,
106
Microsoft,
542
Midas, King,
277
Middle Ages,
14
,
83
,
144
,
418
migration,
28
,
33
,
298
,
317
,
500
,
560
,
598
,
601
,
604
,
610
,
611
in ancient world,
218
,
223
–25
in China,
334
,
359
,
392
,
553
mass,
577
prehistoric,
49
,
60
,
75
steppe,
457
,
459
,
564
,
601
of Turkic tribes,
366
Mikado, The
(Gilbert and Sullivan),
522
–23
Milan,
404
Milankovich cycles,
65
Military Balance
(annual),
151
Mill, John Stuart,
513
Milton, John,
32
Ming dynasty,
404
–410,
413
,
429
,
441
,
443
,
444
,
453
,
458
,
462
,
473
,
543
,
575
mining,
155
,
320
,
459
,
460
,
473
,
474
,
523
Mithras,
323
Mittani,
197
,
198
Mogadishu (Somalia),
408
Mongolia,
276
,
295
,
388
,
397
Mongols,
393
,
400
,
401
,
407
,
416
,
427
,
441
,
457
,
458
in China,
388
–89,
396
,
398
,
404
–406,
576
in Europe,
391
,
397
,
455
,
567
,
574
in Muslim core,
391
–92
Monte Circeo (Italy),
59
Monte Polizzo (Sicily),
240
–41,
365
–6
Monte San Giovanni (Italy),
404
Montesquieu, Baron de,
474
Monte Testaccio (Italy),
289
Monte Verde (Chile),
97
Montezuma,
17
,
430
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
(film),
286
Moore, Gordon,
592
–93
Moore’s Law,
592
,
596
Morgan, Captain Henry,
485
Mosaic Law,
391
Moscow,
455
,
457
,
465
,
541
Moses,
218
,
261
,
391
Mountain, Armine,
143
Movius, Hallam,
47
–48,
59
Movius Line,
48
,
48
–51,
60
,
75
Mozi,
257
–59,
261
Mu, King,
233
Muhammad,
349
–53,
356
,
357
,
364
,
366
,
367
,
452
,
566
,
567
Mumbai (India),
149
,
274
Mumbwa Cave (Zambia),
64
Mureybet (Syria),
94
,
97
Muslims,
363
–68,
382
,
389
,
408
,
447
,
564
,
605
in China,
407
,
478
internecine conflicts of,
357
–58,
360
–61
(see also
Shiites; Sunnis)
in Italy,
365
,
371
militarism of,
351
–54,
566
–67
Mongols and,
389
,
391
–93,
401
in Spain,
360
,
362
,
370
,
371
,
396