The History Book

339 global challenge to improve living standards without destroying the environment. Scientists believe that human activity is t ...

340 IRISH INDEPENDENCE (1922) In the 1918 general election, republicans seeking independence from the United Kingdom won a major ...

THE MODERN WORLD 341 THE MILITARY COUP IN BRAZIL (1964) The 1964 coup ousted Brazilian president João Goulart, whose social refo ...

342 Annexation The act of annexing: of seizing new territory to append to a country or state, usually using force. Autocracy A c ...

GLOSSARY 343 Labor camp A prison camp where people are forced to do difficult manual labor, often in bad conditions. Leftism, le ...

344 Numbers in bold refer to main entries. 9/11 attacks 320, 327 1848 revolutions 228–9, 239, 240, 251 1968 protests 324 A Abd a ...

INDEX 345 Carmichael, Stokely 311 Carolingian Renaissance 83 Carson, Rachel 337–8 Carter, Jimmy 320 Carthaginians 70–1 Cartier, ...

346 F farming, and health 31 Farouk, King of Egypt 318, 319 fascism 284–5, 289, 340 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 198 Ferdinan ...

347 Li Zicheng 127 life expectancy 269, 336 Lincoln, Abraham 13, 207, 244, 245 Lindisfarne 94–5 Linear A script 42, 43 Little Bi ...

348 Mau Mau uprising 301, 306 RMS Mauretania 234 Mauryan Empire 40, 41 Maxentius, Emperor 66 Mayan civilization 34, 36, 71, 115 ...

349 skyscrapers 257 Slave Trade Abolition Act 226–7 Smith, Adam 222, 223 Socialism, rise of 228–9 Socrates 50–1 Solander, Daniel ...

350 Tamerlane 133 Tang dynasty 35, 84–5, 127, 131 Tasman, Abel 189 technology 27, 75, 127, 136, 145, 155, 158, 159, 161, 202, 22 ...

351 QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS HUMAN ORIGINS 20–21 Yuval Noah Harari 22–27 J. M. Chauvet, E. B. Deschamps, and C. Hillaire 28–29 Brian F ...

352 Dorling Kindersley would like to thank Hannah Bowen, Polly Boyd, Diane Pengelly, and Debra Wolter for editorial assistance, ...