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Tamerlane 133 Tang dynasty 35, 84–5, 127, 131 Tasman, Abel 189 technology 27, 75, 127, 136, 145, 155, 158, 159, 161, 202, 220–5, 328–9 Tehran Conference 294 telegraph 234, 248, 249 Tenochtitlan 114 –16, 150 terracotta warriors 56 the Terror 210, 212, 213 terrorism 269, 321, 327 Teutonic Knights 133 textile industry 224 Tezozomoc 114 Thabit ibn Qurra 90 Thailand 108, 109, 149 Theodoric the Ostrogoth 68, 69, 76 Theodosius I, Emperor 67 Thermopylae, Battle of 45 Thirty Years’ War 133, 166, 167–9 Three Feudatories, Revolt of the 186–7 Three Kingdoms, Era of the 71 Thucydides 12 Thutmose III, Pharaoh 38, 39 Tiberius, Emperor 60, 65 Tilly, Field Marshall 168 Tito, Josip Broz 326 Tlacaelel 116 Tokugawa shogunate 99, 185, 252–3 Topa Inca Yupanqui 116 Tordesillas, Treaty of 148–51, 314 Tours, Battle of 132 Toussaint L’Ouverture, François-Dominique 227 trade 41, 75, 104–5, 178–9, 223, 232, 234–5 trade unions 229 Trafalgar, Battle of 215 Trail of Tears 264 Trans-Siberian railway 243 Treaty Ports 254 trench warfare 272 Triple Alliance 273 Trotsky, Leon 278, 279 Truman Doctrine 296, 312 Truth and Reconciliation Commission 325 Tsushima Strait, Battle of 253 Turkey, modernization of 203, 260–1 al-Tusi, Nasr al-Din 91 Tyndale, William 162

U

Uhud, Battle of 80 Ulfilas 66 al-Umari, Chilab 111 Umayyad caliphate 78, 81, 88, 89, 128 underground railways 256, 257

unemployment 282, 283 Union states 247 United Nations 293, 325, 340 Urban II, Pope 106–7 urban culture 256–7 USSR see Soviet Union Utrecht, Treaty of 190

V

Valley of the Kings 39 Vandals 68, 69 Vasari, Giorgio 155 Velho, Gonçalo 144 Vendée, uprising in the 212 Venezuela 75, 216, 219, 315 Venus figurines 27 Vercingetorix 71 Versailles, Treaty of 272, 275, 280 , 284, 285, 288, 289, 305 Vespucci, Amerigo 144, 151 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 228, 239 Victoria, Queen 233, 242 Vienna, Siege of 141, 199 Vietnam War 312–13, 324 Vikings 69, 74, 94–5, 147 Viracocha 116, 117 Visigoths 68, 69, 88, 128 Voltaire 193, 194, 195 Voyages of discovery 75, 142–51

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al-Walid, Caliph 88 Wall Street Crash 282–3, 330 Wallenstein, Albrecht von 168 Wanli, Emperor 126 Wannsee Conference 294–5 War of 1812 264 War of the Spanish Succession 190 Warring States Period 55, 56, 184, 185 Wars of Religion 166–9 Warsaw Pact 297, 323 Washington, George 207 Waterloo, Battle of 214 –15 Watts, James 222, 223–4 websites 328–9 Weimar Republic 289 welfare programs 332 Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 215 Western Roman Empire 66–7, 68–9, 76, 82, 83 Westphalia, Peace of 166, 169 White Mountain, Battle of 168 Wilberforce, William 227 Wilhelm I, Kaiser 240

Wilhelm II, Kaiser 272, 273 William I (the Conqueror) of England 94 William III of England 175 Wilson, Woodrow 280 Witigis, King of the Goths 77 Witte, Sergei 243 Wollstonecraft, Mary 192 women 192, 262–3, 274, 275, 324 World War I 241, 260, 261, 268, 270–5, 276, 280, 282 World War II 268, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 286–95, 297, 305, 308, 340 writing 34–5, 42, 43, 130, 131 Wu, Emperor 12, 70 Wu Sangui 186 Wycliffe, John 160

X

Xerxes I of Persia 45 Ximenes, Francisco 162 Xuanzong, Emperor 85

Y

Yarmuk, Battle of 80 Yeltsin, Boris 323 Yi, Admiral 199 Yi dynasty 130–1 Yi Songyye 130 Yom Kippur War 332 Yongle, Emperor 122, 125 Yongzheng, Emperor 187 Young Turk Revolution 260 –1 Yuan dynasty 102, 105, 122–3, 124, 127, 130

Z

Zaragoza, Treaty of 151 Zeno, Emperor 76 Zheng He 125 Zhengtong, Emperor 126 Zhou dynasty 56, 70 Zhu Xi 131 Zhu Yuanzhang see Hongwu, Emperor Zi Ying, Emperor 57 Zine el Abidine 321 Zionism 241, 302, 303 Zulu kingdom 264 Zwingli, Ulrich 161, 162

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QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS

HUMAN ORIGINS

20–21 Yuval Noah Harari 22–27 J. M. Chauvet, E. B. Deschamps, and C. Hillaire 28–29 Brian Fagan 30–31 Michael Balter

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

36–37 Hammurabi 38–39 The Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty (Egyptian version) 40–41 Gautama Buddha 42–43 Arthur J. Evans 44–45 Herodotus 46–51 Thucydides 52–53 Plutarch 54–57 Sima Qian 58–65 Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 66–67 Vision of Emperor Constantine 68–69 St. Jerome

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

76–77 Procopius 78–81 Muhammad 82–83 Alcuin of York 84–85 Emperor Taizong 86–93 Said al-Andalusi 94–95 Alcuin of York 96–97 Dictatus Papae 98–99 Jien 100–01 King John of England 102–03 Marco Polo 104–05 Marco Polo 106–07 Pope Urban II 108–09 Henri Mouhot 110–11 Al-Umari 112–17 Fray Bernardino de Sahagún 118–19 Geoffrey the Baker 120–27 Hongwu Emperor 128–29 Pope Calixtus III 130–31 King Sejong the Great

THE EARLY MODERN ERA

138–41 Constantine XI Palaiologos 142–47 Christopher Columbus 148–51 Treaty of Tordesillas 152–55 Giorgio Vasari 156–57 Jean V. de Bueil 158–59 Christopher Columbus 160–63 Martin Luther 164–69 Hans Heberle 170–71 Abu’l Fazl ibn Mubarak 172–73 William Bradford 174–75 Oliver Cromwell 176–79 Ottobah Cugoano 180–83 Joseph Peso de la Vega 184–85 Ieyasu Tokugawa 186–87 Chinese proverb 188 Sir Isaac Newton 189 Captain Cook 190 Louis XIV 191 Frederick the Great 192–95 Denis Diderot 196–97 Peter the Great

CHANGING SOCIETIES

204–07 The Declaration of Independence 208–13 François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt 214–15 Napoleon Bonaparte 216–19 Simón Bolívar 220–25 John Ruskin 226–27 William Wilberforce 228–29 Alexis de Tocqueville 230–35 Ferdinand de Lesseps 236–37 Charles Darwin 238–41 Giuseppe Garibaldi 242 Katherine Mary Bartrum 243 Alexander II 244–47 Abraham Lincoln 248–49 John L. O’Sullivan 250–51 Israel Zangwill 252–53 National slogan of Japan in the Meiji era 254–55 Hong Xiuquan 256–57 Gustave Eiffel 258–59 Cecil Rhodes 260–61 Kemal Atatürk 262–63 WSPU slogan

THE MODERN WORLD

270–75 German solider 276–79 Vladimir Lenin (1917) 280 Ferdinand Foch 281 Joseph Stalin 282–83 Herbert Hoover 284–85 Benito Mussolini 286–93 Adolf Hitler (1939) 294–95 Hermann Göring 296–97 1st Lt. Kenneth Nessen, United States Air Force 298–301 Jawaharlal Nehru 302–03 David Ben-Gurion 304–05 Mao Zedong 306–07 Kwame Nkrumah 308–09 Dean Rusk 310 Nikita Khrushchev 311 Martin Luther King Jr 312–13 Lyndon B. Johnson 314–15 Fidel Castro 316–17 Famous Chinese propaganda poster 318–21 Gamal Abdel Nasser 322–23 Daniel Johnson 324 Words on a placard carried by an American protestor 325 Nelson Mandela 326 Radovan Karadzic 327 George W. Bush 328–29 Tim Berners-Lee 330–33 Kofi Annan 334–39 Ban Ki-moon

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