Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

1226 Chronology by Region 250 B.C.E. – 0 ca. 300 B.C.E.: Carthaginians attain height of power and infl uence as traders and ship ...

Chronology by Region 1227 ca. 500 B.C.E.: Adena culture of the North American Midwest reaches its peak; date of the Maya story o ...

1228 Chronology by Region 343 C.E.: King Ezana of Axum is converted to Christianity by Egyptian missionaries. ca. 350: Kingdom o ...

Chronology by Region 1229 ca. 400 C.E.: The sacred site of Serpent Mound is created by the Hopewell culture in present-day Ohio. ...

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1231 GENERAL Adas, Michael, ed. Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History. Philadelphia: Temple Unive ...

1232 General Bibliography Quirke, Stephen, and Jeff rey Spencer. Th e British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt. New York: Th ames an ...

General Bibliography 1233 Wells, Peter S. Th e Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe. Princeton, N.J.: ...

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1235 Locators in boldface indicate main entries. Locators fol- lowed by f indicate fi gures. Locators followed by m indi- cate m ...

1236 Index Africa (continued) gender structures and roles 494–495 government organization 508–511 health and disease 545– 547 ho ...

Index 1237 Alps mountain range 252, 262 Altaic language 614 amalgamation 686 amaranth 482 Amarna Hoard, el- 754f Amarna Letters ...

1238 Index Annales (Ennius) 662 Annales (Tacitus) literature 664 scandals and corruption 914 annealing 677, 679, 683–684 ante me ...

Index 1239 employment and labor 431 metallurgy 681 occupations 817, 818 science 923 Art of War, Th e (Sun Tzu) military 737–738 ...

1240 Index Athens (continued) migration and population movements 711, 714 military 734 pandemics and epidem- ics 827 resistance ...

Index 1241 basilicas architecture 79, 80 cities 227–228 basins 20–21 basketball 604 Basketmaker II Period (Amer- icas) 87 basket ...

1242 Index bridges. See roads and bridges Brigg raft 980 brine 1067 Britain climate and geography 264 language 615–616 migration ...

Index 1243 cameos 118 Cameroon 1087f Cameroon, Mount 776 Camillus, Marcus Furius 414 campestre 281 campfi res 584 camps 973 camp ...

1244 Index ceramics and pottery (continued) cities 232f craft s 286, 289, 292 economy 360, 361 Eg y pt 176 –178, 177f Europe 181 ...

Index 1245 numbers and counting 801–802 occupations 812 pandemics and epidemics 819, 823–824 religion and cosmology 847–849 resi ...