Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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1238 Index

Annales (Ennius) 662
Annales (Tacitus)
literature 664
scandals and corruption
914
annealing 677, 679, 683–684
ante meridiem 172
antimony 179
Antipater 412, 413
antlers 108
Antonine Age (Rome) 416
Antonine plague 827
Antoninus Pius (emperor of
Rome) 416, 993
Antony, Mark 415
Anu Ziggurat at Uruk 62
Anzick 321
Aohanqi settlement 215
Apennine Mountains 261–
262
Aphorisms (Hippocrates)
559–560
Aphrodite
adornment 11
family 455
Apicius on Cookery (Caelius
Apicius) 480
apoikia 711–712
Apollo 854f
Apollonius of Perga 131
Apollo the helper 826f
Appalachian Mountains 265,
266
Appian (historian) 920–921
Appian Way 261, 890
applied science 933–934
apprentices
children 190
craft s 289
education 377
occupations 811
Apulia 262
aqueducts
climate and geography 261
inventions 601, 602, 602f,
604
towns and villages 1093
Arabia
climate and geography 246
exploration 439–440
language 611, 612
social organization 1021
Aramaic language
language 613
writing 1186
Ararat, Mount
climate and geography 246
sacred sites 901
Aratus of Soli
astronomy 132
science 939, 944
Arawak people 961
arca 568
Arcadia 259
archaeology xxvi, 1040
Archagathus 554

Archaic Age (Greece)
migration and population
movements 711–713
sacred sites 904
Archaic lyric 657–658
Archaic Period (Americas)
craft s 295
death and burial practices
321
government organization
538
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 796–797
numbers and counting
805
occupations 817
Archaic Period (Greece)
adornment 12
architecture 73
a r t 110 –112
building techniques and
materials 158
ceramics and pottery 183
cities 223
craft s 292
death and burial practices
319
empires and dynasties
409, 410
laws and legal codes 628
religion and cosmology
854
social organization 1032–
1034
war and conquest 1146–
1147
weaponry and armor 1168
archery
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 574f
sports and recreation
1048–1049, 1051
war and conquest 1132,
1134
weaponry and armor 1166
arches
architecture 65, 79
building techniques and
materials 155, 156, 160,
161
Archilochus of Paros 657–658
Archimedean screw
agriculture 19, 28, 44
science 940
Archimedes of Syracuse
astronomy 131
inventions 601
numbers and counting
804
science 940, 950–951
architecture 52–87
Africa 53–56
Americas 82–87, 84m
art 1 02
Asia and the Pacifi c 65–69,
66 f

cities 233
Egypt 56–60, 59f
Europe 69–73
Greece 73–77, 76f
Middle East 60–65, 63f
occupations 818
Rome 78–82, 80f
science 948
Archytas 938
Arctic regions 372
Ard Brinn 769
ards 599
a rea 1174 –1176, 1179–1181
Argolid site 259
Argonauts 247
Ariadne’s Clew Box 1081f
Ariès, Philippe 191
Ariovistus 710
Aristagoras of Miletus 915
Aristarchus
astronomy 131
religion and cosmology
857
science 939
aristocrats
gender structures and roles
502–503
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 579
social organization 1038
Aristophanes
borders and frontiers 147
children 200
drama and theater 328,
334, 335
language 618
laws and legal codes 628
literature 658, 659
resistance and dissent 878
science 938
social organization 1035
towns and villages 1092
Aristotle
agriculture 39
astronomy 131
clothing and footwear
279
empires and dynasties 410
government organization
508–509, 527, 529, 530
inventions 600
laws and legal codes 628
literature 660
music and musical instru-
ments 770
numbers and counting
804
science 937–939
settlement patterns 970
slaves and slavery 992,
997–998
towns and villages 1092
Ark of the Covenant
architecture 54
festivals 462
sacred sites 899

armies
economy 368
military 727, 728, 730
occupations 811
resistance and dissent 872
war and conquest 1123,
1125 –1126, 1131, 114 4,
1147, 1155
armillary sphere 128–129
Armin 915
arming scenes 1169
Arminius 1144
armlets
art 108, 109
money and coinage 757,
758
armor. See weaponry and
armor
Arretine ware 116
Arrian 1045
art 87–123
Africa 88–93, 90f
Americas 118–122
Asia and the Pacifi c 100–
105, 101f
Egypt 93–97, 95f
Europe 105–109, 106f
Greece 110 –113, 111f
Middle East 97–100, 99f
Rome 113–118, 117f
Artabanus V (king of Parthia)
401
Artaxerxes I (king of Persia)
architecture 64
pandemics and epidem-
ics 826
Artaxerxes II (king of Persia)
401
Artaxerxes III (king of Persia)
empires and dynasties 396
money and coinage 753
Artemis
family 455
festivals 468
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 579, 580
religion and cosmology
854 f
Artemisia I (queen of Halicar-
nassus) 501
arteries, hardening of 547
Arthashastra
crime and punishment
306–307
employment and labor 430
family 460
slaves and slavery 996–997
war and conquest 1139
arthritis 547
artifacts xxvi, 213
artillery
inventions 601
weaponry and armor 1170
artisans. See also craft smen
craft s 288, 289
economy 374

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