Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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1264 Index

craft s 285
death and burial practices
312
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 741
religion and cosmology
835
science 924
Meroitic Kingdom
architecture 55–56
empires and dynasties 391
illumination 584
Mesoamerica
agriculture 46–47
architecture 82–85, 84m
art 119–121
astronomy 133–134
borders and frontiers
148 –149
building techniques and
materials 161–162
calendars and clocks
172–173
ceramics and pottery
185–186
children 198
cities 231–233
clothing and footwear
283
craft s 295
death and burial practices
323
drama and theater 338–
339
economy 372–373
education 386
family 458
festivals 471
food and diet 482
foreigners and barbarians
491
gender structures and roles
504
government organization
535–538
health and disease 555–
556
household goods 570
inventions 603
literature 665–666
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 751
money and coinage 762
music and musical instru-
ments 773
natural disasters 783
numbers and counting
806
occupations 817
religion and cosmology
862–865
sacred sites 907
scandals and corruption
918
science 922, 947, 949
slaves and slavery 994

social collapse and aban-
donment 1009
social organization 1041–
1042
sports and recreation
1057
textiles and needlework
1084–1085
towns and villages 1095
trade and exchange 1107
transportation 1120
war and conquest 1154–
1155
weaponry and armor 1171
weights and measures
1182
writing 1192
Mesolithic period
art 106–107
craft s 292
death and burial practices
318
economy 359–361
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 577
textiles and needlework
1080
trade and exchange 1101,
1102
Mesopotamia. See also Sumer
architecture 60–65
art 97–100
astronomy 126, 127
borders and frontiers
14 2–143
building techniques and
materials 154–155
calendars and clocks 166
ceramics and pottery
178–179
children 191
cities 202
climate and geography
244–245
clothing and footwear 276
craft s 288–289
crime and punishment
296, 299
death and burial practices
314 –316
economy 342, 352
education 378–379
empires and dynasties
388, 396
employment and labor
427–428
exploration 438–439
family 450, 451, 458–459
food and diet 475–476
government organization
508, 514–517, 516m
household goods 564
inventions 597
language 612
laws and legal codes 621,
624

literature 647
metallurgy 680
migration and population
movements 699, 701–702
military 728, 729
natural disasters 778
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 790
numbers and counting
800
occupations 811
pandemics and epidem-
ics 822
religion and cosmology
832, 840–843
roads and bridges 886
sacred sites 900
scandals and corruption
911
science 929–931
seafaring and navigation
954
settlement patterns
966–967
ships and shipbuilding
978
social collapse and aban-
donment 1001–1002
social organization 1019–
1023
sports and recreation 1050
textiles and needlework
1077
towns and villages 1089
trade and exchange 1098–
1099
t ra nspor tat ion 1113
war and conquest 1130,
1131
weights and measures
1175 –1176
writing 1186
Messina, Strait of 263
metal lamps 586–587
metals/metallurgy 677–688,
684 f
adornment 14
Africa 678–679
Americas 686–688, 687f
art 92–93, 98, 99, 101, 108,
116, 117
Asia and the Pacifi c
681–682
craft s 285, 286, 289–291
economy 344–345, 348,
353, 361
Egypt 679–680
employment and labor 431
Europe 682–684, 683f
exploration 439
Greece 684–685, 684f
household goods 561
inventions 597, 599, 603
Middle East 680–681, 680f
migration and population
movements 693

mining, quarrying, and
sa lt ma k i ng 741, 74 2 , 747
money and coinage 752,
755, 759
occupations 811–813
Rome 685–686
science 923–924, 927, 933,
936
towns and villages 1086
trade and exchange 1102,
1106
weaponry and armor 1162
Metamorphoses (Ov id)
astronomy 133
literature 664
meteorology 939
meter (poetry) 661
Methodist medical sect
health and disease 554
science 943
metics
craft s 292
economy 364–366
foreigners and barbarians
489
social organization 1034–
1035
Metonic cycle 167, 171
metrioi 1034
met rolog y 1173, 1178
metropolis 713
Mexico
agriculture 45, 46
climate and geography 266
Mezhirich site 157
miasmas 827
Micronesia 251
Middle Assyrian Law Code
497
Middle Assyrian Period
398–399
Middle Bronze Age
death and burial practices
315
migration and population
movements 703
storage and preservation
1065
Middle East. See also North
Africa; specifi c countries,
e.g.: Egypt
adornment 6–7, 7f
agriculture 24–29, 25f,
27 m
architecture 60–65, 63f
art 97–100, 99f
astronomy 126–127, 126f,
135–136
borders and frontiers
14 2–143, 143f
building techniques and
materials 154–155, 154f
calendars and clocks 166,
167
ceramics and pottery
178–179, 178f

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