Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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1278 Index

sibben 526
Siberia
climate and geography
249
migration and population
movements 720
Sibylline Books 860
Sicily
agriculture 43
climate and geography
263
sickles
agriculture 22, 39
economy 360
Siddhartha Gautama. See
Buddha
“sidelock of youth” 189
sidewalks 1119
sieges
military 729
war and conquest 1128,
1138, 1150
Sierra Madre 266
signaling 591
signifi ed and signifi er 1184,
1185
Silenus 334f
silk
adornment 8
art 103
clothing and footwear 277,
278, 281
inventions 598–599, 599f
textiles and needlework
1078–1079, 1082
Silk Road
climate and geography
246, 249
economy 357
employment and labor
429
foreigners and barbarians
486
natural disasters 779
roads and bridges 886–
887
trade and exchange 1099–
110 0
Silla 405, 406
silos 1062–1065, 1069
silt, alluvial 21
silver
adornment 14
art 93, 96, 118
craft s 286
empires and dynasties 389
metallurgy 679
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 741
money and coinage 754,
756 f, 758
science 949
silver age 664
Simon of Cyrene 273
Sinai peninsula 242
sinan 598

singing
drama and theater 328
music and musical instru-
ments 763
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 795
Sinhalese kingdom 1101
Sinuhe 437–438
Sipán, Peru 14
Sirius
astronomy 124
calendars and clocks 165
seafaring and navigation
956
sistra 287
sistrums 764
situlae 565
Siwa Oasis 242
Six Dynasties (China)
ceramics and pottery 180
empires and dynasties 387,
405
scandals and corruption
912
Sixth Dynasty (Egypt)
art 94
children 189, 190
exploration 437
foreigners and barbarians
485
Skanda 1139f
Skandagupta (king of India)
403
Skara Brae
building techniques and
materials 157
towns and villages 1091
skene 334
Skeptics 943
skilled workers
employment and labor
429, 430
occupations 811
skin 548
Skírnismál 333–334
skirts 272, 274, 276, 277
sk is 1116
sky 837, 845
skyphoi 183
slash-and-burn cultivation
agriculture 34
inventions 605
slate 742
slave revolts
economy 369
social organization 1036
slaves and slavery 985–998,
992 f
Africa 985–986
agriculture 38, 41, 43
Americas 994–995
Asia and the Pacifi c 988–
990, 996–997
building techniques and
materials 153
children 191–194

clothing and footwear 274,
281
craft s 293
economy 349, 364
education 382
Egypt 986–987
employment and labor
425, 428, 432, 433
Europe 990–991
family 449, 451
gender structures and roles
502
Greece 991–993, 997–998
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 581
laws and legal codes 631
Middle East 987–988,
995–996
migration and population
movements 717
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 749
Rome 993–994
social organization 1028,
1030, 1031, 1035–1036,
1038
sports and recreation
1055
trade and exchange 1106
war and conquest 1152
slave trade 990
sledges 1113, 1115
sleeping sickness. See try-
panosomiasis
slingers 382
slings
war and conquest 1134
weaponry and armor 1161,
1162 , 1171
sluicing 749
smallpox
health and disease 548
pandemics and epidemics
819, 820, 824
smelting process
metallurgy 679–681, 685
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 741
smokehouses 555–556
smoking (food storage) 1061,
1065, 1068
snares 579
Snefru (king of Egypt)
architecture 57
building techniques and
materials 153
climate and geography
239
literature 644
migration and population
movements 694
seafaring and navigation
953
Sobeknefru (king of Egypt)
393, 394

social collapse and abandon-
ment 998–1009
Africa 999–1000
Americas 1008–1009
Asia and the Pacifi c 1002–
1004
Egypt 1000–1001
Europe 1004–1005
Greece 1005–1006
Middle East 1001–1002
Rome 1006–1008
social complexity 35
social mobility 1015–1017,
1021, 1025–1026
social organization 1010–
1046. See also gender struc-
tures and roles
Africa 1010–1014, 1043–
1044
Americas 1039–1043
Asia and the Pacifi c 1023–
1027, 1045–1046
Egypt 1014–1018
Europe 1027–1031
Greece 1031–1035
Middle East 1018–1023
Rome 1035–1039
social status xxviii
children 197
clothing and footwear 279,
282, 284
crime and punishment
296, 297, 299, 300, 304
death and burial practices
319, 320, 322
economy 358
family 448, 457
gender structures and roles
501
science 942
social organization 1042–
1043
societies, secret 622
Socrates
agriculture 36
craft s 292
literature 660
religion and cosmology
857
resistance and dissent 878,
878 f
sod 158
soil 34, 36
Sokar 464
solar calendar 168, 173
solar radiation 237
solar year
inventions 594, 604
science 928
soldiers. See also armies
clothing and footwear 273,

(^27) 4, 276
economy 368, 370
foreigners and barbarians
485
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