1280 Index
stonemasonry
craft s 293, 294
inventions 604
stone panel
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 744f
scandals and corruption
912 f
stone sculpture 88, 91, 120
stone tools 564
stone vessels 286
stone walls 144
stools 563, 568
storage and preservation
1061–1071
Africa 1062–1063
agriculture 28
Americas 1070–1071
Asia and the Pacifi c 1065–
1066
Egypt 1063–1064
Europe 1066–1067
Greece 1067–1069
Middle East 1064–1065
Rome 1069–1070
storehouses 1063–1065
“Story of Sinuhe, Th e”
death and burial practices
314
literature 646
migration and population
movements 697–698
storytelling
drama and theater 328, 333
literature 639
Strabo
architecture 65
children 190
climate and geography
269–270
government organization
509
migration and population
movements 709
storage and preservation
1063
strategos 529
strategy
military 727
war and conquest 1122,
1138, 1150
Strato 938
streets. See also roads and
bridges
cities 218, 223, 229
illumination 591
string 762, 765–768, 771
Structure EVII (Mayan edi-
fi ce) 85
stucco 160
stupas
architecture 68–69
art 102
building techniques and
materials 155–156
sacred sites 902
subligaculum 281
sub-Saharan Africa
agriculture 17–18
architecture 53
economy 342, 343, 345
empires and dynasties 388
government organization
511
migration and population
movements 692
science 923
subsistence (economic level)
341, 359, 360
subsistence diet 575
succession
government organization
515
resistance and dissent 873
Sudra caste
craft s 289
economy 358
Suetonius
gender structures and roles
502
sports and recreation
1059–1060
suicide 320
Sumatra 250
Sumer
agriculture 28–29
architecture 60–64
art 98
astronomy 126
borders and frontiers 142
calendars and clocks 167
clothing and footwear 276
economy 350–352
education 379, 380
exploration 438
language 612
migration and population
movements 699
military 728
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 744
numbers and counting
800
science 929
settlement patterns 966
social organization 1019
t ra nspor tat ion 1113–1114
war and conquest 1122
weaponry and armor 1164
writing 1185–1186
Sumerian cuneiform writing
597
Sumerian language 496
sumpweed 48
sun 584, 585
sundials
astronomy 132
calendars and clocks 164–
165, 170 –172
sun drying 174
sunfl owers 48
Sun Gate 386
sunlight management 584–
586
Sun Temple 584
Sun Tzu
military 737–738
war and conquest 1138
Sun Wagon 108–109
sun worship 900
supernatural phenomena
946
supernovae 128
superstition 921
surfi ng 1052
surgery
health and disease 549,
552
science 936, 944
survey archaeology 36
surveying, land 1174–1175
sutras 625
Swahili Coast 205
Swazi tribe 494
sweat houses 556
Sweet Track
inventions 600
roads and bridges 888
swimming 1049
swineherds 257
swords
inventions 599
military 734
weaponry and armor 1163,
116 4, 1165f, 1166, 1167
sykophantes 629
symbolic writing 386
symbolism
art 97–98
religion and cosmology
833
Symmachus, Quintus Aure-
lius 880, 881f
symposiums 501
synoikiai 77
synoikismos 223
syphilis
health and disease 555
pandemics and epidemics
828, 829
Syr Darya River 248
Syria 1088–1089
syssitia
government organization
530
social organization 1034
Sythia 792f, 794
T
Ta’akha Maryam palace 54
tabby weave 1076
tables 567, 568
Tablets of Destiny 842
tableware
ceramics and pottery 184
household goods 569
tablinum 81
taboos
crime and punishment
297
death and burial practices
311
Tabu-utul-Bêl 556–557
Tac it u s
climate and geography 256
clothing and footwear 279
family 461
literature 664
migration and population
movements 709–710, 723
sacred sites 903
scandals and corruption
914–915
social organization 1030
tactics
military 729, 732–734, 736
war and conquest 1139,
1154
weaponry and armor 1169
Ta fi neq 1184
Taharqa, pyramid of 55
Tai Shan 901
talc 743
talent (gold weight value)
economy 365
money and coinage 755
weights and measures
1175, 1176
“Tale of Sinuhe, Th e.” See
“Story of Sinuhe, Th e”
“Tale of the Eloquent Peasant,
Th e” 646–647, 668–669
“Tale of Woe” 698
tally symbols 798, 802
Ta l mud
drama and theater 331
education 380
talud-tablero
architecture 83
cities 232
Tamalimba people 925
tambourines 772
tangible goods 346
Tanit 834f
Tantamani (king of Egypt)
empires and dynasties 391,
395
military 726
war and conquest 1125,
1130
Taoi sm. See Daoism
tapers 585
tapestries 1076f, 1077, 1081
tarentine 281
Tarin Basin 704
taro 30, 33
Tarquinius Priscus (king of
Rome)
cities 202
empires and dynasties 407,
414
employment and labor 433
sacred sites 906
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