Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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numbers and counting 797


occupations 807


pandemics and epidemics 819


religion and cosmology 831


resistance and dissent 869


roads and bridges 882


Vo lu m e I V


sacred sites 897


scandals and corruption 908


science 921


seafaring and navigation 952


settlement patterns 961


ships and shipbuilding 974


slaves and slavery 985


social collapse and abandonment 998


social organization 1010
sports and recreation 1047
storage and preservation 1061
textiles and needlework 1073
towns and villages 1085
trade and exchange 1095
transportation 1110
war and conquest 1121
weaponry and armor 1161
weights and measures 1172
writing 1183

Glossary 1195
Chronology by Region 1220
General Bibliography 1231
Index 1235
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