numbers and counting 797
occupations 807
pandemics and epidemics 819
religion and cosmology 831
resistance and dissent 869
roads and bridges 882Vo 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 998social 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 1183Glossary 1195
Chronology by Region 1220
General Bibliography 1231
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