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Hedwig on, 466f, 467– 468

Hooke’s observations of, 323

life cycle of, 480– 481, 481f

Linnaeus classification of, 465– 466

reproduction stages of

asexual, 465– 466, 466f

sexual, 467– 468, 467f

sexual structures of, 480, 481f

spores in, asexual, 466

sporophyte of, dependent, 480

Mother Earth, 289– 292

Mother Nature, 289– 292

“Mother of the Mountains,” 142– 143, 144f

motile sperm cells, 480

Mount Carmel, Valley of the Caves, 30– 31, 30f

mouse, house (Mus musculus) spread, in

Çatalhüyük, 56, 67n55

Mugharet el- Wad cave, sedentism and, 30, 30f

Muhammad. See also Islam; Quran

date growers and, 278– 280

mulberries, 170, 180n63

Mule, Fairchild’s, 361– 362, 371

Mycenaeans, 138, 175n3

art of, Minoan influences on, 168– 174,

170 f– 171f, 173f

identif ying , 167– 168

myrrh, Saba, 271

Myrrha or Smyrna (Myrrh tree), 191, 192f

Myrrhina (Little Myrtle), 191– 192

mystical plants and Aegean nature goddesses.

See goddesses, Aegean nature

“Mystic Rose,” Mary as, 301– 303, 304f, 320n41

Nabatean Agriculture (Ibn Wahshiyya), grafting

rituals of, 299– 300, 319n31

Nadler, Stephen, 439

Nammu, 88, 102

Narcissus, 196

Natufians

figurines of, 40, 41f

as sedentary hunter- gatherers, first, 31– 33, 31t,

64– 65n8

Natura, 290– 291

Natural History (Pliny), 241– 243

The Natural History of the Arbor Vitae, or the

Tree of Life (Stretzer), 380, 384– 385

The Natural History of the Frutex Vulvaria or

Flowering Shrub (Stretzer), 385, 402n15

The Natural History of the Soul (La Mettrie), 381

naturalism. See also specific individuals

and topics

herbals and return to, 286

rebirth of, 14th c., 309– 311, 310f– 311f,

312 f– 313 f

natural laws, 210

nature philosophy (naturphilosophie). See also

Germany, 19th c. nature philosophers;

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang

detractors on, 462

Schelling’s, 438– 439

Nature’s Second Kingdom (Delaporte), 405

Naturphilosophie, 430, 435

Nausicaa, 193

Nawaschin, Sergius, 489

nearsightedness, 495n7

nectar robbing, 426, 429n50

Neo- Assyria, rise of, 120– 122, 120f

Neolithic Europe (6, 800– 3,200 BCE). See also

specific topics

agriculture transition in, 72

ceramic technology in, 69, 83n1

crop plant East– West migration in, 70

founder crops and livestock animals in, 69

plant- female iconography in, 69– 84 (see also

iconography, plant- female, Neolithic

Eu rope)

social organization of, egalitarian, 69

time period for, 72

women- associated industries in, 69

Neoplatonism, 291, 318n10

New Improvements in Planting and

Gardening: Both Philosophical and

Practical (Bradley), 361– 362

Nicolaus of Damascus, De Plantis, 243– 246,

249nn30– 34, 251, 372

Nicotiana, Koelreuter’s hybridization of,

416, 417f

Nilsson, M. P., 159

The Nine Years War, 337, 347n36

Ninhursag (“Lady of the Foothills”), 102– 104

Ninkasi (goddess of beer- making), 105

Ninmu (goddess of plants), 102, 103f, 104

Ninnisaga (goddess of mountain

vegetation), 104

Ninshebargunu (goddess of barley), 105

Ninsikil, 102