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Locators in boldface indicate
main entries. Locators fol-
lowed by f indicate fi gures.
Locators followed by m indi-
cate maps.
A
abacus
inventions 603
numbers and counting
804
abakweta ceremony 189
Aborigines
agriculture 33
climate and geography 252
drama and theater 333
government organization
523–524
weaponry and armor 1166
About the Ocean (Pytheas of
Massilia) 443
Abraham
cities 213
migration and population
movements 699
absenteeism 427
Abu Ghurob temple 58–59
Abu Hureyra 1088–1089
Abu Simbel
architecture 58, 59f
building techniques and
materials 153
climate and geography
243 f
hymn 1185f
Abusir papyrus 347
Abyssinia. See Ethiopia
abzu 211
Achaemenid Dynasty
agriculture 29
architecture 64
art 100
ceramics and pottery 179
craft s 289
death and burial practices
315
economy 354
empires and dynasties 400
government organization
518–519
illumination 587
language 612, 613
numbers and counting 801
t ra nspor tat ion 1114f
war and conquest 1134
weaponry and armor 1164,
1165
Acqua Marcia aqueduct 261
acrophonic system 803
Acropolis 159
actors 328, 332, 335–337
acupuncture 550
Adena culture
architecture 87
burial mounds 119
education 386
empires and dynasties
418–419
religion and cosmology
862–863
textiles and needlework
1084
trade and exchange 1108
Admonitions of Ipuwer, Th e
literature 645
social collapse and aban-
donment 1000
adobe bricks 162
Adoptive Emperors Era
(Rome) 416
adornment 3–15
Africa 4
Americas 13f
Asia and the Pacifi c 8–9, 8f
children 195–197
Egypt 4–6, 5f
Europe 9–11, 10f
Greece 11–12 , 11f
Middle East 6–7, 7f
Rome 12–13, 12f
adultery
crime and punishment
297, 298
family 449, 450
gender structures and roles
498
adulthood
children 187–189
education 376–377
festivals 468
gender structures and roles
493
social organization 1016
adze 810f
aedes 906
aediles 532
Aegean Islands
agriculture 33, 35
climate and geography 260
migration and population
movements 711
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 747
Aegean Sea
climate and geography 258
seafaring and navigation
958 f
Aegina Island 260
Aeneid (Virgil)
empires and dynasties 390
literature 663, 674
aeolipyle 433
aerarium 368
aerarium militare 370
Aeschines 919–920
Aeschylus
drama and theater 334,
335
literature 659
Aesculapius 554
Aesir 851–852
Aesop 660
Afanasevo people 703, 704
Africa. See also North Africa;
sub-Saharan Africa
adornment 4
agriculture 16–20, 17f
architecture 53–56
art 88–93, 90f
astronomy 124
borders and frontiers
14 0 –141
building techniques and
materials 150–152, 151f
calendars and clocks 163–
165, 16 4f
ceramics and pottery
174–176, 175f
children 187–189, 188f
cities 202–205
climate and geography
234, 235–238, 236f,
269–270
clothing and footwear
272–274, 273f
craft s 285–286
crime and punishment
296–297
death and burial practices
312–313, 312f
drama and theater 328–
329
economy 342–346
education 376–377
empires and dynasties
388–391, 422–423
employment and labor
425–426
exploration 436–437
family 447–449
festivals 462–463, 463f
food and diet 472–474,
473 f
foreigners and barbarians
483–484
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