1242 Index
bridges. See roads and bridges
Brigg raft 980
brine 1067
Britain
climate and geography 264
language 615–616
migration and population
movements 716
roads and bridges 883
social collapse and aban-
donment 1005
textiles and needlework
1083
British Isles
gender structures and roles
499
literature 654
brocades 1079
broch 72–73
bronze
art 88, 96, 104, 114, 116,
117
cities 218
climate and geography 256
craft s 285, 288–290
economy 361, 362
inventions 598, 599, 601
metallurgy 681, 682
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 741, 747
money and coinage 754,
760
science 922
Bronze Age
agriculture 29, 35
art 107–109
building techniques and
materials 157–158
ceramics and pottery 182,
183
climate and geography
257, 259
craft s 291
death and burial practices
318
economy 361–363
empires and dynasties
409–410
government organization
519
health and disease 550
household goods 566
metallurgy 684
migration and population
movements 702–703,
709, 711
mining, quarrying, and
sa lt ma k i ng 747, 74 8
music and musical instru-
ments 768–769
roads and bridges 888, 890
seafaring and navigation
957
settlement patterns 969
ships and shipbuilding
979
social collapse and aban-
donment 1005
storage and preservation
1064
textiles and needlework
1080
trade and exchange 1102–
1103
war and conquest 1141
weaponry and armor 1166,
1167
bronze duck weight 1175f
bronze statuary 686
bronze steelyard 1178f
bronze tools 35
brooches 6
brucellosis 825
Brutus, Lucius Junius 879
bubonic plague 819
Buccero ware 181f
Buddha
architecture 68
art 101–103, 101f
building techniques and
materials 155
empires and dynasties
402, 406
exploration 440
religion and cosmology
846 f, 847
resistance and dissent 870
sacred sites 902
Buddhism
architecture 68
art 102, 103
economy 358
exploration 440
foreigners and barbarians
487
religion and cosmology
845, 847, 849
social organization 1024
Buddhist epics 332
Buddhist monasteries 193
buff alo
economy 372
food and diet 481–482
Buhen, Egypt 208
buildings. See architecture
building techniques and ma-
terials 150–162
Africa 150–152, 151f
A mericas 161–162
architecture 78–79
Asia and the Pacifi c
155–157
cities 204, 206, 210,
21 2, 213, 216, 218, 221,
224–225
Egypt 152–154
Europe 157–158
Greece 158–160, 159f
Middle East 154–155, 154f
Rome 160 –161, 160f
science 922
Bulgaria 107
bullfi ghting 1053
bull jumper 1053f
bureaucracy
gender structures and roles
495
government organization
513–514
burial chambers 145
burial jade 1004f
burial mounds
architecture 86–87
astronomy 130
building techniques and
materials 162
burial practices. See death and
burial practices
Burma 768
Bushmen
agriculture 18
drama and theater 328–
329
employment and labor
425–426
exploration 436
household goods 561
hunting, fi shing, and
gathering 572
language 609–611
migration and population
movements 692, 693
religion and cosmology
833
sacred sites 898
war and conquest 1122
butchers 816
butter 478
buttresses 155
Byzantine Empire 143f
C
cacao beans
economy 373
food and diet 482
cacao chicha 482
Caecilius of Calacte. See
Archagathus
Caelius Apicius 480
caementum 160
Caesar, Julius
agriculture 41
architecture 78
astronomy 132
borders and frontiers 145
calendars and clocks 165,
169
children 197
cities 218–219, 221
climate and geography
263
crime and punishment
301
economy 369–370
empires and dynasties
409, 413–415
literature 654, 662
migration and population
movements 709
religion and cosmology 859
resistance and dissent 879
roads and bridges 888
scandals and corruption
914, 916, 917
science 944
seafaring and navigation
957
social organization 1029,
1046
cairns
death and burial practices
317, 318
sacred sites 902
Cairo 239, 241–242
cakravartin 730
calcei 281
calculation 804
calculus 804
Calendar Round 604
calendars and clocks 163–174
Africa 163–165, 164f
Americas 172–173
architecture 56
Asia and the Pacifi c
167–169
astronomy 124–126, 129,
132, 133
Eg y pt 165–166, 166f
Europe 169–170
festivals 463–465
Greece 170–171
inventions 594, 601, 604
Middle East 166, 167
Rome 171–172
science 925, 928, 939, 944,
948
Calendars of Lucky and Un-
lucky Days 777
calendar temple 133
Caligula (emperor of Rome)
drama and theater 337
economy 370
empires and dynasties 415
gender structures and roles
502
scandals and corruption
917
Calippus 171
call and response 328, 330
calligraphy
art 103
writing 1187
Callimachus 659
Cambodia
drama and theater 332–333
foreigners and barbarians
486–487
literature 651
camels
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 576
t ra nspor tat ion 1111, 1113,
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