Index 1247migration and population
movements 712, 713
seafaring and navigation
957
corn. See also maize; teosinte
agriculture 21, 45–46
food and diet 482
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 777, 796
science 922
Corpus Hippocraticum 552
corroborees 333
corruption. See scandals and
corruption
Corsica 263
corvée
economy 351–353, 372–
373
employment and labor 428
social organization 1015
cosmetics
adornment 3–6, 8–9, 12,
13
inventions 594
cosmology. See religion and
cosmology
Costa Rica 14
costumes
drama and theater 335
festivals 471
Cotopaxi volcano 267
cotton
economy 373
textiles and needlework
1074, 1075, 1077, 1079,
1081, 1082
couches 568
coulter 36
council 528
Council of Areopagus 302
Council of Nicea 861
counting. See numbers and
counting
counting words 803
courts
laws and legal codes 623–
625, 627, 630
scandals and corruption
917
courtyards 77
couvre-feu 583
cowpea 19–20
cowrie shells
economy 346
employment and labor
429 f
money and coinage 752,
757
craft s 284–296
Africa 285–286
Americas 294–296
Asia and the Pacifi c 289–
291, 290f
Egypt 286–288, 287f
Europe 291–292
Greece 292–293Middle East 288–289, 288f
Rome 293–294, 293f
craft smen. See also artisans
employment and labor
428, 431, 432
occupations 811
social organization 1016,
1017
cranial deformation
children 197, 198
social organization 1042–
1043
crannogs 158
Crawford Cup 1105f
creation myths. See also spe-
cifi c myths, e.g.: Egyptian
Legend of the Creation
drama and theater 329
literature 649
numbers and counting 806
religion and cosmology
836–837
sacred sites 899
science 947
credit 760
cremat ion 313, 316, 318, 319
Crete
ceramics and pottery 182,
183
climate and geography 260
gender structures and roles
500
natural disasters 775
crime and punishment
296–308
Africa 296–297
Americas 305
Asia and the Pacifi c 300–
301, 306–307
Egypt 297–299, 298f
Europe 301–302
Greece 302–303
laws and legal codes 624,
625, 627
Middle East 299–300,
305 –30 6
Rome 303–305, 304f, 307
slaves and slavery 988
criminal codes 297
criminals 749
Crisis of the Th ird Century
370
Criton 12
Croesus (king of Lydia)
climate and geography 259
hunting, fi shing and gath-
ering 579
money and coinage 755
crop domestication
inventions 593
science 922
crop rotation 38
crops
agriculture 19, 29–30, 33,
38, 45
food and diet 472, 473crossbows 1166
crowns
adornment 10
government organization
512
crucifi xion 303, 304f
Crucuno site 130
cubicula 81
cubit
numbers and counting
798
weights and measures
1173–1175
Cuicuilco 783
cultivation 575
cults
cities 207
religion and cosmology
861
cult sites 222
cult statues 841
cultural metropolis 214
Cumae 712
Cuncator. See Fabius Maxi-
mus
cuneiform tablets
astronomy 127
education 379f
cuneiform writing system
cities 212
economy 350
education 379
inventions 597
language 612, 613
w rit i ng 1183, 1185 –1186
cup (Roman) 1181f
curia 228
Curl Nose (ruler of Tikal) 420
Curse of Agade, Th e 212
curse tablets
death and burial practices
320, 321
religion and cosmology
856
customs duties 367
Cybele, cult of 861
Cyclades Islands
climate and geography 260
ships and shipbuilding
980–981
Cycladic culture
architecture 74
art 110
cycles, seasonal
calendars and clocks
172–173
numbers and counting
805–806
cylinder seals
architecture 60–61
art 99
drama and theater 331
Cyprus
agriculture 33
climate and geography
246, 247Cypselus (tyrant of Corinth)
410
Cyrene 713
Cyropaedia (Th e Education of
Cyrus) (Xenophon) 380
Cyrus the Great (king of
Persia)
cities 214
education 380
empires and dynasties
398, 400, 411
exploration 439
government organization
518
migration and population
movements 700, 702
money and coinage 755
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 791
resistance and dissent 873
scandals and corruption
911
social organization 1023
war and conquest 1134
Cyrus the younger (prince of
Persia)
empires and dynasties 401
migration and population
movements 714D
Dacia, kingdom of 416
dactylic hexameter 661
daggers 1163, 1166, 1167
dairy products
food and diet 478, 479
storage and preservation
1064, 1068
Dakhla Oasis 242
damask weave 1082
dams
agriculture 20–21, 28
climate and geography
240
natural disasters 779
dancing
drama and theater 328,
330–332, 334, 338
festivals 466
sports and recreation 1051
“dancing dwarf ” 331
Danube River 253
danzantes 85
dao 1165
Daoism
gender structures and roles
497, 498
literature 651
religion and cosmology
848–849
Dardanelles strait 246
Darius I (king of Persia)
agriculture 29
architecture 63f, 64
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