1248 IndexDarius I (continued)
crime and punishment 299
economy 354
empires and dynasties
396, 400, 400f, 401
government organization
518
migration and populations
movements 702
money and coinage 755
roads and bridges 883
scandals and corruption
915
war and conquest 1138
Darius III (king of Persia)
art 100
cities 214
empires and dynasties 401,
412
foreigners and barbarians
485
Dark Ages
building techniques and
materials 158
war and conquest 1146
daughters-in-law 498
David (king of Israel) 400
Dead Sea 245
De agri cultura (Marcus
Porcius Cato)
agriculture 40
food and diet 480
death and burial practices
xxvi, 311–327
adornment 14
A f r ica 312–313, 312f
Americas 321–323, 321f
Asia and the Pacifi c 316–
317, 316f, 325–326
ceramics and pottery 185
cities 219
clothing and footwear 283,
284
death and burial practices
315
Eg y pt 313 –314, 314f,
323–324
Eu rope 317–319, 318f
Greece 319–320, 319f
Midd le East 314 –316,
324–325
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 794
religion and cosmology
833, 849, 862
Rome 320–321, 326
social organization 1018
death masks 120
death penalty 298, 299, 303,
304
deben
economy 348
money and coinage 753
weights and measures
1175
debt 369debt bondage 988, 991
debt bondsman 993
decans 928
De causis plantarum (On the
Causes of Plants) (Th eo-
phrastus) 36
decimal system
numbers and counting
799, 801, 802
science 927–928
decoration
art 103–104
ceramics and pottery 177,
178, 182
clothing and footwear 279
household goods 568
numbers and counting
803
decumanus 226
De divinatione (Cicero) 945
deep drilling 746
deforestation 256, 257
Deir el-Medina
architecture 60
children 190
cities 208
employment and labor 427
deities. See gods/goddesses
Dejbjerg carriages 1117
Delphi
climate and geography 259
migration and population
movements 713
sacred sites 904
De materia medica (Pedanius
Dioscorides) 554
demes
borders and frontiers 146
social organization 1033–
1034
Demeter 40
demiourgoi 364
democracy
government organization
528
laws and legal codes 628
Democritus 857
demoi 1092
Demosthenes 412
denarius
economy 369
money and coinage 760
Dendera Temple complex 22
Denmark 1005
dentistry/dental health 548,
550, 553
De rerum natura (On the Na-
ture of Th ings) (Lucretius)
132
derricks 746
Description of Greece (Pausa-
nias) 271
deserts
borders and frontiers 141,
14 2
settlement patterns 963desiccation 779
devaraja 487
devil’s number 805
dharmas 846
dhoti 278
Diagnostic Handbook 549
dialogue 645–646
diamonds 746
Dian culture 1003–1004
diaspora xxvii, 700
dice 1051–1053, 1058
dictators 533
didgeridoo 768
dies 758–759, 761
diet
health and disease 548, 551
pandemics and epidem-
ics 825
dietary restrictions 838
dikai demosiai 628
dikes
agriculture 20–21
cities 222, 226
dinara 757
Diocletian (emperor of Rome)
borders and frontiers 148
economy 370
empires and dynasties 413,
417
employment and labor 434
government organization
534
laws and legal codes 630
money and coinage 760
religion and cosmology 861
resistance and dissent 880
scandals and corruption
917
social collapse and aban-
donment 1007
trade and exchange 1107
t ra nspor tat ion 1118
Diogenes 273
Diolkos
roads and bridges 889
seafaring and navigation
957
Dionysia (dramatic festival)
468–469
Dionysus 334
diphros 567
diploidion 281
discus (lamp top) 590, 591
disease. See health and disease;
pandemics and epidemics
disenfranchisement 365
disgrace 298
dissent. See resistance and
dissent
Dissignac site 129
divination
astronomy 127
literature 641
religion and cosmology
833
science 925divorce
family 447, 449–451, 454,
455
social organization 1017
Diwali 466
Djoser (king of Egypt)
architecture 56–57
art 96, 97
building techniques and
materials 152–153
craft s 286
death and burial practices
314
economy 350
empires and dynasties
392, 393
foreigners and barbarians
484
migration and population
movements 695
natural disasters 777
sports and recreation 1048
Dogmatists 554
dogs 573, 577, 579
dolmens 902
Dolní Věstonice cave 181
domes 65
domesticated animals. See
animals, domesticated
domestic dwellings
architecture 55, 60, 64,
69–72, 77, 81–82
cities 230
towns and villages 1090
domus
architecture 81
towns and villages 1093
Dongson culture 1003–1004
donkeys
agriculture 38
t ra nspor tat ion 1113
doors 152, 155
Dordogne Valley, France
astronomy 129
migration and population
movements 708
Dorian people
clothing and footwear 279
migration and population
movements 711
Doric style 76, 77
Doric tunic 279, 281
dowries
economy 364
family 447, 450, 455
Dowris Hoard 768, 769
drachma
economy 365
money and coinage 755
weights and measures
1180
Draco
crime and punishment
302
laws and legal codes 628
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