Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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Hellenistic Period agriculture 37, 39 a r t 112–113 building techniques and materials 160 ceramics and pottery 183 craft s 292 education 384 gender structures and roles 496 inventions 600 literature 659 migration and population movements 714 military 733 mining, quarrying, and salt making 748 money and coinage 755, 760 religion and cosmology 857 seafaring and navigation 955 social collapse and aban- donment 1006 weaponry and armor 1169 weights and measures 1176 helmets art 108, 117 clothing and footwear 276, 279 religion and cosmology 851 f weaponry and armor 1163–1165 helots agriculture 38 foreigners and barbarians 488–489 government organization 530 Helvetii people 709 hemp clothing and footwear 277 economy 373 textiles and needlework 1079, 1080 hen (Egyptian price unit) economy 348 money and coinage 753 henna 5, 9 heortai 468 Hephaestus 292 Heptastadion Dike 209, 226 Heqaib stela 900f Hera 455 Heracleopolis 1124 herbal medicine 550, 551, 556 herbs adornment 5 agriculture 42 food and diet 482 hunting, fi shing, and gath- ering 580

herding agriculture 33, 34 nomadic and pastoral societies 787, 787f, 788 social organization 1012 herdsmen 787f, 789 Herdsmen Period (Africa) 1122 hereditary chiefs 511 hereditary kings government organization 515, 518 social organization 1030 hereditary organizations. See phratries hereditary posts 1014 hereditary rulers 508 Hermes a r t 111f craft s 293 death and burial practices 320 Hermopolis religion and cosmology 837 war and conquest 1123– 1124 herms 292–293 Herodotus calendars and clocks 167, 171 children 189 climate and geography 257, 260 clothing and footwear 273 death and burial practices 323–324 education 383 empires and dynasties 409 family 459 foreigners and barbarians 482–484 gender structures and roles 504 government organization 510 health and disease 547 literature 658 migration and population movements 723–724 scandals and corruption 915 science 950 social organization 1043– 1044 textiles and needlework 1081 war and conquest 1145, 1156 Herod the Great (king of Judea) 486 Herondas children 199–200 cities 209–210 Hero of Alexandria inventions 601 science 942

Herophilus health and disease 553 science 941 Hesiod agriculture 36 astronomy 129, 133 calendars and clocks 170 employment and labor 431–432 government organization 527 laws and legal codes 628 literature 656, 657 pandemics and epidem- ics 826 religion and cosmology 856 scandals and corruption 915 seafaring and navigation 958 storage and preservation 1068 hetaerae 501 Heunebury 219 Heyerdahl, Th or exploration 446 foreigners and barbarians 484 ships and shipbuilding 975 Hierakonpolis art 94 cities 206 hierarchical societies 1013, 1042 hieratic script numbers and counting 800 writing 1185 hieroglyphs education 377 inventions 595 language 611–612 literature 642, 647 writing 1183–1185, 1192 hill forts agriculture 36 cities 219 social organization 1029 Hill of Tara 903 hilltop fortress 231 hilltop settlements climate and geography 261 economy 362 Himalayas borders and frontiers 144 climate and geography 248–249 himations 279, 281 Himiko (queen of Japan) empires and dynasties 406 government organization 522 military 730 money and coinage 758 religion and cosmology 845

resistance and dissent 875 scandals and corruption 913 social organization 1026 Himilco 437 Hindu culture calendars and clocks 168 ceramics and pottery 180 festivals 466 health and disease 549– 550 Hinduism education 381 family 452 foreigners and barbarians 487 literature 650 religion and cosmology 846 sacred sites 902 slaves and slavery 989 Hindu Kush Mountain Range 248 Hipparchus (tyrant of Athens) 410–411 Hipparchus of Nicaea astronomy 131 calendars and clocks 166, 171 Hippocrates health and disease 552, 559–560 inventions 601 numbers and counting 804 science 940 Hippocratic Corpus 940, 941 Hippocratic medicine 548, 549 Hippocratic oath 552 Hippodamus of Miletus 223 hipposandals 891f Historiae (Tacitus) 664 Historia naturalis (Pliny the Elder) 827 Historia plantarum (Th eo- phrastus) 36 Histories, Th e (Herodotus) death and burial practices 323–324 migration and population movements 723–724 scandals and corruption 915 science 950 social organization 1043– 1044 textiles and needlework 1081 war and conquest 1156 Histories of Polybius, Th e (Polybius) 1159–1160 History of Ireland, Th e (Keat- ing) 478 History of the Peloponnesian War (Th ucydides) 711

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