Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

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Hittite Empire borders and frontiers 143 economy 353 empires and dynasties 399–400 employment and labor 428 migration and population movements 701 military 728 social organization 1021 war and conquest 1132 Hjortspring boat 980 hoards 761 Hochdorf 219, 220 hockey 1054f hoes 39 Hohmichele 219, 220 Hohokam culture foreigners and barbarians 491 towns and villages 1094 Hokan language 620 Hokkaidō, Japan 250 Holi 466 Holocene Epoch climate and geography 254, 255 natural disasters 776 Holy Land 486 Homer. See also Iliad; Odyssey climate and geography 257–259, 262, 263 craft s 293 crime and punishment 302 death and burial practices 320, 326 economy 363–364 education 382 exploration 442 foreigners and barbarians 488 laws and legal codes 628 literature 655–656 money and coinage 759 music and musical instru- ments 769 scandals and corruption 915 social organization 1031– 1032 war and conquest 1146 weaponry and armor 1168, 1169 Homeric Age 1031–1032 homes/houses. See domestic dwellings Homo erectus 702 homoioi 1034 Homo neanderthalensis 436 Homo sapiens exploration 436 hunting, fi shing, and gath- ering 572 language 609

migration and population movements 702, 707–708 settlement patterns 972 homosexuality 498, 499 honey agriculture 38, 42 economy 374 food and diet 474 Hongshan culture cities 216 death and burial practices 317 social collapse and aban- donment 1003 Honorius (emperor of Rome) 417–418 Honshū, Japan 250 Hopewell Indians adornment 14 agriculture 48 architecture 87 art 119 ceramics and pottery 185 death and burial practices 322 education 386 empires and dynasties 418–419 festivals 470 foreigners and barbarians 490–491 government organization 538–539 religion and cosmology 863 sacred sites 907 social collapse and aban- donment 1008–1009 trade and exchange 1108 hoplites government organization 527 military 733 war and conquest 1147 weaponry and armor 1168, 1169 hoplitodromos 1054, 1055 Horace 663, 673–674 Horemheb (king of Egypt) economy 349 laws and legal codes 623 resistance and dissent 872 scandals and corruption 910 horn (musical instrument) 768–769 Hornstaad-Hörnle 34, 35 horoi 146 Horologion of Andronicus 171 horoscopes astronomy 126, 127 science 940 Horse Period (Africa) 1122– 1123 horses agriculture 38

death and burial practices 317 military 729, 732 t ra nspor tat ion 1110 –1111, 1113, 1114, 1116, 1116f, 1119 horseshoes 1119 horticulture 24 Horus 329f hospitals 549, 550 hostility 482 hot springs 903 Hottentot people 788 household altars 591–592 household goods 560–571 Africa 561–562, 562f Americas 569–571 Asia and the Pacifi c 564–565 Egypt 562–563, 563f Europe 565–567 Greece 567–568, 567f Middle East 563–564 Rome 568–569, 569f Hoxne hoard coins 1007f Huaca de la Luna children 198 cities 233 Huaca del Sol building techniques and materials 162 cities 233 Huaca Prieta site art 121 textiles and needlework 1083 towns and villages 1095 Huang River. See Ye l l ow River Hubei Basin settlements 31 human rights 298 human sacrifi ce. See sacrifi ce, human humors, theory of health and disease 552, 553 science 940–941 Hundred and Four (governing body) 390 Hundred-Column Hall 214 Hungary 107 Huns 382 hunting, fi shing, and gather- ing 571–582 Africa 572–573 agriculture 15, 18, 24, 26, 30, 31 Americas 581–582, 582f Asia and the Pacifi c 576–577 death and burial practices 321 economy 342, 344, 355, 359 education 382 Egypt 573–575, 574f

employment and labor 425, 430–431 Europe 577–578, 578f exploration 436 food and diet 472, 473, 476–477, 481 gender structures and roles 493, 503 government organization 507, 535 Greece 579f household goods 564–566 hunting, fi shing, and gath- ering 571 illumination 584 Middle East 575–576, 575f migration and population movements 690, 692, 698, 702, 720 natural disasters 778–779 nomadic and pastoral soci- eties 791, 793 pandemics and epidem- ics 828 Rome 580–581 settlement patterns 966 social organization 1027 sports and recreation 1051 storage and preservation 1061 Hurrian people 701 hurricanes 266 husbands 498 huts architecture 69–70 building techniques and materials 150–152, 155 Hydaspes River, Battle of 1138 hydraulic systems 604 hydraulis 769, 772 hygiene adornment 13 health and disease 551 Hyksos people 701 hymns literature 642, 646 music and musical instru- ments 767 Hymn to Goddess Earth 50–51 Hymn to the Nile 49 Hypostyle Hall 60 Hywel Dda 525

I iambus 657–658 Iberian Peninsula cities 222 climate and geography 252 empires and dynasties 408–409 language 617 Ica Valley 86

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