1260 IndexKalibangan 218
kami
religion and cosmology
845
sacred sites 901
Kamose (king of Egypt) 393
Kan ̣āda 934
Kanem-Borno culture 92
Karasuk culture 704
karma
religion and cosmology
846
social organization 1023
Karmah
employment and labor 426
metallurgy 678
military 725
religion and cosmology 834
Karnak, temple of 59, 60
Kasos (island) 260
Kassite Dynasty
art 99
empires and dynasties
397–398
katachusma 455
kataginu 277
kathoey 498
kayaks 983–984
Keating, Geoff rey 478
Kerma, kingdom of
architecture 55
cities 204
death and burial practices
312 , 313
empires and dynasties 391
migration and population
movements 691
khapusa 278
khar 348
Khārga Oasis 242
Khasehkemwy (king of Egypt)
94
khent-hen-nefer 141
Khentika 349
kher 753
Khoikhoi people
clothing and footwear 273
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 788
Khoisan people. See Bushmen
Khufu (king of Egypt)
architecture 57
climate and geography 243
death and burial practices
314
kick-ball races 1058
kidnapping 194
Kilburn sword 599
Kilimanjaro, Mount 238
kilns
ceramics and pottery 177
metallurgy 684
kingdoms
borders and frontiers
145 –14 6
economy 362empires and dynasties
405–406
government organization
508, 536
kings
gender structures and roles
495
government organization
522–523, 526, 527, 530,
537, 538
laws and legal codes 624,
630–631
military 730
social organization 1021,
1022, 1027, 1028, 1030
sports and recreation 1051
kingships
government organization
508, 511–517, 536
resistance and dissent
872–873
social organization 1014
kinship groups
gender structures and roles
494
socia l organization 1010,
1012, 1032–1034, 1039–
1040, 1042
Kintampo people
agriculture 18
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 573
K ish 14 2–143
kitchen middens 577
kithara 770f, 772
kitharistēs 383
klinē 567
knights 1037
knitting 1082
knives, throwing 1162
Knossos palace
architecture 74, 75
building techniques and
materials 158, 159f
economy 363
gender structures and roles
500
Knowth tomb 169
knucklebones 1051
Kofun Period 430
Koguryo 405, 406
kohl 5, 7
kómai 1005
Kon-Tiki 975
korai/kouroi 111, 112
Korea
architecture 69
ceramics and pottery 179,
180
craft s 291
education 381
household goods 565
inventions 598
language 614
laws and legal codes 626
literature 652metallurgy 682
music and musical instru-
ments 767, 768
religion and cosmology 845
resistance and dissent
875–876
settlement patterns 968
social collapse and aban-
donment 1003
war and conquest 1140
Korean Peninsula
climate and geography 249
clothing and footwear 277
Kotosh 86
Krakatoa volcano 250–251
Kshatriya caste
military 730
social organization 1023–
1024
ku 277
kudurrus 99
Kullab mound 212
Kumāragupta (king of India)
403
!Kung 572, 573
Kurgan theory 703
kurios 454
Kush
art 90–91
astronomy 124
building techniques and
materials 151
ceramics and pottery 175
cities 204
craft s 285
death and burial practices
312
economy 345
empires and dynasties
390–391
employment and labor 426
government organization
510
household goods 562
illumination 584
metallurgy 678
migration and population
movements 691, 696, 697
military 725–726
religion and cosmology
834
scandals and corruption
909–910
science 924
social collapse and aban-
donment 999–1000
sports and recreation 1047
storage and preservation
1062
trade and exchange 1096
war and conquest 1123–
1125
Kushite pharaohs 1124–1125
Kwa nzaa
drama and theater 329
festivals 462Kyūshū, Japan
ceramics and pottery 179
climate and geography 250L
labor. See employment and
labor
laborers 349
labor tax 351
Laertius, Diogenes 171
Lago de Nicaragua 267
Lahun, El- 964
Lamashtu 191
lamassus 214
laments 645
Lamian War 413
lamps
household goods 562, 568,
569
illumination 585–591,
586 f, 589 f, 591 f
land 343, 348, 365, 368
land boundaries 23
land bridge
exploration 445–446
migration and population
movements 720
landholdings, agricultural 39
landmarks 952–955, 960
land navigation 257–258
landowners
agriculture 43
borders and frontiers 142
employment and labor 431
settlement patterns 972
social organization 1012,
1020, 1036, 1037
land redistribution 348–349
landslide 780
land surveying 1174–1175
land use and allocation 343
language 609–621
Africa 609–611, 610f
Americas 619–620
Asia and the Pacifi c 613–
615, 614f
Eg y pt 611–612
Europe 615–617
Greece 617–618, 617f
inventions 594–595
Middle East 612–613, 613f
migration and population
movements 690
Rome 618–619
writing 1184
Lanzón 121–122
Laozi 848, 849
lapis lazuli 743, 746
Lapita culture 316
Lapps 689
laquer 102
Lascaux Cave
art 106
textiles and needlework
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