Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World

(Sean Pound) #1
Index 1265

children 190–192, 191f,
198–199
cities 210–214, 211f
climate and geography
244–247
clothing and footwear
275–277, 276f
craft s 288–289
crime and punishment
299–300, 305–306
death and burial practices
314 –316, 324 –325
drama and theater 330–
331, 331f
economy 350–355, 351f
education 378–380, 379f
empires and dynasties
396–401, 400f, 423
employment and labor
427–428
exploration 438–440
family 450–451, 451f,
458–459
festivals 464–465
food and diet 475–476
foreigners and barbarians
485–486, 486f
gender structures and roles
496–497, 504
government organization
514–519, 516m
health and disease 548–
549, 556–558
household goods 563–564
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 575–576, 575f
illumination 586–587,
586 f
inventions 596–597, 597f
language 612–613
laws and legal codes 624–
625, 633–635
literature 647–649,
669–671
metallurgy 680–681
migration and population
movements 698–702
military 728–730
mining, quarrying, and
sa lt ma k i ng 74 4 –745
money and coinage
754–756
music and musical instru-
ments 765–766
natural disasters 777–778,
785
numbers and counting
800–801
occupations 810–811
pandemics and epidemics
822–823
religion and cosmology
840–844, 867
resistance and dissent
872–873
roads and bridges 885–886

sacred sites 900–901
scandals and corruption
911–912
science 929–932
seafaring and navigation
954–955
settlement patterns
966–967
ships and shipbuilding
977–978
slaves and slavery 987–
988, 995–996
social collapse and aban-
donment 1001–1002
social organization 1018–
1023
sports and recreation
1050–1051
storage and preservation
1064–1065
textiles and needlework
1077–1078
towns and villages 1088–
1089
trade and exchange 1098–
110 0
t ra nspor tat ion 1113–1115
war and conquest 1130–
1134, 1136, 1158–1159
weaponry and armor
116 4 –1165
weights and measures
1175 –1176
writing 1185–1187
Middle Kingdom (Egypt)
adornment 6
art 94
borders and frontiers 142
children 189
cities 206
climate and geography
239–240
clothing and footwear 274
craft s 286–287
death and burial practices
313
economy 350
empires and dynasties 391,
393
festivals 464
foreigners and barbarians
485
gender structures and roles
495
government organization
512–513
Hathor Temple 22
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 574
illumination 585
literature 645–646
migration and population
movements 696
military 726
music and musical instru-
ments 764

natural disasters 776
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 788
religion and cosmology
837
seafaring and navigation
953
ships and shipbuilding 976
social collapse and aban-
donment 1000
towns and villages 1088
war and conquest 1128
Middle Neolithic Age 316–317
Middle Preclassic Period
(Americas)
art 119–120
social organization 1042
Middle Stone Age 359, 360
Midsummer’s Day 467
midwives 815
migration and population
movements 688–725
Africa 689–693
Americas 719–722, 719f
Asia and the Pacifi c 702–
707, 706m
climate and geography 238
Egypt 693–698, 694f
Europe 707–710, 723
exploration 435
Greece 710–715, 723–724
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 576
Middle East 698–702
nomadic and pastoral soci-
eties 794, 795
Rome 715–719
Mijikenda people 899
mile (unit of measure) 1180
milestone marker 1190f
military 725–740. See also
war and conquest
Africa 725–726
Americas 735–736
Asia and the Pacifi c 730–
731, 737–738
Egypt 726–728
empires and dynasties 420
employment and labor 430
Europe 731–732
Greece 732–734, 733f,
738–739
Middle East 728–730, 728f
occupations 809
Rome 734–735, 735f,
739–740
social organization 1036
military bases 1094
military colonies 440
military equipment 117
military signaling 591
military training 380
Milky Way 132
millet
agriculture 18, 19, 30, 31
economy 355

food and diet 476
hunting, fi shing, and gath-
ering 573
Mills, William 322
milpa 605
Milvian Bridge, Battle of 417
mimes 337
Min 464
minas 365
minerals 746, 750–751
mining, quarrying, and salt
making 741–751
Africa 741–742
Americas 750–751
Asia and the Pacifi c
745 –74 6
economy 344–345, 353,
361, 362
Eg y pt 74 2–74 4 , 743f
empires and dynasties 389
Eu rope 74 6 –747
Greece 747–749
M idd le E a st 74 4 –745, 74 4f
occupations 814
Rome 749 –750, 749f
science 949
Minoan Period
adornment 12
architecture 74
art 110
climate and geography 257
empires and dynasties 410
gender structures and roles
500
natural disasters 775
religion and cosmology
853
sacred sites 904
textiles and needlework
1081
mints 752, 756, 757, 759–761
mirrors 562, 566
Mississippi River 265
mistletoe 551
Mithraism 853, 861
Mnester 337
Moche culture
art 122
borders and frontiers 149
building techniques and
materials 162
ceramics and pottery 186
children 198
cities 233
craft s 295
economy 375
education 386
empires and dynasties 422
employment and labor 435
family 457
gender structures and roles
504
inventions 603
resistance and dissent 882
war and conquest 1155
weaponry and armor 1172

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