The Lessons of History (16 page)

Switzerland,
23
,
79

Sylvester I, Pope (r. 314–335),
45

Syracuse, Greek colony at,
29

Syria,
29

Szuma Ch'ien (
B.C.
145
B.C.
),
61

Taine, Hippolyte Adolphe (1828–93),
72
*

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de (1754–1838),
90

Taranto, Greek colony at,
29

Tatars,
83

taxation,
56
,
59
–63,
66
,
92

Ten Commandments,
40
,
44

Teutons,
26
,
30

Thales of Miletus (fl. 600
B.C.
),
29

Thirty Years' War,
28
,
45

Thrasymachus (fl. 5th century
B.C.
),
39
,
93

Thucydides (471?–?400
B.C.
),
73
,
100

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome (r. 14–37),
84

Tours, battle of (732),
24
,
83

Toynbee, Arnold J. (1889– ),
69
*

trade routes,
15
,
16
,
53
,
92

Trajan, Emperor of Rome (r. 98–117),
69

Treitschke, Heinrich von (1834–96),
26

Trichinopoly,
29

Trotsky, Leon (1877–1940),
66

Umbrians,
27

United States of America,
20
,
21
,
26
,
30
,
31
,
42
,
71
,
100

     industrial development,
16
,
39
,
40

     agriculture and food supply,
22

     morals and religion,
39
,
40
,
48
,
50
,
51
,
96

     concentration of wealth in,
55
,
57

     democracy in,
68
,
76
,
79
,
91
,
94
,
96
,
99

     and Western civilization,
83
,
84
,
85
,
91
,
94
,
97

Vandals,
27

Varangians,
28

Venice,
16
,
92

Vico, Giovanni Battista (1668–1744),
88

Vinci, Leonardo da,
see
L
EONARDO DA
V
INCI

Virgil (70–19
B.C.
),
53
,
87

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet; 1694–1778),
23
,
40
,
49
,
53
,
77
,
92
,
100
,
101

Wagner, Richard (1813–83),
26

Wang An-shih (premier 1068–85),
62
–63

Wang Mang, Emperor of China (r. 923),
62

war,
18
–22
passim,
55
,
60
,
61
,
66
,
70
,
76
,
77
,
79
,
81
–86,
93

     air power in,
16

     and morals and
religion,
23
,
24
,
39
,
40
,
42
,
44
,
47
,
49

     causes of,
53
,
81
,
82

     and science,
82
,
95

Watt, James (1736–1819),
41

wealth, concentration of,
55
–58,
70
,
72
,
77
,
92

West, the,
53
,
67
,
96
,
100

     decline of,
16

Western Europe,
29
,
40
,
45
,
84

     civilization of
28
–30,
49
,
83
,
94
,
97

     U. S. and,
77
,
83

West Germany,
84

Westminster Confession,
48

Westphalia,
65

Wittenberg, University of,
40

women,
38
,
39
,
40
,
65
,
72

World War I,
28

Wright brothers,
35

Wu Ti, Emperor of China (r. 140–87
B.C.
),
61
–62

Zoroastrianism,
46

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Durant, Will.

   Lessons of history / Will & Ariel Durant.

      p. cm.

   Originally published: 1968.

   Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. History—Philosophy. I. Durant, Ariel. II. Title.

   D16.8.D84 2010

   901—dc22                                           2009016081

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