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carbon emissions in,
18
,
155
,
609
Christians in,
10
,
342
,
397
,
477
–79
civil service in,
439
–40
Communist,
62
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,
149
,
212
,
534
–35,
543
–49,
579
,
588
,
606
Confucianism in,
see
Confucius
Confucianism; economy of,
359
–61,
377
–80,
386
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404
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438
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439
–40,
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578
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585
–91,
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energy consumption in,
380
–82,
493
,
604
,
612
Enlightenment intellectuals in,
472
–77
epidemics in,
296
,
297
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301
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304
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308
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355
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392
,
396
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473
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603
European trade with,
33
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275
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384
–85,
392
,
395
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432
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435
,
461
–62,
484
,
520
–22 (
see also
Silk Roads)
farming in,
32
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114
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117
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119
–22,
127
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222
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232
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548
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footbinding in,
424
–25
Grand Canal of,
6
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337
,
368
,
380
,
465
,
493
,
506
,
517
,
563
; Han,
see
Han dynasty
Japan and,
15
,
52
,
211
,
306
,
360
,
361
,
411
,
441
–43,
475
,
531
,
533
Ming,
see
Ming dynasty
modernization of,
522
–24
Mongol conquest of,
388
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396
,
398
,
400
,
401
,
404
–407,
416
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575
,
576
nomad incursions in,
293
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298
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299
–307,
310
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314
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315
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345
,
349
,
354
ocean voyages of,
16
–17,
407
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413
–14,
416
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426
,
427
,
429
piracy on coast of,
442
,
485
population of,
17
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19
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201
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206
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237
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238
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242
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243
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286
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289
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484
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544
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547
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585
prehistoric,
50
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72
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79
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86
,
97
; Qing,
see
Qing dynasty
Renaissance thought in,
418
–22,
426
reunification of,
336
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345
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346
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362
,
373
Romans and,
271
,
273
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275
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Russia and,
455
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482
science in,
475
–81
social development of,
34
,
35
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167
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262
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332
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359
,
382
,
384
,
426
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481
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522
,
569
,
597
; Song,
see
Song dynasty
technology in,
395
–96,
496
,
497
United States and,
518
,
546
–47,
585
–88,
604
–606
urbanization in,
152
–53
(see also specific cities);
warlords in,
51
,
211
,
283
,
284
,
302
–304,
354
–57,
453
,
458
;
see also
Beijing
China Daily
,
72
,
605
China Youth Journal
,
544
Christianity,
14
,
41
,
357
,
431
,
446
,
472
,
513
,
563
,
567
in Africa, myth of,
414
Arab converts to,
349
in Axial thought,
256
,
324
–25
and Black Death,
397
–99
in China,
10
,
342
,
397
,
478
–79
Crusades and,
19
,
372
–73,
427
holiest relics of,
348
Islam and,
351
–54,
360
,
361
,
373
in medieval Europe,
83
,
362
,
363
,
365
,
368
–72,
382
Mongols and,
389
,
391
,
393
,
395
,
401
Ottomans and,
403
,
444

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