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Crimea,
57
,
81
,
395
,
397
Crompton, Samuel,
496
Crosby, Alfred,
22
,
295
,
464
Crusades,
19
,
372
–73,
427
Cuba,
416
,
462
missile crisis,
580
Cyprus,
107
,
216
,
218
,
233
,
239
Cyrus, King,
248
–50,
279
,
292
Czech Republic,
446
Daimler, Gottlieb,
510
Dai Zhen,
481
Damascus,
246
,
248
,
357
,
397
,
401
Dao’an,
323
,
325
Daoguang, Emperor,
6
–10,
516
Daoism,
11
,
255
–59,
261
,
302
,
321
,
327
,
374
–75
Darius, King,
249
–50,
267
–68,
278
,
292
,
294
,
457
Dark Age Cold Period,
297
,
304
Darwin, Charles,
45
,
73
,
136
,
139
David, King,
234
,
235
Davies, Norman,
41
,
116
Day After Tomorrow, The
(film),
91
–92
Decius, Emperor,
328
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S.,
595
,
597
Defense Department, U.S.,
550
–51
Defoe, Daniel,
455
,
486
,
495
–96
De Gaulle, Charles,
106
Deng Xiaoping,
547
–49,
552
,
567
deoxyribonucleic acid,
see
DNA
Descartes, René,
468
,
574
Dharmaraksa,
321
–22
Diamond, Jared,
17
,
21
,
621
Diaotonghuan Cave (China),
121
–22
Dias, Bartolomeu,
414
,
416
Dickens, Charles,
170
,
503
–504,
506
,
514
,
553
,
583
Din, Rashid al-,
393
Dinggong (China),
203
Diocletian, Emperor,
311
Di people,
244
,
263
Discover
(magazine),
125
disease,
10
,
17
,
224
,
302
,
317
,
346
,
418
,
459
,
560
,
598
,
604
,
610
,
611
farming and,
109
population decline and,
392
,
397
,
454
resistance to,
538
spread of,
88
,
308
,
603
(see also
epidemics; plagues)
Disraeli, Benjamin,
163
Di Xin, King,
212
,
221
–22
Djoser, King,
187
Dmanisi (Georgia),
47
,
49
DNA,
58
,
60
n
,
70
–73,
98
,
110
–12,
118
,
273
,
342
,
595
,
596
,
603
DolníVestonice (Czech Republic),
79
Domesday Book
,
368
Donglin Academy,
473
Dongxiafeng (China),
209
Dong Zhuo,
302
–303
Douglas, David,
612
Drake, Francis,
463
Drake Equation,
614
Dream of the Red Chamber
(Cao Xueqin),
503
drought,
193
,
206
,
217
,
224
–25,
405
,
601
Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S.,
8
Dunhuang (China),
321
,
338
Dutch,
see
Netherlands
East Germany,
550
Economist, The
(magazine),
135
–36,
506
–507,
520
Eddington, Arthur,
145
,
150
Edo (Japan),
482
n
,
483
;
see also
Tokyo
education,
146
,
147
,
510
,
513
,
540
,
553
,
570
mass,
506
,
523
Egypt,
33
,
159
,
182
,
234
,
235
,
273
,
323
,
325
,
349
,
369
,
431
,
605
n
agriculture in,
107
,
250
,
360
archaelogical sites in,
201
,
202
,
222
,
274
,
275
,
282
,
289
Assyria and,
247
,
248
breakup of ancient state of,
239
,
243
Christianity in,
352
Great Pyramid of,
370
hieroglyphic texts of,
137
,
285
,
187
,
217
,
240
Hyksos invasion of,
197
,
198
impact of climate change on,
184
–85,
206
,
335
Mongol invasion of,
392

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