Why the West Rules--For Now (137 page)

Read Why the West Rules--For Now Online

Authors: Ian Morris

Tags: #History, #Modern, #General, #Business & Economics, #International, #Economics

BOOK: Why the West Rules--For Now
7.89Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Hungary,
276
,
312
,
368
,
391
,
402
,
442
,
446
,
549
Academy of Sciences of,
65
Huns,
312
–16,
345
hunter-gatherers,
100
–101,
105
–106,
109
,
121
,
127
,
277
,
368
,
430
,
597
energy consumption of,
154
,
381
Ice Age,
85
,
86
,
491
modern,
76
,
104
,
140
;
see also
foraging
Huntington, Ellsworth,
30
Hurrians,
196
–97,
220
,
221
Husayn,
357
–58
Hussein, Saddam,
90
,
180
Hyksos,
197
,
198
Ibrahim, Sultan (“the Crazy”),
452
Ice Age,
35
,
67
,
79
–80,
100
,
149
,
270
,
617
,
620
effects of warming following,
77
,
81
–86,
88
,
91
end of,
14
,
31
,
32
,
89
,
116
,
140
,
154
,
158
,
160
,
167
,
263
,
271
,
558
,
559
,
561
,
562
,
590
,
619
,
626
human survival strategies during,
76
–77,
92
,
132
,
381
,
491
Neanderthal adaptation to,
56
Iceland,
371
,
398
,
421
Iliad
(Homer),
199
Incas,
460
,
515
India,
16
,
23
,
32
,
297
,
365
,
416
,
520
,
605
,
620
n;
ancient,
268
,
292
Britain and,
273
–74,
339
n
,
495
Buddhism in,
263
,
329
,
340
–42,
437
environmental impacts of,
609
industrial development in,
522
Mongol invasion of,
574
opium in,
7
,
515
Portugal and,
430
–32
prehistoric,
49
,
50
,
97
Romans in,
273
–75
Indochina,
306
,
535
Indonesia,
535
industrial revolution,
11
,
13
,
19
–21,
100
,
380
,
413
,
491
,
503
,
510
,
542
,
565
,
572
–77,
585
,
608
,
611
British,
13
,
19
–21,
40
,
379
,
382
,
494
–98,
500
,
501
–507,
510
,
511
,
572
,
596
,
620
social development and,
32
,
36
,
167
,
169
,
228
,
383
,
385
,
392
,
449
,
498
,
500
,
501
,
515
,
559
,
593
,
597
,
611
,
616
–17
information technology,
149
,
157
,
268
,
395
,
542
,
583
,
591
–93,
596
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
(Smith),
39
–40,
490
,
501
Intel,
592
International Age,
197
,
198
,
234
,
236
International Association of Athletic Federations,
594
International Astronomical Union,
613
n
International Business Machines (IBM),
542
,
596
,
597
International Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archaeology (Lisbon, 1880),
74
International Energy Agency,
612
International Institute for Strategic Studies,
151
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
547
–48,
586
Internet,
151
,
592
,
595
IQ tests,
570
Iran,
23
,
99
,
138
,
312
,
342
,
360
,
366
,
367
,
392
,
605
ancient,
179
,
184
,
191
,
196
,
197
,
203
,
225
,
248
,
254
n,
292
,
323
,
328
,
335
Islamic Revolution in,
180
Iraq,
90
,
138
,
159
,
358
–61,
366
,
392
,
398
,
551
,
605
ancient,
93
,
107
(see
also
Mesopotamia)
Inquisition in,
358
invasion of Kuwait by,
180
plague in,
397
Ireland,
371
,
450
,
451
,
472
n

Other books

Turn Towards the Sun by Jennifer Domenico
The End of Imagination by Arundhati Roy
Fire on the Island by J. K. Hogan
A Regency Invitation to the House Party of the Season by Nicola Cornick, Joanna Maitland, Elizabeth Rolls
Roped for Pleasure by Lacey Thorn
The Darkest Embrace by Hart, Megan
Some Like It Deadly by Heather Long
Revelations by Julie Lynn Hayes