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Ouyang Xiu,
376
Oxenham, John,
462
–63
Oxford University,
110
,
353
,
396
,
574
Pachomius,
325
Pakistan,
32
,
114
,
115
,
186
,
249
,
353
,
605
ancient archaeological sites in,
105
,
106
Palermo (Sicily),
365
,
371
Palestine,
323
,
349
,
352
Palmerston, Henry,
518
Palmyra (Syria),
311
Paludan, Anne,
283
n
Panlongcheng (China),
210
Paradise Lost
(Milton),
32
Paris,
438
,
469
–72,
483
,
489
,
528
Academy of Sciences,
479
Paris, Matthew,
391
Paris, University of,
105
–106,
112
Parliament, British,
8
,
496
,
506
,
511
,
518
,
534
Parmenides,
261
Parthenon (Athens),
241
Parthia,
292
,
294
,
296
,
308
,
310
,
335
Paul, St.,
324
Pazyryk (Siberia),
276
Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombing of,
52
,
533
n
Pearsall, Deborah,
121
Pekah, King,
246
–47
Peking Man,
50
–54,
56
,
57
,
60
,
64
,
70
,
72
,
120
n
,
211
Peking Opera,
303
–304
Peking University,
120
Peloponnesian War,
268
Pengtoushan (China),
120
Penido Velho (Spain),
287
,
288
,
309
Peony Pavilion, The
(Tang Xianzu),
436
Pepy II, King,
193
Perestrello, Rafael,
385
Perry, Commodore Matthew,
10
,
14
,
517
Persia,
246
,
248
–50,
267
–70,
292
,
342
,
343
,
377
,
444
,
457
,
478
,
524
,
528
,
566
Alexander’s conquest of,
187
,
268
–69
Arabs and,
349
,
352
,
356
–57,
360
Byzantium and,
345
–48,
616
language of,
138
nomad problem of,
278
,
294
oil fields in,
511
Ottoman Turks and,
445
,
449
,
574
Roman Empire and,
308
,
310
–14,
328
social development of,
253
Peru,
19
,
32
,
410
,
421
n
,
450
,
460
,
462
–63
prehistoric,
86
,
114
,
116
,
117
,
119
Peter, St.,
362
Philip II, King of Macedon,
268
Philip II, King of Spain,
447
–49
Philippines,
127
,
421
,
462
,
535
Philistines,
217
,
218
Phoenicia,
234
,
239
–42,
244
,
250
,
365
Phrygia,
277
Picasso, Pablo,
74
Pillow Book, The
,
360
Ping, King,
243
Pinker, Steven,
85
Pinnacle Point (South Africa),
63
,
64
pirates,
363
,
408
,
431
,
442
,
443
,
445
,
462
–63,
485
Pires, Tomé,
431
–33,
435
Pisa,
371
Pistorius, Oscar,
594
Pitman, Walter,
81
n
Pitt, William,
486
,
488
Pizarro, Francisco,
460
plagues,
217
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296
–97,
301
,
309
,
399
–400,
412
;
see also
bubonic plague; epidemics
Plato,
148
,
256
,
260
,
325
,
589
Pliny the Elder,
273
Plotinus,
324
Poitiers (France),
352
Poland,
112
,
353
,
368
,
419
,
455
,
458
,
549
Politics
(Aristotle),
260
Polo, Marco,
384
–85,
387
,
392
,
427
Pol Pot,
16
Polybius,
263
–64,
270
Polynesia,
421
n
Pomeranz, Kenneth,
18
,
20
–21,
40
,
158
,
159
,
168
,
169
Pope, Alexander,
470
Popper, Karl,
157
population,
19
,
20
,
139
,
150
n
,
237
–39,
365
,
467
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528
,
538
–40,
561
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565
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612

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