Why the West Rules--For Now (141 page)

Akkadian Empire in,
189
,
192
–94,
209

Arabs in,
352
,
353

Arameans in,
218

archaeological sites in,
188
–89

cities of,
181
,
184
,
186
,
191
,
197
,
200
,
201
,
562
(see
also
Uruk)

collapse of,
206
,
210
,
215

farming in,
177
,
179
,
184
,
196
,
250
,
499
,
561
–62

impact of climate change on,
180
–81

metallurgy in,
181

redistributive economy of,
196
,
225

Roman Empire and,
294
–95

trade of,
181

Turks in,
348
,
349
,
354
n

writing in,
123
,
124
;
see also
Assyria

metallurgy,
222
,
233
,
420
;
see also specific metals

Metz, Steven,
615

Mexico,
8
,
17
,
19
,
32
,
139
,
159
,
213
,
410
,
464
,
601

prehistoric,
114
,
117
,
120

Miao,
450

Michelangelo,
418
–19,
439

Michigan, University of,
106

Microsoft,
542

Midas, King,
277

Middle Ages,
14
,
83
,
144
,
418

migration,
28
,
33
,
298
,
317
,
500
,
560
,
598
,
601
,
604
,
610
,
611

in ancient world,
218
,
223
–25

in China,
334
,
359
,
392
,
553

mass,
577

prehistoric,
49
,
60
,
75

steppe,
457
,
459
,
564
,
601

of Turkic tribes,
366

Mikado, The
(Gilbert and Sullivan),
522
–23

Milan,
404

Milankovich cycles,
65

Military Balance
(annual),
151

Mill, John Stuart,
513

Milton, John,
32

Ming dynasty,
404
–410,
413
,
429
,
441
,
443
,
444
,
453
,
458
,
462
,
473
,
543
,
575

mining,
155
,
320
,
459
,
460
,
473
,
474
,
523

Mithras,
323

Mittani,
197
,
198

Mogadishu (Somalia),
408

Mongolia,
276
,
295
,
388
,
397

Mongols,
393
,
400
,
401
,
407
,
416
,
427
,
441
,
457
,
458

in China,
388
–89,
396
,
398
,
404
–406,
576

in Europe,
391
,
397
,
455
,
567
,
574

in Muslim core,
391
–92

Monte Circeo (Italy),
59

Monte Polizzo (Sicily),
240
–41,
365
–6

Monte San Giovanni (Italy),
404

Montesquieu, Baron de,
474

Monte Testaccio (Italy),
289

Monte Verde (Chile),
97

Montezuma,
17
,
430

Monty Python’s Life of Brian
(film),
286

Moore, Gordon,
592
–93

Moore’s Law,
592
,
596

Morgan, Captain Henry,
485

Mosaic Law,
391

Moscow,
455
,
457
,
465
,
541

Moses,
218
,
261
,
391

Mountain, Armine,
143

Movius, Hallam,
47
–48,
59

Movius Line,
48
,
48
–51,
60
,
75

Mozi,
257
–59,
261

Mu, King,
233

Muhammad,
349
–53,
356
,
357
,
364
,
366
,
367
,
452
,
566
,
567

Mumbai (India),
149
,
274

Mumbwa Cave (Zambia),
64

Mureybet (Syria),
94
,
97

Muslims,
363
–68,
382
,
389
,
408
,
447
,
564
,
605

in China,
407
,
478

internecine conflicts of,
357
–58,
360
–61
(see also
Shiites; Sunnis)

in Italy,
365
,
371

militarism of,
351
–54,
566
–67

Mongols and,
389
,
391
–93,
401

in Spain,
360
,
362
,
370
,
371
,
396