Fields of Blood (109 page)
Authors: Karen Armstrong
Trinity, doctrine of,
6.1
,
nts.1
n55
Tukulti-Ninurta I, King of Assyria
Turkey,
4.1
,
11.1
,
13.1
; ancient,
1.1
,
1.2
Turks,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
; Ottoman,
see
Ottoman Empire
United Nations,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
nts.1
n84
United States,
10.1
,
10.2
,
aft.1
,
aft.2
,
nts.1
n3; Afghanistan war of,
13.1
; Army,
10.3
,
12.1
,
13.2
; Bosnia and,
13.3
; Civil War,
10.4
; in Cold War,
11.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.4
; Constitution of,
10.5
,
10.6
,
10.7
; drone aircraft of,
13.5
; Founders of,
10.8
,
10.9
,
10.10
; fundamentalism in,
11.2
,
11.3
,
aft.3
,
aft.4
; industrialization of,
10.11
; Iran and,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
13.6
; Iraq War of,
13.7
; Islamist antagonism toward,
13.8
,
13.9
; Israel supported by,
13.10
,
13.11
; Lebanon and,
12.4
; Muslims in,
13.12
; Pakistan and,
13.13
; protest movements in,
11.8
; Saudi Arabia and,
13.14
; slavery in,
10.12
; terrorist attacks on,
itr.1
,
13.15
,
13.16
,
13.17
,
13.18
Ur (Sumer),
1.1
,
1.2
,
4.1
,
nts.1
n20
Urban II, Pope,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
aft.1
Urban VIII, Pope,
9.1
urbanization,
2.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
12.1
; poverty and,
6.1
,
11.1
; premodern,
1.1
,
1.2
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
aft.1
;
see also names of cities
Vedas,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
2.6
,
2.7
,
2.8
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
Virginia,
10.1
; colonial,
10.2
,
10.3
Vishnu (Lord of the World),
2.1
,
11.1
War of Independence,
see
American Revolution
Wars of Religion,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
aft.1
,
aft.2
; in France,
9.3
;
see also specific wars
Weber, Max
, n17
World Islamic Front Against Zionists and Crusaders
World Trade Center (New York), terrorist attacks on,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
13.5
Worms (Germany),
8.1
; Diet of,
9.1
Yahweh,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
11.1
,
aft.1
,
nts.1
n20; accommodation to paganism of cult of,
4.2
,
4.1
; Assyria and,
4.3
; agrarian civilization opposed by,
4.4
; creation of Garden of Eden by,
4.5
,
4.6
; Moses and,
4.7
, 158; Persians and,
4.8
; ritual sacrifices to,
4.9
,
4.10
; wars ordained by,
4.11
,
4.12
,
5.3
Yale University,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed,
12.1
,
12.2
Yohanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi,
5.1
,
5.2
Zoroastrianism
,
1.1
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
K
AREN
A
RMSTRONG
is the author of numerous books on religion, including
The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha,
and
The Great Transformation,
as well as a memoir,
The Spiral Staircase.
Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public and crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. And in 2013, she received the British Academy’s inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding.
ALSO BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
Through the Narrow Gate
A History of God:
The 4,000–Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths
Islam: A Short History
Buddha
The Battle for God:
Fundamentalism in Judaism,
Christianity and Islam
The Spiral Staircase
A Short History of Myth
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
The Great Transformation:
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
The Bible: The Biography
The Case for God: What Religion Really Means
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life