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US interest,
828
–9,
1085
–8
supports communist regimes in Africa,
1079
Castro’s revolution,
1085
–6
missile bases in,
1087
,
1094
–5

Curie, Marie (1867–1934) and Pierre (1860–1906), French scientists,
1013

currency
see
money

Cyclades,
102
,
359
,
361

Cynic school of philosophy,
222
–3

Cyprus,
90
,
105
,
116
,
239

raided by Arabs,
330
taken by Turks,
388
,
610

Cyril, St (9th cent.), apostle of Slavs,
364
,
370

Cyrus (d. 529
BC
), king of Persia,
118
,
161
–3

Czech Republic,
1150
,
1155

Czechoslovakia

Palaeolithic sites in,
27
state established,
901
democracy in,
911
German seizure,
955
Russian influence and,
976
liberalizing movement crushed,
1106
end of communist government,
1142

Dada movement in art,
946

Damascus

Amorites in,
61
Umayyad capital,
333
mosque at,
340
,
383
Mongol capture (1257),
380
British capture (1917),
938

Dampier, William (1652–1715), English explorer,
672

Danegeld, English tribute to Danes,
408
–9

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet,
339
,
505
,
539
,
540

Darius I (
c.
558–486
BC
), king of Persia (522–486
BC
),
162
–3,
185

Darius III, king of Persia (335–330
BC
),
216
,
218

Darwin, Charles (1809–82), British scientist,
877
–8,
882
,
947
,
1015

David (
c.
1060–970
BC
), king of Israel,
112
–13

Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran writings),
265
,
266

Debs, Eugene (1855–1926), US socialist,
949

Decembrist movement in Russia,
762

Decius (201–51), Roman emperor (249–51),
285

Delhi,
435
,
854

Delian League,
188
,
195

Delphi,
175
,
185
,
209
,
222

Demothenes (
c.
384–322
BC
), Athenian orator,
213

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997), Chinese communist politician,
1114
,
1146
–7,
1148
,
1159

Denmark

raiding
see
Norsemen
Danes, amber source,
105
megaliths in,
157
Charlemagne and,
397
settlement in England,
409
World War II and,
958

Descartes, René (1596–1650), French philosopher,
592
,
686
,
687

Devi, Hindu goddess,
431
–2

Dewey, John (1859–1952), US philosopher,
917

Dhamma
, Asoka’s social philosophy,
425
–6

diadochi
, Alexander’s successors,
218

diamonds in S. Africa,
810

diaspora
, dispersion of Jews,
271
,
274

Diaz, Porfirio (1830–1915), Mexican dictator,
1081

Diderot, Denis (1713–84), French encyclopaedist,
689

Diocletian (245–313), Roman emperor (284–305),
282
–3,
285
–6

diplomacy

professionalized,
599
,
889
Cold War,
1040
term détente used,
1092
‘hot line’,
1095

disease

Black Death (1348–50),
517
epidemics,
553
spread by imperialism,
643
,
646
,
667
,
669
reduction in incidence,
701
–2
influence,
982
see also
medicine; mortality rates

DNA,
1016
–17

Domesday Book, Norman economic survey,
506
,
523
,
545

Dominican order of friars,
496

Dominican Republic,
803
,
1088

‘Donation of Constantine’,
414

Donatists

Christian sect,
287
,
296
attacked by Augustine,
298
,
300
,
479

Dorians,
102

drama

Greek innovations,
208
–9
Indian,
430
Japanese,
471
,
474
,
476

Dravidian rule in Deccan,
429

drugs

import to Europe,
665
Chinese opium trade,
835
aspirin,
878
chemical research and,
881
see also
plantation crops (tobacco)

Dupleix, Joseph (1697–1763), French governor in India,
640

Dutch
see
Netherlands

East Africa

Swahili-speakers settle,
480
illiterate artistry,
481
technology,
481
European trade,
634
see also
individual areas

Eastern Question

Europe against Islam,
609
–11
see also
Ottoman Empire

East India Company (British)

in Persia,
392
founded,
439
,
637
political intervention in India,
638
,
640
–1
growth,
665
to China,
672
‘dual control’,
815

East India Company (Dutch),
636

East India Company (French),
442
,
640
,
641

economic organization

(i) ancient world: obscurity,
95
; in India,
122
: in China,
141
; in Mediterranean lands,
168
; in Greece,
192
; in Hellenistic areas,
216
,
219
–20; in Roman republic,
231
–2; in Roman empire,
257
,
259
,
277
–8,
283
,
286
,
289
,
290
,
293
; in Byzantine empire,
351
–2

(ii) medieval: early medieval regression,
417
–18; money economy in Japan,
475
–6; European,
513
–16

(iii) modern: increased emphasis on commerce,
556
–8; early industrialization,
560
–2; early modern Russia,
622
–3; plantation economies,
647
–8,
653
; effects of imperialism,
664
–5,
667
–8,
670
–1; effects of population growth,
699
; in industrial societies,
711
–12,
715
–16; state intervention debated,
717
–19,
759
,
868
; French Revolution and,
729
–30; US expansion,
772
,
780
,
886
; UK 19th-cent. prosperity,
786
; transoceanic,
793
–7; S. American resources,
803
–4; Japanese expansion,
841
,
845
,
916
; 20th-cent. Russian,
833
–4,
907
–8; World War I and,
894
,
899
,
903
; slump,
911
–14,
927
,
945
,
949
; state intervention accepted in capitalist areas,
945
,
950
; US aid to Europe,
960
,
966
,
972
; US post-war strength,
971
,
1006
; European post-war weakness,
973
,
1002
–3; in modern India,
982
–3; international disparities,
1000
–3; two world models,
1046
; in S. America,
1081
–2; European organizations,
1107
; in modern China,
1114
–15; South-East Asian,
1116
,
1158
–9; European Union,
1156
,
1158

see also
financial services; GATT; IMF; inflation; money; trade; World Bank

economic theory

trade limited,
644
–5
on colonies,
657
–9
Adam Smith,
688
,
691
,
795
laissez-faire
,
717
,
945
state intervention debated,
717
–19,
759
,
868
,
912
,
913
socialism,
758
–60
see also
free trade

Eden, Anthony (1897–1977), British prime minister,
1068

Edo (historic name of Tokyo),
473
,
475
,
476
,
841
,
843

education

organized in Sumer,
55
of Egyptian scribes,
71
clerical domination,
415
–16,
536
early modern Russia,
620
increase in literacy,
677
–9
Rousseau’s influence,
694
in British India,
817
–18,
851
,
854
in Japan,
844
scientific,
879
Turkish reforms,
943
see also
literacy; universities

Edward III (1312–77), king of England (1327–77),
507

Egypt

(i) ancient civilization,
42
,
66
–87; use of chariot,
83
; Hebrews in,
85
,
108
,
111
; foreign relations,
97
–8,
108
,
150
,
151
; decline of,
160
; Ptolemaic state,
218
,
221
,
243
,
245
; Fatimid caliphate,
342
,
372
,
376

(ii) modern: Napoleon in,
821
; British-French intervention,
822
,
824
,
891
,
933
–4,
940
–1; modernization and nationalism,
932
–4,
940
–1; economy,
933
–4; World War II and,
962
,
987
; in Arab League,
988
; Israel and,
990
,
1066
,
1070
,
1071
,
1121
–2; Suez crisis,
1067
–9; and Syria,
1121
; and Gulf War,
1133

Einhard (
c.
770–840), Carolingian intellectual,
400

Einstein, Albert (1879–1955), German-Swiss physicist,
1014

Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890–1969), US president,
1099

Russia and,
970
,
1045
election,
1044
S.E. Asia and,
1044
and Jews,
1069
economy and,
1098

Elam, Elamites,
50
,
60
,
61
,
64
,
116
,
117

electricity

use developed,
864
,
880
household use,
870
Faraday and,
878
hydro-electric schemes,
950
production and consumption,
1006

Elijah (
c.
mid-9th cent.
BC
), Hebrew prophet,
114

Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England (1558–1603)

India and,
436
,
439
–40
Church and,
580
national idol,
586
against Spain,
603
–4,
659
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