Why the West Rules--For Now (133 page)

Muslim,
373

Napoleon in,
489

Ottoman conquest of,
445

Persia and,
249
,
348

pharaonic,
185
–200,
216
–20,
229
,
261
–62

plagues in,
296
,
346
,
398

prehistoric,
61
,
68

Roman Empire and,
273
,
283
–84,
287
,
311

Shang China compared with,
213
–15,
221

in World War II,
532

Einstein, Albert,
144
–47,
150
,
470
,
607
–608,
610

Elam,
248

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC),
542

Eliot, George,
135

Elizabeth I, Queen,
463

Elliot, Captain Charles,
8
,
12

Elton, Geoffrey,
581

Elvin, Mark,
379
–80

Elymians,
241
,
242

Empedocles,
261

Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, the Arts, and the Crafts
,
472

energy capture,
268
,
287
,
395
,
497
,
611
–13,
615

social development and,
147
–48,
153
–57,
279
,
381
n
,
515
,
583
,
591
,
599
,
611

Engels, Friedrich,
503
–506,
512
–14,
549

England,
see
Britain

Enlightenment,
14
,
469
–76,
488

Epic of Gilgamesh
,
188

epidemics,
28
,
35
,
109
,
295
–98,
312
,
347
,
577

in China,
296
,
297
,
301
,
304
,
305
,
308
,
355
,
392
,
396
,
473
,
603

in Egypt,
217
,
296

global,
598

in Roman Empire,
297
,
308
–10,
323

Erasmus, Desiderius,
417

Eridu (Mesopotamia),
179

Erlitou (China),
207
–10,
214
,
223

Essential Methods of the Common People, The
,
334
,
335
,
377

Ethics
(Aristotle),
260

Ethiopia,
328
,
346
,
349
,
520

Etruria,
240

Etruscans,
242

European Coal and Steel Community,
533
n

European Economic Community,
533
n

European Parliament,
106

European Union,
533
n
,
551
,
571
,
605
,
610

Eve, African,
71

Eynan,
see
‘Ain Mallaha

Faeroe Islands,
421

Family Instructions of the Grandfather, The
,
339

famines,
28
,
35
,
219
,
298
,
400
,
418
,
459
,
511
,
520
,
560

in Assyria,
235

in China,
206
,
304
,
305
,
354
,
355
,
392
,
453
,
517
,
545
,
547

climate change and,
224
,
598
,
604

in Europe,
418
,
454

in Ireland,
505

in Japan,
484

in Mesopotamia,
194

Fan Kuan,
148

farming,
127
–32,
189
,
196
,
233
,
237
,
240
,
271
,
482
–83,
522
,
552
,
559
–63,
601
,
618
–20

in China,
114
,
117
,
119
–22,
201
,
208
,
222
,
232
,
238
,
265
,
298
–99,
305
,
317
,
319
,
334
–36,
338
,
369
,
377
,
405
,
406
,
516
,
522
,
544
,
548

climate change and,
366
–67,
599

in Egypt,
200
,
250
,
287
,
319
,
346
,
360
,
364
,
380

energy consumption in,
154
–55,
612

in Europe,
368
–69,
467
–68,
504
,
505
,
553

in Iraq,
360
,
361

in Japan,
127
–29,
484

in Mesopotamia,
177
,
179
–81,
183
–85,
188
,
192
,
200
,
250
,
499
,
561

of New World crops,
435
,
437

origins of,
22
,
34
,
99
–104,
115
–22,
159
,
169
,
561
,
566
,
577

in Roman Empire,
286
–87,
289
–90,
309
,
312
,
315