Why the West Rules--For Now (145 page)

Robinson Crusoe
(Defoe),
486

Rollo, King,
371

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The
,
303
,
304

Roman Empire,
136
,
149
,
159
,
267
,
280
,
284
–93,
320
,
325
,
341
,
354
,
370
,
373
,
403
,
457
,
482

China and,
273
,
276

Christianity in,
263
,
323
,
326
–28

collapse of,
14
,
312
–17,
533
,
576
,
611
,
621
,
569
,
574

democracy made redundant in,
260

economy of,
288
–91,
311
–12,
335
,
393
,
499
,
500
,
564

Egypt and,
273
,
283
–84,
287
,
311

energy use in,
157
,
287
,
380
–81

environmental impacts of,
287
–90

founding of,
284
,
285

frontier wars of,
308
–11,
323
,
349

Greeks in,
280
,
286

Han dynasty compared with,
285
,
289
,
291
,
298
,
307

Justinian and,
343
,
345
–48

literacy in,
379

Persia and,
308
,
310
–14,
328
,
360
,
361

plagues in,
296
,
297
,
307

Renaissance fascination with,
418
–20

social development in,
168
,
169
,
307
,
332
,
382
,
455
,
469
,
481
,
607

Romania,
290
,
312

Romanovs,
459
,
499
–500,
528
,
551

Romans, ancient,
228
,
263
–64,
269
–71,
376
,
444

armies of,
265
,
277
,
289
,
292

civil wars of,
281
,
283

mythology of,
244
,
263

Parthians and,
292
–94

Spanish mines of,
155

trade of,
273
–76

waterways of,
334
–35,
337
,
563
;
see also
Roman Empire

Roman Warm Period,
290
,
297
,
299
,
599

Rome, city of,
320

medieval,
363
,
369

papacy in,
398
,
404

population of,
148
–49

Silk Road linking China to,
125

Rome
(television series),
148

Rong people,
242
–44,
263
,
278

Royal Astronomical Society,
145
n

Ruan Ji,
320
–21

Russia,
368
,
445
,
455
–60,
482
,
488
–89,
511
,
518
,
530
,
550
,
574
,
601
,
604
–606,
608

Communist,
see
Soviet Union

Russian Revolution,
528

Russo-Japanese War,
17
,
525
–26,
528

Ryan, William,
81
n

Sacrifice to Heaven,
340

Sagan, Carl,
613
–14,
617

Sahara Desert,
116
,
117
,
119

Sahlins, Marshall,
106
–107,
109
,
140

Sakya (India),
262

Salem witch trials,
470

Sandy Creek (Australia),
77

San Francisco–New York railroad,
507

Sanxingdui (China),
214

Saracens,
353
,
363

Sardinia,
198
,
200
,
220
,
240

Sargon,
189
,
192

Sassanid dynasty,
310

Saudi Arabia,
605
n

Sautuola, Don Marcelino Sanz de,
73
–74

Sautuola, Maria Sanz de,
74
–75

Scandinavia,
363
,
371

Schechter, Solomon,
365

Schmandt-Besserat, Denise,
124

Schöningen (Germany),
57

Schularick, Moritz,
585

Science Fiction Writers of America,
93

Scientific American
(magazine),
125
,
154

Scorpion King,
185
,
187

Scotland,
353
,
451
,
472
n

Scythians,
278
,
279
,
292
,
294

Secret History, The
(Procopius),
345

Segestans,
241
,
244

Self-Help
(Samuels),
503

Seljuk Turks,
363
,
366
,
367
,
372
,
374

Sennacherib, King,
247
–48

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
551

Serbia,
605

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,
320
–21