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The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Key to Pronunciation




Contributors




Table of Contents: The Ancient World: Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Societies




List of Maps




Volume 1




Ancient Near East




Overviews




Ancient Near East Government




Ancient Near East Literature




Ancient Near East Science




Ancient Near East City Life




Ancient Near East Country Life




Ancient Near East Food & Agriculture




Ancient Near East Family Life




The Hurrian People




The Mamluks




The Sāsānid Empire




The Kassites




The Ancient Warka (Uruk)




Ancient Near East Trade




Ancient Near East Warfare




Ancient Near East Women




Ancient Near East Royals




Ancient Near East Artists




Egyptian Soldiers




Near Eastern Soldiers




Ancient Near East Tradesmen




Ancient Near East Scribes




Ancient Near East Slaves




People, Places & Events




—A—




‘Abd Allāh ibn al-’Abbās




‘Abd Allāh ibn az-Zubayr




‘Abd Allāh ibn Sa‘d ibn Abī Sarḥ




‘Abd al-Malik




Abraha




Abū Bakr




Achaemenian dynasty




Ahab




‘Ā’ishah bint Abī Bakr




Akiba ben Joseph




‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib




Amos




‘Amr ibn al-‘Āṣ Mosque




Anatolia




Aqhat epic




Arabia




Arameans




Ardashīr I




Argishti I




Armenia




Arsacid dynasty




Artabanus I-V




Artavasdes II of Armenia




Artemisia I




Artemisia II




Astyages




Atossa




Attalid dynasty




Avesta




—B—




Bar Kokhba




Bathsheba




Ben-Hadad I




Bible: Jewish




—C—




Canaanites




Christianity




Croesus




Cyaxares




Cyrus the Great




—D—




Damascus document




Darius III




Darius the Great




David




Dead Sea Scrolls




—E—




Elijah




Essenes




Exodus




Ezekiel




Ezra




—G—




Greco-Persian Wars




Gyges




—H—




Hattusilis I




Henotheism




Herodian dynasty




Hezekiah




Hittites




Hosea




Ḥusayn




—I—




Isaiah




Islam




Israel




—J—




James the Apostle




Jehu




Jeremiah




Jeroboam I




Jerusalem, temple of




Jesus Christ




Jewish diaspora




Johanan ben Zakkai




John the Baptist, Saint




John the Evangelist, Saint




Josiah




Judaism




—K—




Kadesh, Battle of




Kaska




—L—




Labarnas I




Luwians




Lycia




Lydia




—M—




Maccabees




Manichaeanism




Mary




Masada, Battle of




Mausolus




Midas




Mithradates I




Mithradates II




Mithradates VI Eupator




Mithrism




Moabites




Montanism




Moses




Mu‘allaqāt, Al-




Muḥammad




Muwatallis




—N—




Narses (Sāsānian emperor)




—P—




Parthia




Paul, Saint




Persia




Peter, Saint




Philistines




Phineas




Phoenicia




Phrygia




—Q—




Qur’ān




—S—




Samson




Samuel




Saracen conquest




Sarduri I




Sarduri II




Sarduri III




Sāsānian Empire




Saul




Scylax of Caryanda




Shāpūr I




Shāpūr II




Solomon




Suppiluliumas I




—T—




Talmud




Telipinus




Tigranes the Great




—U—




Umayyad Dynasty




‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭtāb




Urartu




Uruk




‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān




—X—




Xerxes I




—Y—




Yannai




Yose ben Yose




—Z—




Zealots




Zenobia




Zoroaster




Zoroastrianism




Zurvanism




Ancient India




Overviews




The Harappan Civilization




Mohenjo-Daro




The Maurya Empire




Ancient India Art & Architecture




Ancient India Religion




Ancient India Literature




Ancient India Government




Ancient India City Life




Ancient India Country Life




Ancient India Family Life




Ancient India Food & Agriculture




Ancient India Women




Ancient India Trade




Ancient India Warfare




Ancient India Brahmans




Ancient India Soldiers




Ancient India Artists




Ancient India Untoucables




People, Places & Events




—A—




Advaita




Aiṅkururnūru




Ājīvikas




Akanāṉūṟu




Amaravātī school




Amaru




Ānanda




Andhradesha school




Appar




Āraṇyakas




Āryabhaṭa




Asaṅga




Ashvaghosa




Aśoka




Āśvalāyana




—B—




Bāṇa




Bhagavadgītā




Bharata Muni




Bhāravi




Bhartṛhari




Bhāsa




Bhavabhūti




Bodhidharma




Brāhmaṇas




Brahmanism




Buddha




Buddhism




Buddhist cave temples




Budhasvāmin




—C—




Campantar




Caṅkam




Cātanār




Chandragupta Maurya




—D—




Daṇḍin




Dhammapada




—G—




Gandhāra art




Gaudapāda




Gośāla Maskarīputra




Guṇāḍhya




Gupta emperors




—H—




Harivaṃśa




Harṣa




Hinduism




Hydaspes, Battle of




—I—




Iḷaṅkō Aṭikaḷ




India




Indian temple architecture




Indus Valley civilization




—J—




Jainism




Jātakas




—K—




Kālidāsa




Kalittokai




Kaniṣka




Karaikkal Ammaiyar




Kauṭilya




Kuruntokai




—M—




Mahābhārata




Mahābodhi Temple




Mahendravarman I




Mauryan dynasty




Milinda-pañha




—N—




Nārāyaṇa




Naṟṟiṇai




Nāṭya-śāstra




—P—




Pallava dynasty




Pāṇini




Paripāṭal




Pārvatī Devī temple




Patiṉeṇkīḻkkaṇakku




Patirruppattu




Peruṅkatai




Peyar




Poykai




Puṟanāṉūru




Purāṇas




Pūtān




—R—




Rāmāyaṇa




—S—




Sātavāhana dynasty




Sri Lanka




Śūdraka




Śuṅga dynasty




Sūtras




Suttanipāta




Śyāmilaka




—T—




Tantras




Tipiṭaka




Tiruttakkatevar




Tiruvaḷḷuvar




Tissa, Dēvānaṃpiya




Tōlāmoḻittēvar




Tolkāppiyam




—U—




Upaniṣads




—V—




Vākāṭaka dynasty




Vālmīki




Vardhamāna




Vasubandhu




Vātsyāyana




Vaṭṭagāmaṇi




Vedas




Vedism




Viśākhadatta




Ancient Far East




Overviews




Ancient Far East Art & Architecture




Ancient Far East Literature




Ancient Japanese Literature




Ancient Far East City Life




Ancient Far East Country Life




Ancient Far East Food & Agriculture




Ancient Far East Family Life




Ancient Far East Women




Ancient Far East Trade




Ancient Far East Warfare




Ancient Far East Royals




Ancient Far East Priests




Ancient Far East Intellectuals




Ancient Far East Artists




Ancient Far East Tradesmen




Ancient Far East Soldiers




People, Places & Events




—A—




Ainu




Angkor




—B—




Ban Gu




Banpocun culture




Black Pottery culture




Bodhidharma




—C—




Cai Lun




Cao Cao




Cao Zhi




China




Chūnqiū




Confucianism




Confucius




—D—




Daoism




Dong Zhongshu




—F—




Faxian




Fu Hao’s tomb




Funan




—G—




Ge Hong




Gigaku




Great Wall of China




Gu Kaizhi




Guang Wudi




—H—




Han dynasty




Han Feizi




Haniwa




He Yan




Himiko




Huainanzi




Huangdi




Hui Shi




Huiyuan




—J—




Japan




Jimmu Tennō




Jingū




Jōmon




—K—




Kofun period




Koguryŏ style




Korea




—L—




Laos




Laozi




Legalists




Liangzhu culture




Ling Lun




Liu Xie




Liu Yiqing




Longshan culture




Lü Buwei




Lu Ji




—M—




Mao Shan revelations




Mencius




Mimaji




Mon-Khmer




Mozi




Mulanshi




—N—




Nihon shoki




Nintoku




Northern Wei dynasty




—O—




Ōjin Tennō




—P—




Pak Hyŏkkŏse




Pyu




—Q—




Qijia culture




Qin dynasty




Qin tomb




Qu Yuan




—S—




Shang dynasty




Shang Yang




Shi Huangdi




Shintō




Shōtoku Taishi




Silk Road




Sima Qian




Sima Xiangru




Six Dynasties




Srong-brtsan-sgam-po




Sui dynasty




—T—




Tai




Taizong




Tang dynasty




Tao Hongjing




Tao Qian




Three Kingdoms




Tibet




—V—




Vietnam




—W—




Wang Bi




Wang Chong




Wang Xizhi




Weiyang palace




Wendi




—Y—




Yamato court




Yayoi culture




Yue




Yue ware




Yuezhi culture




—Z—




Zengzi




Zhangdi




Zhiyi




Zhou dynasty




Zhou style




Zhuangzi




Zhuge Liang




Zi Si




Volume 2




Ancient Rome




Overviews




The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire




Art and Architecture in Ancient Rome




City Life in Ancient Rome




Country Life in Ancient Rome




Culture in Ancient Rome




Family Life in Ancient Rome




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Rome




Law in Ancient Rome




Literature in Ancient Rome




Religion & Mythology in Ancient Rome




Science & Engineering in Ancient Rome




Trade in Ancient Rome




Transportation in Ancient Rome




Warfare in Ancient Rome




Women in Ancient Rome




Intellectuals in Ancient Rome




Gladiators in Ancient Rome




Patricians (Nobles) in Ancient Rome




Plebeians in Ancient Rome




Priests in Ancient Rome




Royals in Ancient Rome




Slaves in Ancient Rome




Soldiers in Ancient Rome




Artists in Ancient Rome




People, Places & Events




—A—




Accius, Lucius




Achilles Tatius




Acte, Claudia




Actium, Battle of




Adrianople, Battle of




Aemilius Paullus, Lucius




Aeneas




Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius




Agrippina the Elder




Agrippina the Younger




Alesia, Battle of




Alexander Polyhistor, Lucius Cornelius




Ambrose




Ammianus Marcellinus




Antipater of Idumaea




Antonia the Elder




Antonia the Younger




Antoninus Pius




Antony, Marc




Apollodorus the Architect




Apollonius of Tyana




Appian




Appian Way




Apuleius, Lucius




Ara Pacis




Arausio, Battle of




Aretaeus of Cappadocia




Arianism




Aristides




Arminius




Arria the Elder




Arrian




Atticus, Titus Pomponius




Augustine, Saint




Augustus




Aurelianus, Lucius Domitius




Ausonius, Decimus Magnus




Avitus, Eparchius




—B—




Basil of Cappadocia, Saint




Bible: New Testament




Boethius




Brutus




—C—




Caesar, Julius




Caligula




Calpurnius Siculus, Titus




Camillus, Marcus Furius




Cannae, Battle of




Capella, Martianus




Caracalla




Carrhae, Battle of




Carthage




Cassian




Cassius




Catiline




Cato the Censor




Cato the Younger




Catullus




Celsus




Celsus, Aulus Cornelius




Chalcedon, Council of




Châlons, Battle of




Cicero




Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius




Claudian




Claudius Caecus, Appius




Claudius




Clement I




Clodia




Clodius Pulcher, Publius




Columella




Commius




Constans I




Constantine the Great




Constantius I-III




Corbulo, GnaeusDomitius




Coriolanus, Gnaeus Marcius




Cornelia




Crassus, Marcus Licinius




Curtius Rufus, Quintus




Cynoscephalae, Battle of




Cyprian of Carthage, Saint




—D—




Denis, Saint




Dido




Dio Cassius




Dio Chrysostom




Diocletian




Domitian




Donatism




Donatus, Aelius




—E—




Ennius, Quintus




Epictetus




Eudocia




Eudoxia, Aelia




Eusebius of Caesarea




Eutropius




—F—




Fabius




Fabius Maximus, Quintus




Fabius Pictor, Quintus




Faustina I




Faustina II




Figulus, Publius Nigidius




Flamininus, Titus Quinctius




Flavian Amphitheater




Fortunatus, Venantius




Four Emperors, Year of the




Frontinus, Sextus Julius




Fronto, Marcus Cornelius




Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades




Fulvia




—G—




Galen




Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Gaius




Gallic Wars




Gallienus




Gellius, Aulus




Gnosticism




Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius




Gratian




Gregory of Nazianzus




Gregory the Great




—H—




Hadrian




Hadrian’s villa




Hannibal




Helena, Saint




Herodian




Heron




Hilary of Poitiers, Saint




Horace




Hortensia




Hyginus




Hyginus, Gaius Julius




—I—




Ignatius of Antioch




Irenaeus, Saint




Isidore of Seville, Saint




—J—




Jerome, Saint




John Chrysostom, Saint




Josephus, Flavius




Julia (daughter of Augustus)




Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)




Julia Domna




Julia Mamaea




Julian the Apostate




Junius Brutus, Lucius




Justin Martyr, Saint




Juvenal




—L—




Lactantius, Lucius Caelius Firmianus




Latin League and War




Leo I (emperor)




Leo I, Saint




Licinius Lucullus, Lucius




Licinius, Valerius Licinianus




Livia Drusilla




Livius Andronicus, Lucius




Livy




Longinus




Longus




Lucan




Lucilius, Gaius (poet)




Lucilius, Gaius (satirist)




Lucretia




Lucretius




—M—




Macrobius, Aurelius Theodosius




Maecenas, Gaius




Magnesia ad Sipylum, Battle of




Manilius, Marcus




Marcus Aurelius’s Column




Marcus Aurelius




Marius, Gaius




Martial




Maxentius




Maximian




Mela, Pomponius




Messallina, Valeria




Milan, Edict of




Milvian Bridge, Battle of




Minucius Felix, Marcus




Mummius, Lucius




—N—




Naevius, Gnaeus




Nemesianus




Neoplatonism




Nepos, Cornelius




Nero




Nerva, Marcus Cocceius




Nestorius




Nicaea, Council of




Nonnus of Panopolis




—O—




Octavia




Odoacer




Origen




Ovid




—P—




Pachomius, Saint




Pacuvius, Marcus




Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus




Pantheon




Paulinus of Nola, Saint




Pelagianism




Persius Flaccus, Aulus




Petronius Arbiter




Phaedrus




Pharsalus, Battle of




Philippi, Battle of




Philodemus




Philostratus, Flavius




Plautus




Plebeian secession




Pliny the Elder




Pliny the Younger




Pompeii and Herculaneum




Pompey the Great




Poppaea Sabina




Porphyry




Priscian




Priscillian




Propertius




Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens




Publilius Syrus




Punic Wars




Pytheas




—Q—




Quinctilius Varus, Publius




Quintilian




Quintus Smyrnaeus




—R—




Res Gestae Divi Augusti




Roman arch




Roman Forum




Rome, Imperial




Rome, Prerepublican




Rome, Republican




Romulus and Remus




Romulus Augustulus




Rutilius Claudius Namatianus




—S—




Sabina, Vibia




Sallust




Scaevola, Quintus Mucius (Auger)




Scaevola, Quintus Mucius (Pontifex)




Scipio Aemilianus




Scipio Africanus




Scribonia




Second Sophistic




Sempronia




Seneca the Elder




Seneca the Younger




Severus, Lucius Septimius




Severus, Sulpicius




Sibylline Books




Sidonius Apollinaris




Simon Magus




Social War




Soranus of Ephesus




Spartacus




—T—




Tiro, Marcus Tullius




Theodosius the Great




Tiberius




Tibullus, Albius




Titus




Trajan




Trajan’s column




Triumvirate




Twelve Tables, The




—U—




Ulpian




—V—




Valens




Valentinian I




Valentinian III




Valerian




Valerius Flaccus, Gaius




Valerius Maximus




Valerius Probus, Marcus




Varro, Marcus Terentius




Vegetius Renatus, Flavius




Velleius Paterculus, Marcus




Vergil




Verginia




Vespasian




Villanovan culture




Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus




Ancient Africa




Overviews




Ancient Africa Prehistoric Peoples




Ancient Africa Art & Architecture




Ancient Africa Religion & Mythology




Ancient Africa Folklore




Ancient Africa Literature




Ancient Africa Government




Ancient Africa Trade




Ancient Africa Warfare




Ancient Africa Country Life




Food & Agriculture in Prehistoric Africa




Ancient Africa Family




Ancient Africa Women




Ancient Africa The Acholi People




Ancient Africa The Afar People




Ancient Africa The Agaw People




Ancient Africa The Ashanti People




Ancient Africa The Dinka People




Ancient Africa The Dyula People




Ancient Africa The Edo People




Ancient Africa The Ganwa People




People, Places & Events




—A—




Afrasans




Africa, East and South




Africa, North




Africa, West




African rock art, southern and eastern




Agaw




Alwa




Apedemak




Arkamani




Axum




—B—




Bantu, Congo Basin




Bantu, Mashariki




BaTwa




Beja




Berbers




—C—




Chadic peoples




Chifumbaze culture




Copper Belt




Cushites




—D—




Divinity




—E—




Eastern African Microlithic/Khoisan Peoples




Ethiopia




Ezana




—F—




Frumentius, Saint




—G—




Garamantes




Gash civilization




Ghana




—H—




Henotheism




—J—




Juba I of Numidia




Juba II of Mauretania




Jugurtha




—K—




Kaleb




Kerma




Khoikhoi




Khoisan




—M—




Madagascar




Makouria




Mande




—N—




Napata and Meroe




Niger-Congo




Nilo-Saharans




Nilotes




Nine Saints




Nobatae




Nok culture




Nubia




—O—




Omotic peoples




—P—




Piye




—R—




Rift Valley system




—S—




Saharan rock art




Shabaka




Sheba, Queen of




Sophonisba of Numidia




—T—




Taharqa




Ta-Seti




Tibu




—Y—




Yam




—Z—




Zama, Battle of




Znaga




Central Asia




Overviews




Overview of the Scythians




Overview of the Kushan Empire




Overview of Hun Warfare




People, Places & Events




—A—




Afanasievo culture




Anatolia




Andronovo culture




Antae




Argishti I




Armenia




Artavasdes II of Armenia




Attalid Dynasty




Attila




—B—




Bactria




—C—




Cimmerians




Croesus




—G—




Gyges




—H—




Hattusilis I




Hittites




Huns




—K—




Karasuk culture




Kaska




Kelteminar culture




Kitoi culture




Kushān Dynasty




—L—




Labarnas I




Luwians




Lycia




Lydia




—M—




Menander (Greco-Bactrian king)




Midas




Mongolia




Montanism




Muwatallis




—P—




Phrygia




—S—




Sarduri I




Sarduri II




Sarduri III




Sarmatians




Scythia




Suppiluliumas I




—T—




Telipinus




Tigranes the Great




—U—




Urartu




Volume 3




Ancient Oceania




Overviews




Indigenous Peoples in Ancient Australia




Indigenous Peoples in Ancient New Zealand




Colonization of Ancient Pacific Islands




Settlement of Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Government in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Government in the Ancient Pacific Islands




Religion in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Religion & Mythology on Ancient Pacific Islands




Art & Architecture in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Family Life in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Family Life on Ancient Pacific Islands




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Pacific Islands




Trade in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Trade on Ancient Pacific Islands




Warfare in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Warfare on Ancient Pacific Islands




Women in Ancient Australia & New Zealand




Women in Ancient Pacific Islands




Priests on Ancient Pacific Islands




Soldiers on Ancient Pacific Islands




People, Places & Events




—A—




Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand




—D—




Djanggawul cycle




Dreaming




—H—




Hawaii




—J—




Java




—M—




Malay




Melanesia




Micronesia




—P—




Polynesia




—S—




Sea Peoples




Europe and the British Isles




Overviews




The Neolithic Period in Ancient Europe




The Copper Age in Europe




The Bronze Age in Europe




The Celts of Ancient Europe




The Angles




The Anglo-Saxons




Barbarian Tribes in Ancient Europe




The Lombards




Religion in Ancient Europe




Celtic Mythology




Frankish Mythology




Art & Architecture in Ancient Europe




Family Life in Ancient Europe




Women in Ancient Europe




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Europe




Warfare in Ancient Europe




Trade in Ancient Europe




Government in Ancient Europe




People, Places & Events




—A—




Agapetus, Saint




Agathias




Alani




Alaric I




Alaric II




Alboin




Allemanni




Anastasius I




Anthemius of Tralles




Aristides of Miletus




Augustine of Canterbury, Saint




—B—




Beaker people




Belisarius




Benedict Biscop, Saint




Benedict of Nursia, Saint




Boudicca




Britain




Byzantine Empire




—C—




Caratacus




Cartimandua




Cassiodorus




Cassivellaunus




Chlotar I




Clovis




Constantinople




Columba, Saint




Cunobelinus




Cyprus




—D—




Dallán Forgaill




—E—




Edwin




Etruscans




—F—




Finnic peoples




France




Franks




—G—




Gauls




Germany




Goths




—H—




Haghia Sophia




Hallstatt culture




—I—




Ireland




—J—




Jordanes




Justinian I




Justinian’s codes




—L—




La Tène culture




Langobards




—M—




Malalas, John




Maroboduus




Merovingian Dynasty




—N—




Narses (Byzantine military leader)




Neolithic Europe




—P—




Patrick, Saint




Paulinus, Saint




Picts




Procopius




—R—




Radegunda, Saint




—S—




Salvianus




Slavs




Spain




Stonehenge




Suebi




Sutton Hoo




—T—




Taliesin




Theoderic the Great




Theodora




Theodosius II




Theodosius of Alexandria




Totila




—V—




Vandals




Vendae




Vercingetorix




Vindolanda tablets




—W—




Wallia




The Ancient Americas




Overviews




Human Colonization of the Ancient Americas




Art & Architecture of the Ancient Mayas




Government in the Aztec Empire




Religion & Mythology in the Aztec Empire




Religion & Mythology in the Mayan Empire




The Aztec Empire




The Mayan Empire




The Monte Albán Civilization




The Chavín Civilization




The Lamar Culture




The Moche Civilization




The Nazca Civilization




Mystery Hill (“America’s Stonehenge”)




Trade in Ancient Americas




Warfare in Ancient Americas




Women in Ancient Americas




People, Places & Events




—A—




Abipón




Adena culture




Akapana pyramid




Aleutian tradition




Altar de Sacrificios




Amazonia




American Paleo-Arctic tradition




Anasazi




Andes, central




Andes, south




Arawak




Archaic North American culture




Archaic South American culture




Archaic tradition, northern




Arctic Small Tool tradition




Atlatl




Aztec culture




—B—




Ball game, Mesoamerican




Boylston Street weir




Brazil, eastern




—C—




Cajamarca pottery




California peoples




Caribbean




Chaco culture




Chavín de Huántar




Chan Chan




Chimú culture




Cuzco




Chichén Itzá




Chinchorro mummies




Cholula




Clovis technological complex




Cobá




Cochise culture




Copán




—D—




Dalton tradition




Deptford culture




Dorset phase




Dzibilchaltún




—E—




Eastern peoples




El Tajín




—F—




Folsom technological complex




Fremont culture




—G—




Great Basin peoples




—H—




Helton phase




Hohokam culture




Hopewell culture




Huaca de la Luna




Huaca del Sol




—I—




Inca




Ipiutak




—K—




Kachemak tradition




—L—




La Florida pyramid




Laurel culture




Leyden plate




Lima culture




Locarno Beach




—M—




Machu Picchu




Maritime Archaic




Marpole phase




Maya




Mayapan




Microblade tradition, Northwest




Middle Woodland tradition




Mixtecs




Moche culture




Moctezuma (II)




Mogollon culture




Monte Albán




Mimbres culture




Mound Builders




—N—




Nasca culture




Norton tradition




Northwest Coast peoples




—O—




Old Copper complex




Olmecs




—P—




Palenque




Paleo-Indians in North America




Paleo-Indians in South America




Plains peoples




Plateau peoples




Poverty Point




Pueblo peoples




Pyramid of the Moon




—R—




Raimondi stone




Recuay




—S—




Saint Mungo phase




Sonota culture




South American Intermediate Area




South America, southern




Southwest peoples




Subarctic peoples




—T—




Tarascan (state)




Teotihuacán




Thom’s Creek




Thule culture




Tikal




Tiwanaku




Toltec culture




Tula




Tulum




—U—




Uxmal




—W—




Wari




—X—




Xochicalco




—Z—




Zapotecs




Volume 4




Egypt and Alexandria




Overviews




The Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs




Government in Ancient Egypt




Religion & Mythology in Ancient Egypt




Art & Architecture in Ancient Egypt




Trade in Ancient Egypt




Literature in Ancient Egypt




City Life in Ancient Egypt




Country Life in Ancient Egypt




Family Life in Ancient Egypt




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Egypt




Women in Ancient Egypt




Life as a Royal & Noble in Ancient Egypt




Life as a Priest in Ancient Egypt




Life as an Artist in Ancient Egypt




Life as a Scribe in Ancient Egypt




Life as a Tradesman in Ancient Egypt




Life as a Peasant or Slave in Ancient Egypt




People, Places & Events




—A—




Akhenaton




Alexandrian library




Alexandrian patriarchs




Ankhesenamen




Anthony of Egypt, Saint




Apollonius of Perga




Apollonius Rhodius




Aristarchus of Samos




Athanasius of Alexandria, Saint




—B—




Book of the Dead




—C—




Callimachus of Cyrene




Clement of Alexandria




Cleopatra VII




Cyril of Alexandria, Saint




—E—




Egypt, Pharaonic




Egypt, Prepharaonic




Egypt, Ptolemaic and Roman




—H—




Harkhuf




Hatshepsut




Herophilus




Hesychius of Alexandria




Hyksos




Hypatia




—I—




Imhotep




Isis, cult of




—M—




Menelaus of Alexandria




Merenptah




Monophysitism




Montuhotep II




—N—




Nefertiti




—P—




Palermo stone




Pharos of Alexandria




Philo of Alexandria




Ptolemaic Dynasty




Ptolemy




Pyramids and the Sphinx




—R—




Rameses II




Rameses III




Rosetta stone




—S—




Saite Dynasty




Saracen conquest




Septuagint




Sesostris III




Seti I




Snefru




—T—




Tale of the Two Brothers, The




Thutmose III




Tutankhamen




Greece




Overviews




Ancient Greek City-States




Ancient Athens




Ancient Sparta




The Mycenaean Civilization




Government in Ancient Greece




City Life in Ancient Greece




Country Life in Ancient Greece




Family Life in Ancient Greece




Food & Agriculture in Ancient Greece




Women in Ancient Greece




Transportation in Ancient Greece




Warfare in Ancient Greece




Trade in Ancient Greece




Art & Architecture in Ancient Greece




Literature & Theatre in Ancient Greece




Philosophy in Ancient Greece




Religion & Mythology in Ancient Greece




Science in Ancient Greece




Sport in Ancient Greece




Nobles or Royals in Ancient Greece




Priests or Priestesses in Ancient Greece




Intellectuals in Ancient Greece




Artists in Ancient Greece




Tradesmen or Merchants in Ancient Greece




Skilled Craftsmen in Ancient Greece




Soldiers in Ancient Greece




Slaves in Ancient Greece




People, Places & Events




—A—




Achaean League




Achaean War




Achilles Painter




Aegospotami, Battle of




Aeschines




Aeschylus




Aesop




Aetolian League




Agariste




Agathon




Agesilaus II of Sparta




Alcaeus of Lesbos




Alcibiades of Athens




Alcman




Alexander the Great




Amasis Painter




Anacreon




Andocides




Antigonid Dynasty




Antiochus the Great




Antipater




Antiphon




Anyte of Tegea




Apollodorus of Athens (artist)




Apollodorus of Athens (scholar)




Apuleius, Lucius




Aratus




Archidamian War




Archidamus II of Sparta




Archidamus III of Sparta




Archilochus of Paros




Archimedes




Archytas of Tarentum




Argead Dynasty




Aristarchus of Samothrace




Aristides of Athens




Aristophanes




Aristotle




Artemis, temple of, at Ephesus




Aspasia of Miletus




Athens




—B—




Bacchylides




Brasidas of Sparta




—C—




Callicrates




Cassander




Chaeronea, Battle of




Cimon




Cleisthenes of Athens




Cleisthenes of Sicyon




Cleon of Athens




Colossus of Rhodes




Corinthian War




Crates of Athens




Cratinus




Crete




Critias of Athens




Cunaxa, Battle of




Cyclades




Cypselus of Corinth




—D—




Delphi




Demetrius Phalereus




Demetrius Poliorcetes




Democritus




Demosthenes




Diadochi




Diocles of Carystus




Diogenes of Sinope




Dionysius I the Elder of Syracuse




Dionysius the Younger




Draco




—E—




Eleusinian mysteries




Epaminondas




Ephialtes of Athens




Epicurus




Erasistratus




Eratosthenes of Cyrene




Erinna




Euclid




Eudoxus




Eumenes II




Eupalinus of Megara




Eupolis




Euripides




—F—




Four Hundred




—G—




Gaugamela, Battle of




Gelon of Syracuse




Gorgias




Gortyn, law code of




Granicus, Battle of




Greco-Persian Wars




Greece, Archaic




Greece, Classical




Greece, Hellenistic and Roman




Greece, Mycenaean




—H—




Halicarnassus mausoleum




Harmodius and Aristogiton




Hecataeus of Miletus




Heliodorus of Emesa




Herodas




Herodotus




Hesiod




Hieron I of Syracuse




Hieron II of Syracuse




Hipparchus




Hippias of Athens




Hippocrates




Histiaeus of Miletus




Homer




Hydaspes, Battle of




—I—




Iamblichus of Syria




Ibycus




Ictinus




Ion of Chios




Ionian Revolt




Isaeus




Isocrates




Issus, Battle of




—K—




King’s Peace




—L—




Leonidas




Leucippus




Leuctra, Battle of




Linear B




Lucian




Lycurgus of Sparta




Lysander of Sparta




Lysias




Lysimachus




Lysippus




—M—




Macedonia




Magna Graecia




Mantinea, Battles of




Marathon, Battle of




Meleager of Gadara




Menander (playwright)




Menippus of Gadara




Messenian Wars




Miltiades the Younger




Mimnermus




Moschus of Syracuse




Mycenae, palace of




Myron




—N—




Nicander of Colophon




Nicias of Athens




Nicolaus of Damascus




Nicomachus of Gerasa




—O—




Olympias




Olympic Games




Oribasius




Orphism




—P—




Paeonius




Panaetius of Rhodes




Parmenides




Parthenon




Pausanias of Sparta




Pausanias the Traveler




Peloponnesian War




Periander of Corinth




Pericles




Phidias




Philip II




Philip V




Philochorus




Pindar




Pisistratus




Pittacus of Mytilene




Plataea, Battle of




Plato




Plotinus




Plutarch




Polybius




Polyclitus




Polycrates of Samos




Polygnotus




Posidonius




Praxiteles




Pre-Socratic philosophers




Protagoras




Pyrrhon of Elis




Pythagoras




—S—




Sacred Wars




Salamis, Battle of




Sappho




Scopas




Scylax of Caryanda




Semonides




Simonides




Socrates




Solon




Sophocles




Speusippus




Stesichorus




Strabo




—T—




Terpander of Lesbos




Themistocles




Theocritus of Syracuse




Theognis




Theophrastus




Thera




Thermopylae, Battle of




Theron of Acragas




Thespis




Thirty Tyrants




Thucydides




Timoleon of Corinth




Troy




Tyrtaeus




—X—




Xenophanes




Xenophon




—Z—




Zeno of Citium




Zeno of Elea




Zeus at Pergamum, Great Altar of




Zeuxis of Heraclea




Appendices




Glossary




Time Line




Chronology of People, Places, and Events




Selected Important Calendrical Systems




The Systems of Months in Selected Calendrical Systems




Bibliography