This Fleeting World

Index 107
hierarchies of power, development
of, 36
imperial states, 47–51
industrialization and, 64, 84
migrations from Africa to, 17
trade, 45, 53, 54, 68
World War I, 75
World War II, 78
Australasia
agrarian era, 37, 42
migration to, 71
World War I, 75
Australia, 17–23
Austria, 75
Aztec empire, 54
B
Bhutan, 88
Bipedalism, 6
Black Death, 53
Bolsheviks, 77–78
Britain, 69–71, 75
Bubonic plague (Black Death), 53
Buddhism, 49
Bureaucracy, 62–63, 72, 77
C
Canada, 53. See also North America
Capitalism, 80–81, 83–88
Carbon dating methods, 4
Catalhoyuk (Turkey), 42–43
Charlemagne, 54
Cheng Ho, 54
China
agriculture, early, 26, 52
cities, 1500 ce, 61
cities and states, early, 43
Communism, 79
economic development, 69, 71,
85–87, 90
empires, 45, 54, 55
hierarchies of power, development
of, 36
Industrial Revolution and, 71, 74
irrigation, 34
philosophical traditions of, 50
trade, 45, 46, 56, 67
World War I, 75
World War II, 78
Christianity, 49
Cities
agrarian era, 41–52
China, urbanization of, 86
gender roles and, 64, 86
increasing size of, 61–62, 86
Climate change, 28, 29, 30, 68, 90
Cold War, 84
Commercial societies, 66, 73. See also
Trade
Communication, mass, 82, 83, 86–88
Communism, 76–79, 84–89
Consumerism, 80–81, 88–90
Crops, 25–27, 30
Americas, new crops introduced to,
53
at end of foraging era, 21–22
harvesting, 36
salinization of soil and, 47
surpluses, 36–37
trade of, 36, 56, 66
Cultural Revolution, 85–86
Culture
modern era, changes in, 72–74
Western culture, backlash to, 88–89
Cyrus I, 47, 49
D
Darwin, Charles, 72
Dating methods, carbon, 4
Democracies, 62–63, 71–72
Diseases, 35–36, 46–47, 53, 54, 86,
89
Domesticated animals, 33–34
Drugs, trade of, 56