This Fleeting World

Index 111
Productivity, 60–61, 63, 69–70. See
also Gross domestic product
(GDP)
agricultural, 25
mass production, 79–80
and rise of commercial societies, 66
Q
Qilid, 39
Quantum mechanics, 81
R
Railways, 69–70
Relativity, theory of, 81
Religion and spirituality
agrarian era, 49
foraging era, 12
modern era, 72, 82
Remarque, Erich Maria, 75
Roman empire, 47
Russia
collapse of Soviet Union, 84
foraging era in, 17
Industrial Revolution, 70, 74
Marxism, rise of, 76–78
mass media, use of, 82
World War I, 75
World War II, 78–79
Russo-Japanese Wars, 77
S
Sahara Desert, 25–26, 28
Sargon, 45
Secondary-products revolution, 33–34
Serbia, 75
Shang dynasty, 45
Sherratt, Andrew, 33, 34
Silk Roads, 45, 54
Slave trade, 66–67
Smallpox, 53
Smith, Ada, 66
Socialism, 76–79, 84–89
South Africa, 63
South America. See also Andean states
agriculture, early, 23, 33, 34, 37
cities/states, early, 42–43
economic development, 64, 79, 86,
90
European exploitation of, 68, 71
extinctions, 18–19
Great Depression, 76
migrations from Africa to, 17
slave trade, 67
Soviet Union. See Russia
Spirituality. See Religion and
spirituality
Stalin, Joseph, 77
States, agrarian era, 41–52
Steam engine, 69
Stonehenge, 38
Subways, 70
Sudan. See Nile Valley
Sumer, 44, 45
Swidden agriculturalists, 33, 39
Symbols, 8
T
Tang empire, 55
Taxation, 42, 44, 55, 56, 65, 73
Technology
agrarian era, 23, 25, 32–35, 37, 46,
53
foraging era, 15–17 (See also Tools,
foraging era)
modern era, 65–68, 79–80, 89 (See
also Industrialization (Industrial
Revolution))
Teens, marketing to, 81
Teotihuacán, 50–51
Terracing, 38, 39
Third World, 71, 88
Tools, foraging era, 6–8, 16, 20, 21
Totemism, 12