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494 INDEX<br />

Annikeris, 197, 421n90<br />

Antony, Marc, 418-419n73<br />

Aceoka, Emperor, 249, 252-253<br />

apeiron (the unlimited), 245<br />

"apostolic poverty," 290<br />

"appreciate," etymology of, 408n63<br />

apreitiare (to set a price), 408n63<br />

Aquinas, Thomas, 251, 286, 299, 304,<br />

407n60, 438n92, 441n147, 446n5 1<br />

Aquitaine, Eleanor of, 294<br />

Arabic terminology<br />

ruq'a (notes), 275<br />

sakk (checks), 275<br />

sharika al-mafalis (partnership of the<br />

penniless), 276<br />

Aramaic language, 178<br />

Aramaic terminology, hoyween (debt),<br />

403n25<br />

Argentina<br />

collapse of economy in, 37<br />

default on international debt, 369<br />

aristocracy<br />

indebtedness of, 23 1, 427n28<br />

superiority, notions of, 112-113, 406-<br />

407n44<br />

Aristotle<br />

Baghdad Aristoteleans, 271<br />

on barter systems, 394n6<br />

Constitution of the Athenians, 187,<br />

417n58<br />

Constitution of the Megarians, 419n75<br />

on Greek state, 427n17<br />

On Interpretation, 442n151<br />

on moneylending, 440n123<br />

Nicomachean Ethics, 43 1n78, 438n92,<br />

440n123, 441n147, 442n 153,<br />

446n51<br />

on origins of money, 24<br />

Politics, 24, 394n6, 418n60, 420n81,<br />

422n112, 427n 17, 440n123<br />

Aro Confederacy, 152, 163, 412nn65--67<br />

Arrighi, Giovanni, 49n88, 445n21<br />

Arthasasatra (Kautilya), 50, 233-234, 240,<br />

432n15<br />

Arthur, King, 293, 441n137<br />

Aru Islands, 347, 349<br />

Ascent of Money (Ferguson), 389<br />

Asoka, Emporer, 234-235, 249, 252-253<br />

Assyrian law codes, 417n53<br />

on prostitution, 184<br />

Astronomy (Smith), 396n3<br />

Athens. See Greece<br />

Atlantic, <strong>The</strong>, 393nll<br />

Atlantic Slave Trade. See slave trade<br />

Atwood, Margaret, 92, 378, 404n5<br />

Augustine, Saint, 332, 446n59<br />

Augustinian traditions, 332, 430n69,<br />

443n168, 446n59<br />

Augustin the Executioner, 325<br />

Augustus, 287, 418-419n73, 450n116<br />

Aurelius, Marcus, 243<br />

Australia<br />

Gunwinggu people, 30-33, 35, 127,<br />

415n3 1<br />

Maori people, 108, 116<br />

Axial Age<br />

in China, 235-237<br />

coins, origins of, 225-226<br />

in Egypt, 226<br />

in Greece, 228-232<br />

in India, 232-235<br />

materialism, pursuit of profits and,<br />

237-242<br />

merceneries as currency, 226, 426n 11<br />

overview, 223-228<br />

religious thought in, 223-226<br />

rise of coinage in, 214<br />

warfare during, 230-23 1<br />

"Axis of Evil," 451n14<br />

Aztec people<br />

European conquest of, 314-315, 3 17,<br />

325-326, 355-357<br />

games of, 356<br />

Moctezuma, 355-357<br />

B<br />

Babylonia. See Mesopotamia<br />

Baghdad Aristoteleans, 271<br />

bailouts, financial<br />

for corporations, 16-17, 381, 393nll<br />

mortgage relief funds, 394nl3 (Chap.<br />

1)<br />

threat to democracy and, 17, 394n13<br />

(Chap. 1)<br />

Bakenranef, Pharaoh, 219, 403n29<br />

Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, 444n20<br />

Bali, slave trade in, 156-158, 158, 163,<br />

413n88<br />

Banaji, 427n3 1<br />

Bangladesh, microcredit in, 379-380

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