The History Book

Pompey the Great 62 Roman Republic, fall of 58–65 INDEX 349
Populares 61, 62 Romantic movement 13–14, 202
population growth 30, 35, 75, 202, 223, 234, 269, Rome, sack of (410) 68–9 skyscrapers 257
Rommel, General Erwin 292 Slave Trade Abolition Act 226–7
335–9 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 283, 292 Smith, Adam 222, 223
poverty 330 Roosevelt, Theodore 233 Socialism, rise of 228–9
printing 136, 155, 161 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 193, 195 Socrates 50–1
Ptolemy I of Egypt 53 Royal African Company 176–9 Solander, Daniel 189
Ptolemy, Claudius 90, 91, 93 Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 167 Solidarity 322, 323
Punic Wars 70–1 Russian Civil War 279 Solon 48–9
Puritans 173, 175 Russian Revolution 276–9, 297 Somme, Battle of the 274
pyramids 38, 39 Russo-Japanese War 252, 253, 276 Song dynasty 13, 102–3, 122, 127, 131
Songhai Empire 110, 111
Q S Soviet Union, break-up of 268, 322, 323
space race 310
Qianlong, Emperor 186, 187 Safavid dynasty 139, 141, 170, 171, 198 Spanish Armada 166–7, 199
Qin dynasty 55–7, 126, 137 al-Sahili, Abu Ishaq 111 Spanish Civil War 285, 289, 340
Qin Shi Huangdi, Emperor 12, 54–7 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre 167, 198 Sparta 44, 45, 51, 70
Qing dynasty 127, 186–7, 255, 265 St. Petersburg 196, 197 Spartacus 62
Quakers 172 Saladin 106 spice trade 144, 151, 180, 182
Quebec, Battle of 191 Salah al-Din, Mohammed 321 Spring and Autumn Period 54, 55
Quisling, Vidkun 291 Salamis, Battle of 45 Sputnik 310
Qur’an 79, 81 samurai 98, 99 Srivijaya Empire 108, 109
Quraysh clan 79–80 Sarajevo, Siege of 326 Stalin, Joseph 276, 279, 281, 289, 292, 297
Sartre, Jean-Paul 324 Stalingrad, Battle of 288, 292
R Sassanid Empire 80, 81 Statute of Labourers 118, 119
satellites 310, 328, 329 steam power 202, 222, 223–4
racism 324, 325 Saudi Arabia 318, 319, 320, 321 steel production 225
railways 202, 222–4, 233–4, 243, 248, 249, 253 Schall von Bell, Johann Adam 127 Stephens, Alexander 246
Ramesses II, Pharaoh 38, 39 scientific advance 88–91, 137, 188, 194, 236–7 Stephenson, George 220, 221, 222
Ramesses III, Pharaoh 38 Scot, Michael 93 Stimson, Henry L 292
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja 264 Sea People 38 Stone Age 19, 22–7, 34
Raymond of Marseilles 92 Second Continental Congress 204, 205, 207 Stuart, Prince Charles Edward 199
Al-Razi 91 Second Triumvirate 64 Suetonius 65
recession 330–3 Sejong, King 130–1 Suez Canal 230–5, 242
Reconquista 92, 107, 128–9 Sekigahara, Battle of 184, 185 Suez Crisis 318–21
Red Army Faction 341 Seljuk Turks 106, 107, 139 suffragettes 262–3
Red Brigades 324 Senate, Roman 60–5 Suharto, Major-General 340
Red Guards 316, 317 Sennacherib, King of Assyria 70 Sukarno, Ahmed 301, 340
Red Turban revolt 122, 123 serfs, emancipation of 243 Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan 141
Reformation 133, 136, 160–9, 192, 198, 199 settlements, first human 19, 30–1 Sulla 60
refugees 321, 339 Seven Years’ War 191, 206 Sun Yat-Sen 305
Reichstag Fire 284–5 Sèvres, Treaty of 260, 261, 280 Sun Zhongshan 304
Renaissance 13, 152–5 Sforza dynasty 152, 155 Suryavarman II, King 108, 109
Revolutionary Wars 212, 213, 214–15 Shaka, Zulu chief 264 Syagrius 71
Rhodes, Cecil 258, 259 Shang Dynasty 36, 70 Sykes-Picot Agreement 272
Ricci, Matteo 127 Shanghai massacre 305 Sylvester II, Pope 92
Richard I of England 107 Sherman, William 247
Richelieu, Cardinal 190 shogunate 98–9 T
Riebeck, Jan van 199 Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of 156
Robert Bruce, King of Scotland 133 Sicilies, Kingdom of the Two 238, 239 T’aejo, King 130, 131
Roberts, Richard 224 Sikh Empire 264 Taft, William 233
Robespierre, Maximilien 210, 211, 212, 213 Silk Road 41, 75, 104–5 Tahmasp, Shah 198
Rocket 220, 222, 223 Sima Qian 12, 55, 56 Taiping Rebellion 254, 255, 265
Rocroi, Battle of 169 Sino-Japanese War 252, 253, 305 Taira clan 98, 99
Roger II of Sicily 88, 93 Sitting Bull 249 Taiwan 305
Roman Empire 35, 60, 61, 64–5, 71, 74 Six Day War 302, 303, 320 Taizong, Emperor 85
Talas River, Battle of 84, 85
Taliban 341

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Tamerlane 133 unemployment 282, 283 Wilhelm II, Kaiser 272, 273
Tang dynasty 35, 84–5, 127, 131 Union states 247 William I (the Conqueror) of England 94
Tasman, Abel 189 United Nations 293, 325, 340 William III of England 175
technology 27, 75, 127, 136, 145, 155, 158, 159, 161, Urban II, Pope 106–7 Wilson, Woodrow 280
urban culture 256–7 Witigis, King of the Goths 77
202, 220–5, 328–9 USSR see Soviet Union Witte, Sergei 243
Tehran Conference 294 Utrecht, Treaty of 190 Wollstonecraft, Mary 192
telegraph 234, 248, 249 women 192, 262–3, 274, 275, 324
Tenochtitlan 114–16, 150 V World War I 241, 260, 261, 268, 270–5, 276, 280,
terracotta warriors 56
the Terror 210, 212, 213 Valley of the Kings 39 282
terrorism 269, 321, 327 Vandals 68, 69 World War II 268, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 286–95,
Teutonic Knights 133 Vasari, Giorgio 155
textile industry 224 Velho, Gonçalo 144 297, 305, 308, 340
Tezozomoc 114 Vendée, uprising in the 212 writing 34–5, 42, 43, 130, 131
Thabit ibn Qurra 90 Venezuela 75, 216, 219, 315 Wu, Emperor 12, 70
Thailand 108, 109, 149 Venus figurines 27 Wu Sangui 186
Theodoric the Ostrogoth 68, 69, 76 Vercingetorix 71 Wycliffe, John 160
Theodosius I, Emperor 67 Versailles, Treaty of 272, 275, 280, 284, 285, 288,
Thermopylae, Battle of 45 X
Thirty Years’ War 133, 166, 167–9 289, 305
Three Feudatories, Revolt of the 186–7 Vespucci, Amerigo 144, 151 Xerxes I of Persia 45
Three Kingdoms, Era of the 71 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 228, 239 Ximenes, Francisco 162
Thucydides 12 Victoria, Queen 233, 242 Xuanzong, Emperor 85
Thutmose III, Pharaoh 38, 39 Vienna, Siege of 141, 199
Tiberius, Emperor 60, 65 Vietnam War 312–13, 324 Y
Tilly, Field Marshall 168 Vikings 69, 74, 94–5, 147
Tito, Josip Broz 326 Viracocha 116, 117 Yarmuk, Battle of 80
Tlacaelel 116 Visigoths 68, 69, 88, 128 Yeltsin, Boris 323
Tokugawa shogunate 99, 185, 252–3 Voltaire 193, 194, 195 Yi, Admiral 199
Topa Inca Yupanqui 116 Voyages of discovery 75, 142–51 Yi dynasty 130–1
Tordesillas, Treaty of 148–51, 314 Yi Songyye 130
Tours, Battle of 132 W Yom Kippur War 332
Toussaint L’Ouverture, François-Dominique 227 Yongle, Emperor 122, 125
trade 41, 75, 104–5, 178–9, 223, 232, 234–5 al-Walid, Caliph 88 Yongzheng, Emperor 187
trade unions 229 Wall Street Crash 282–3, 330 Young Turk Revolution 260–1
Trafalgar, Battle of 215 Wallenstein, Albrecht von 168 Yuan dynasty 102, 105, 122–3, 124, 127, 130
Trail of Tears 264 Wanli, Emperor 126
Trans-Siberian railway 243 Wannsee Conference 294–5 Z
Treaty Ports 254 War of 1812 264
trench warfare 272 War of the Spanish Succession 190 Zaragoza, Treaty of 151
Triple Alliance 273 Warring States Period 55, 56, 184, 185 Zeno, Emperor 76
Trotsky, Leon 278, 279 Wars of Religion 166–9 Zheng He 125
Truman Doctrine 296, 312 Warsaw Pact 297, 323 Zhengtong, Emperor 126
Truth and Reconciliation Commission 325 Washington, George 207 Zhou dynasty 56, 70
Tsushima Strait, Battle of 253 Waterloo, Battle of 214–15 Zhu Xi 131
Turkey, modernization of 203, 260–1 Watts, James 222, 223–4 Zhu Yuanzhang see Hongwu, Emperor
al-Tusi, Nasr al-Din 91 websites 328–9 Zi Ying, Emperor 57
Tyndale, William 162 Weimar Republic 289 Zine el Abidine 321
welfare programs 332 Zionism 241, 302, 303
U Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 215 Zulu kingdom 264
Western Roman Empire 66–7, 68–9, 76, 82, 83 Zwingli, Ulrich 161, 162
Uhud, Battle of 80 Westphalia, Peace of 166, 169
Ulfilas 66 White Mountain, Battle of 168
al-Umari, Chilab 111 Wilberforce, William 227
Umayyad caliphate 78, 81, 88, 89, 128 Wilhelm I, Kaiser 240
underground railways 256, 257

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QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS

HUMAN ORIGINS THE EARLY MODERN ERA THE MODERN WORLD

20–21 Yuval Noah Harari 138–41 Constantine XI Palaiologos 270–75 German solider
22–27 J. M. Chauvet, E. B. Deschamps, 142–47 Christopher Columbus 276–79 Vladimir Lenin (1917)
148–51 Treaty of Tordesillas 280 Ferdinand Foch
and C. Hillaire 152–55 Giorgio Vasari 281 Joseph Stalin
28–29 Brian Fagan 156–57 Jean V. de Bueil 282–83 Herbert Hoover
30–31 Michael Balter 158–59 Christopher Columbus 284–85 Benito Mussolini
160–63 Martin Luther 286–93 Adolf Hitler (1939)
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 164–69 Hans Heberle 294–95 Hermann Göring
170–71 Abu’l Fazl ibn Mubarak 296–97 1st Lt. Kenneth Nessen,
36–37 Hammurabi 172–73 William Bradford
38–39 The Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty 174–75 Oliver Cromwell United States Air Force
176–79 Ottobah Cugoano 298–301 Jawaharlal Nehru
(Egyptian version) 180–83 Joseph Peso de la Vega 302–03 David Ben-Gurion
40–41 Gautama Buddha 184–85 Ieyasu Tokugawa 304–05 Mao Zedong
42–43 Arthur J. Evans 186–87 Chinese proverb 306–07 Kwame Nkrumah
44–45 Herodotus 188 Sir Isaac Newton 308–09 Dean Rusk
46–51 Thucydides 189 Captain Cook 310 Nikita Khrushchev
52–53 Plutarch 190 Louis XIV 311 Martin Luther King Jr
54–57 Sima Qian 191 Frederick the Great 312–13 Lyndon B. Johnson
58–65 Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 192–95 Denis Diderot 314–15 Fidel Castro
66–67 Vision of Emperor Constantine 196–97 Peter the Great 316–17 Famous Chinese propaganda poster
68–69 St. Jerome 318–21 Gamal Abdel Nasser
CHANGING SOCIETIES 322–23 Daniel Johnson
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 324 Words on a placard carried by
204–07 The Declaration of Independence
76–77 Procopius 208–13 François Alexandre Frédéric, an American protestor
78–81 Muhammad 325 Nelson Mandela
82–83 Alcuin of York duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt 326 Radovan Karadzic
84–85 Emperor Taizong 214–15 Napoleon Bonaparte 327 George W. Bush
86–93 Said al-Andalusi 216–19 Simón Bolívar 328–29 Tim Berners-Lee
94–95 Alcuin of York 220–25 John Ruskin 330–33 Kofi Annan
96–97 Dictatus Papae 226–27 William Wilberforce 334–39 Ban Ki-moon
98–99 Jien 228–29 Alexis de Tocqueville
100–01 King John of England 230–35 Ferdinand de Lesseps
102–03 Marco Polo 236–37 Charles Darwin
104–05 Marco Polo 238–41 Giuseppe Garibaldi
106–07 Pope Urban II 242 Katherine Mary Bartrum
108–09 Henri Mouhot 243 Alexander II
110–11 Al-Umari 244–47 Abraham Lincoln
112–17 Fray Bernardino de Sahagún 248–49 John L. O’Sullivan
118–19 Geoffrey the Baker 250–51 Israel Zangwill
120–27 Hongwu Emperor 252–53 National slogan
128–29 Pope Calixtus III
130–31 King Sejong the Great of Japan in the Meiji era
254–55 Hong Xiuquan
256–57 Gustave Eiffel
258–59 Cecil Rhodes
260–61 Kemal Atatürk
262–63 WSPU slogan

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