INDEX

Abahai, ruler, 269

Abdication, 92-3, 182, 227, 302

Aborigines, 323

Absolutism, 196, 208, 210, 232 ff., 247
  (see Despotism, Dictator, Emperor,
  Monarchy)

Academia Sinica, 307

Academies, 221, 255, 267-8, 272

Administration, 64, 82-4, 138 ff, 142, 144, 154, 170, 173-4, 210;
  provincial, 85
  (see Army, Feudalism, Bureaucracy)

Adobe (Mud bricks), 16, 19, 32

Adoptions, 204

Afghanistan, 146-7

Africa, 201, 259

Agriculture, development, 54, 198 ff., 249-50, 275;
  Origin of, 10, 11;
  of Shang, 21;
  shifting (denshiring), 32
  (see Wheat, Millet, Rice, Plough, Irrigation, Manure, Canals,
  Fallow)

An Ti, ruler of Han, 92

Ainu, tribes, 9

Ala-shan mountain range, 88

Alchemy, 49, 104
  (see) Elixir

Alexander the Great, 146-7

America, 276, 300
  (see) United States

Amithabha, god, 188

Amur, river, 278

An Chi-yeh, rebel, 293

An Lu-shan, rebel, 184 ff., 189, 195

Analphabetism, 65

Anarchists, 47

Ancestor, cult, 24, 32

Aniko, sculptor, 243

Animal style, 17

Annam (Vietnam), 97, 160, 209, 219, 234, 258, 265, 295, 330

Anyang (Yin-ch’ue), 19, 22

Arabia, 258; Arabs, 104, 178, 183, 185, 266

Architecture, 147, 256

Aristocracy, 25, 26, 36, 122, 195
  (see Nobility, Feudalism)

Army, cost of, 211;
  organization of, 24, 118, 174, 236;
  size of, 53;
  Tibetan, 127
  (see War, Militia, tu-tu, pu-ch’ue)

Art, Buddhist, 146-7
  (see Animal style, Architecture, Pottery, Painting, Sculpture,
  Wood-cut)

Arthashastra, book, attributed to Kautilya, 59

Artisans, 19, 26, 31, 33, 56, 79;
  Organizations of, 58
  (see Guilds, Craftsmen)

Assimilation, 144, 152, 166, 244
  (see Colonization)

Astronomy, 266

Austroasiats, 10, 12

Austronesians, 12

Avars, tribe, 140
  (see Juan-juan)

Axes, prehistoric, 10

Axis, policy, 51

Babylon, 65

Baghdad, city, 201

Balasagun, city, 224

Ballads, 133

Banks, 265, 305

Banner organization, 268, 291

Barbarians (Foreigners), 109, 122, 246, 278

Bastards, 41

Bath, 217

Beg, title, 289

Beggar, 239

Bengal, 250, 283

Boat festival, 23

Bokhara (Bukhara), city, 46

Bon, religion, 242

Bondsmen, 31, 117, 143
  (see pu-ch’ue, Serfs, Feudalism)