A History of the World (97 page)

Franks
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Frederick I, King of Prussia
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Frederick II, the Great
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Frederick William, King of Prussia
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French Revolution
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and Declaration of the Rights of Man
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execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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and Haitian Revolution
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impact and legacy of
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and Marat
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reforms
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starting of
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storming of Bastille
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the Terror
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French wars of religion
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Friedrich the Wise
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Fronde
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Fukuyama, Francis

The End of History and the Last Man
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Fulani
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fur trade (Russia)
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Gaddis, Jon Lewis
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Gagarin, Yuri
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Galata
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Galileo
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Gan Ying
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Gandhi, Mohandas
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Gang of Four
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gas-lighting
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Gaskell, Elizabeth
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Gaugamela, battle of
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Gauls
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Genghis Khan
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Genoa
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geo-engineering
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geometry
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George III, King
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Georgia
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Georgiev, Kimon
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Gere, Cathy
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Germany
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and Berlin Blockade
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and bureaucracy
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colonization of Africa
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fall of Berlin Wall
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and First World War
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and imperialism
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and industrialization
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inventiveness
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in Luther’s time
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patent system
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Peasant Rebellion (1524–5)
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railways
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reunification (1990)
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and Second World War
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see also
Nazis

Ghana
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al-Ghazali
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Gibbon, Edward
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Gilgamesh, King
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Gilliéron, Émille
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glasnost
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global warming
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Glorious Revolution (1688)
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God Worshippers
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gods
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Egyptian
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India
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and Mesopotamian cities
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Goebells, Josef
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Goering, Hermann
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Golkonda mine (India)
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Gorbachev, Mikhail
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Goths
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Granada
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Grant, General Ulysses
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Great Crash (1929)
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Great Leap Forward (China)
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Great Reform Act (1832)
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Great Wall of China
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Greece, ancient
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and Alexander the Great see Alexander the Great

alphabet
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city-states (
polis
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conflict with Mauryans
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conflict with Romans
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disaster causing collapse of first civilization
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fall of
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fighting methods
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Hellenistic culture
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and Indians
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Jewish revolt against Seleucid
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Mycenaean
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navy
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Olympic Games
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and religion
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war against Persians
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war against Romans
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war elephants
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see also
Athens/Athenians; Sparta/Spartans

Greece (modern)
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‘Greek fire’
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Gregory X, Pope
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Grossman, Vasily

Everything Flows
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Guantanamo Bay (Cuba)
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Guatemala
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guilds
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Italian
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Guillotin, Dr Joseph-Ignace
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guillotine
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Gulf War
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Gun
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gunpowder
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Gupta dynasty
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Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
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Gutenberg, Johannes
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Haber, Fritz
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Habsburgs
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Hadrian, Emperor
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Hagia Sophia
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Haiti (Saint-Domingue)
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Haitian Revolution
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al-Hakam II
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Halliday, Jon
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Hamilcar
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Han dynasty
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Hannibal
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Hanno the Carthaginian
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Hanseatic League
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Harrison, John
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Hastings, Max
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Hastings, Warren
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Hatshepsut, Queen
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Hattusa
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Hausa
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Havel, Vaclav
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Hawaii
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Hebrews
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Heinrich events
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Helen of Troy
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Hellenistic culture
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henges
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Henry IV, King of France
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Henry, Patrick
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Henry VIII, King
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Hephaestion
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Heraclius, Emperor
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Herod, King
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Herodotus
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Herophilos
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Hidetada
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Hideyoshi
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Hilkiah (high priest)
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Hinduism/Hindus
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Hiroshima
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Hitler, Adolf
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attack on Soviet Union
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character
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charisma
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and economics
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and Gandhi
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hatred of the Jews
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ideology
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as master propagandist
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Mein Kampf
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Munich putsch and imprisonment (1923)
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rise to power
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and Second World War
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and swastika
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Hittites
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Hochschild, Adam
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Hodder, Ian
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Hogg, James
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Hohenzollerns
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Holland 302
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Netherlands

Holland, Tom
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Holocaust
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Holy Land
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Holy Roman Empire
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home
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Homer
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Iliad
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Odyssey
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Homo erectus
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Homo heidelbergensis
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Homo sapiens
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homosexuality

Greek
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Roman
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Hong Kong, handing over as a British colony
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Hong Xiuquan
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Hooke, Robert
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Hoover, Herbert
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Horthy, Miklos
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Horus
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House of Commons
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houses, Neolithic
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Hua Guofeng
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huarango trees
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human sacrifice

ancient China
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Aztecs
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Minoans
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Nazca
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humans

impact of climate on movement of
Homo Sapiens
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migration out of Africa
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origins
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spreading of
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Hume, Allan Octavian
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Hungary
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Huns
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Hunter, John
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hunter-gatherer societies
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belief systems
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conflict and tribal war
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division of labour
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and grandmothers
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lessons to be drawn from
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lifespans
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reverence for animals
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tribal bonding
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Hus, Jan
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Huygens, Christiaan
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Hyrcanus
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IBM
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Ibn Battuta
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Ibn Khaldun
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Ibn Marwan
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Ibn Rushd
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Averroës

ice ages
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Iceland
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Muslim raids (1627)
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Ieyasu, Tokugawa
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Ife culture
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Igor
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imperialism
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and ‘scramble for Africa’
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Inanna (god)
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Incas
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conquest of by Spanish
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expansion of empire
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society
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India, ancient
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agriculture
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Brahmin system
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caste system
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cities
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clan organisation
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culture
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gods
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Gupta dynasty
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Mauryan
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migration of people into
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India (modern)
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and Amritsar Massacre (1919)
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British in
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Buddhism
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Civil Service
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comparison with Europe
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Delhi Muslim dynasties
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and Gandhi
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