Index 1265
children 190–192, 191f,
198–199
cities 210–214, 211f
climate and geography
244–247
clothing and footwear
275–277, 276f
craft s 288–289
crime and punishment
299–300, 305–306
death and burial practices
314–316, 324–325
drama and theater 330–
331, 331f
economy 350–355, 351f
education 378–380, 379f
empires and dynasties
396–401, 400f, 423
employment and labor
427–428
exploration 438–440
family 450–451, 451f,
458–459
festivals 464–465
food and diet 475–476
foreigners and barbarians
485–486, 486f
gender structures and roles
496–497, 504
government organization
514–519, 516m
health and disease 548–
549, 556–558
household goods 563–564
hunting, fi shing, and
gath-ering 575–576, 575f
illumination 586–587,
586f
inventions 596–597, 597f
language 612–613
laws and legal codes 624–
625, 633–635
literature 647–649,
669–671
metallurgy 680–681
migration and population
movements 698–702
military 728–730
mining, quarrying, and
salt making 744–745
money and coinage
754–756
music and musical
instru-ments 765–766
natural disasters 777–778,
785
numbers and counting
800–801
occupations 810–811
pandemics and epidemics
822–823
religion and cosmology
840–844, 867
resistance and dissent
872–873
roads and bridges 885–886
sacred sites 900–901 scandals and corruption 911–912
science 929–932 seafaring and navigation 954–955
settlement patterns 966–967
ships and shipbuilding 977–978
slaves and slavery 987–
988, 995–996 social collapse and aban-donment 1001–1002 social organization 1018–
1023 sports and recreation 1050–1051
storage and preservation 1064–1065
textiles and needlework 1077–1078
towns and villages 1088–
1089 trade and exchange 1098–
1100 transportation 1113–1115 war and conquest 1130–
1134, 1136, 1158–1159 weaponry and armor 1164–1165
weights and measures 1175–1176
writing 1185–1187 Middle Kingdom (Egypt) adornment 6 art 94 borders and frontiers 142 children 189
cities 206 climate and geography 239–240
clothing and footwear 274 craft s 286–287
death and burial practices 313
economy 350 empires and dynasties 391, 393
festivals 464 foreigners and barbarians 485
gender structures and roles 495
government organization 512–513
Hathor Temple 22 hunting, fi shing, and gath-ering 574
illumination 585 literature 645–646 migration and population movements 696 military 726 music and musical instru-ments 764
natural disasters 776 nomadic and pastoral soci-eties 788
religion and cosmology 837
seafaring and navigation 953
ships and shipbuilding 976 social collapse and aban-donment 1000 towns and villages 1088 war and conquest 1128 Middle Neolithic Age 316–317 Middle Preclassic Period (Americas)
art 119–120 social organization 1042 Middle Stone Age 359, 360 Midsummer’s Day 467 midwives 815 migration and population
movements 688–725
Africa 689–693
Americas 719–722, 719f
Asia and the Pacifi c 702–
707, 706m
climate and geography 238
Egypt 693–698, 694f
Europe 707–710, 723 exploration 435 Greece 710–715, 723–724 hunting, fi shing, and gath-ering 576
Middle East 698–702 nomadic and pastoral soci-eties 794, 795
Rome 715–719 Mijikenda people 899 mile (unit of measure) 1180
milestone marker 1190f
military 725–740 See also
war and conquest Africa 725–726 Americas 735–736 Asia and the Pacifi c 730–
731, 737–738 Egypt 726–728 empires and dynasties 420 employment and labor 430 Europe 731–732
Greece 732–734, 733f,
738–739
Middle East 728–730, 728f
occupations 809
Rome 734–735, 735f,
739–740 social organization 1036 military bases 1094 military colonies 440 military equipment 117 military signaling 591 military training 380 Milky Way 132 millet
agriculture 18, 19, 30, 31 economy 355
food and diet 476 hunting, fi shing, and gath-ering 573
Mills, William 322 milpa 605 Milvian Bridge, Battle of 417 mimes 337
Min 464 minas 365 minerals 746, 750–751 mining, quarrying, and salt
making 741–751
Africa 741–742 Americas 750–751 Asia and the Pacifi c 745–746
economy 344–345, 353,
361, 362
Egypt 742–744, 743f
empires and dynasties 389 Europe 746–747
Greece 747–749
Middle East 744–745, 744f
occupations 814
Rome 749–750, 749f
science 949 Minoan Period adornment 12 architecture 74 art 110 climate and geography 257 empires and dynasties 410 gender structures and roles 500
natural disasters 775 religion and cosmology 853
sacred sites 904 textiles and needlework 1081
mints 752, 756, 757, 759–761 mirrors 562, 566
Mississippi River 265 mistletoe 551 Mithraism 853, 861 Mnester 337 Moche culture art 122 borders and frontiers 149 building techniques and materials 162
ceramics and pottery 186 children 198
cities 233 craft s 295 economy 375 education 386 empires and dynasties 422 employment and labor 435 family 457
gender structures and roles 504
inventions 603 resistance and dissent 882 war and conquest 1155 weaponry and armor 1172