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Great Events from History: The Middle Ages

Editors: Brian A. Pavlac, King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), Byron Cannon, David A. Crain, Jeffrey W. Dippmann, Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Richard N. Frye, Katherine Anne Harper, Franklin Ng, John A. Nichols, and Herbert Plutschow
ISBN: 978-1-58765-167-0
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Great Events from History: The Middle Ages
Index

A
Abbāsid caliphate, 199
Abbāsids, 179, 188, 196-199, 226, 235, 267, 307, 319, 333, 357, 417; map, 197
Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures (Suger), 517
Acre, fall of (1291), 686-688
Acre, Siege of (1191), 557
Advaita Vedānta, 200-201
Afghanistan. See Geographical Index under Central Asia
Africa; agriculture, 10; architecture, 379, 476, 740; art, 825; iron-smelting, 10;
Islam and, 91-94, 367-369, 436, 748; map, xliv, lxxx; papermaking, 60; religion, 426, 439;
sculpture, 377; slavery, 290, 476, 579; taxation, 477; trade, 9, 290, 356, 377, 395, 437-438,
440, 461, 464, 474, 614, 630, 740, 825. See also Geographical Index under Africa; Egypt
Aghlabids, 336
Agincourt, Battle of (1415), 746, 753, 849, 864
Agriculture; Africa, 10; Ayutthaya, 762; cattle breeding, 574-576; China, 80, 401, 432;
Cōlas, 295; Europe, 127-130, 571; Greenland, 374; Hohokam, 137; Huari, 360; Mississippian
culture, 215; Mogollons, 61-63; Peru, 360; Plains Village culture, 221; Tiwanaku, 11, 360;
Uighurs, 240; Vietnam, 617. See also Category Index
Ailao, 132, 154
Ain Jālūt, Battle of (1260), 659-662
Aksum, 554
Al-Andalus. See Andalusia
Al-Azhar mosque, 333, 336-338
Al Mansūrah, Battle of (1250), 643
Al-Zallāqah, Battle of (1086), 367, 426
Alans, 696
Albania, 858-860
Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229), 593-596, 607, 632
Albigensians (as heretics), 595
Alchemy, China, 247, 478
Alemanni, 713
Alexandria, Treaty of (642), 91
Alf layla wa-layla. See Arabian Nights' Entertainments, The
Algeria. See Geographical Index under Africa
Almohad Empire. See Geographical Index under Africa
Almohads, 367, 426
Almoravids, 356, 367, 425-427, 440-441, 448
Alodia, 106
Amdo, 82
Americas. See Geographical Index under North America, Central America, South America
Americas to c. 1500 (map), xlv, lxxxi
An Lushan Rebellion, 170, 175, 179-182, 230
Analects, The (Confucius), 1, 328, 491
Anatolia. See Geographical Index under Turkey
Andalusia, 308, 412, 507; architecture, 426
Andes, Central, 11
Angevin Dynasty, 738
Angevin Empire, 528-531, 599, 656, 772; map, 529
Angkor Wat, 225, 273
Angkorean period, 225, 273
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 278
Anglo-Saxons; Christianity and, 43; end of, 430; Vikings and, 208
Annals of Inisfallen, 404
Annals of Ulster, 403
Annam, 260, 304
Anti-Semitism, 758
Arabia. See Geographical Index under Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Arabian Nights' Entertainments, The, 198
Arabs; medicine, 508; Swahili and, 10
Architecture; Africa, 379, 476, 740; Andalusia, 426; Austral Islands, 130; Aztecs, 733;
Byzantine, 26; Cālukya, 78; Central Asia, 822; Chartres Cathedral, 409; Chichén Itzá, 125;
Chimú Empire, 255; China, 526; Christian, 370-373; Cōlas, 295; El Tajín, 53; Ethiopia, 555;
Franks, 195; Gothic, 516-518; Inca, 578; India, 89, 142, 159; Italy, 834; Java, 185;
Korea, 109; Mississippian culture, 215; Muslim, 116, 336; Palenque, 56; Peru, 255;
Romanesque, 516; Sailendra family, 192; Seljuk Turks, 443; Southeast Asia, 115;
Sukhothai, 691; Tiwanaku, 12; Toltec Empire, 315. See also Category Index
Arianism, 6; Visigoths, 627
Arithmetic of al-Uqlidisi, The (al-Uqlīdisī), 48
Arms, Assize of (1181), 681
Árpád Dynasty, 738
Arras, Treaty of (1435), 747, 865
Art; Africa, 825; Cōlas, 347; Florence, 834; Ghaznavid Dynasty, 358; Korea, 109;
Renaissance, 834; Song Dynasty, 324; Toltec Empire, 315
Aryabhatiya, The (Āryabhata the Elder), 47
Ascalon, Battle of (1123), 514
Ascension of Christ and the Giving of the Keys to Saint Peter (Donatello), 835
Ashikaga pretenders (table), 742
Asia. See Geographical Index under Central Asia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia
Asia, European exploration of, 667-670
Asia, maps of, 16, 86, 114, 323, 582, 668, 717, 798
Assassins, 335
Astrolabe, 650
Astronomy; education, 410; Maya, 56-59; Muslim, 308
Asuka emperors (table), 46
Asuka Kiyomihara code, 140
Aśvamedha, 77
Atabetül-hakayik (Ahmet Yukneki), 240
Athos, Mount, 330-332
Austral Islands, 130
Austria, 534-536, 768
Avars, 35, 37, 279, 534
Avignon Papacy (1305-1378), 700-703, 759, 767. See also Papacy
Awdaghust, 355-357, 440
Ayudhya. See Ayutthaya
Ayuthaya. See Ayutthaya
Ayuthia. See Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya, 762-763
Ayyūbid Dynasty, 337, 557; fall of, 659
Aztecs, 288, 731-734


B
Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 699, 702. See also Avignon Papacy (1305-1378)
Bach-dang River, Battle of the (938), 305
Bahmanī sultanate, 753-755
Bakufu, 538
Balkan Peninsula. See Geographical Index under Greece, Macedonia, Serbia
Ball courts and games; Central America, 55; Hohokam, 138
Baltic (map), 626
Baltic region, Christianity, 624-627
Banking, Italy, 511-513
Bannockburn, Battle of (1314), 709-712; map, 712
Bantus, 219, 464
Banu Hilal Bedouins, 421
Bapheus, Battle of (1302), 695-697
Barlas, 822
Barmakids, 197
Barons' Crusade. See Crusades, First
Basmils, 170
Basra, sack of (871), 269
Bataszek, Battle of (1441), 855
Battle of Clontarf, The, 404
Bavaria, 534; Magyar invasion of, 279-282
Bede the Venerable, Saint, 51
Bedouins; Banū Hilāl, 421; religion, 74
Beijing, 525-527
Bejaïa, 783
Belgium. See Geographical Index under Netherlands, Flanders
Benedictine Rule, 455
Benedictines, 128
Benevento, Battle of (1266), 704
Benin, 824-826
Berbers, 91, 172, 333, 355, 367, 395, 420, 425, 440, 447, 461
Bergamo, Council of (1218), 551
Bhakti cults, 89, 200
Bibi Khanum Mosque, 822-824
Bible, Gutenberg, 862
Black Death, 730, 740, 745, 756-758; description, 758; map, 717. See also Bubonic plague
Bohemia; Jews and, 326-327; martyrdom in, 841-843. See also Geographical Index
Bon, 238, 812
Bonpo, 84, 202
Book, first printed, 265-267
Book of Divine Works (Hildegard von Bingen), 496
Book of Government, The (Nizām al-Mulk), 417, 443
Book of Kells, 94-97
Book of Splendor. See Zohar
Books of Opinions of Peter Lombard, The. See Sentences
Borobudur, 185-187, 192
Bouvines, Battle of (1214), 599-602
Bow and arrow, 122-124, 215
Brahmasphutasiddhānta (Brahmagupta), 48
Brétigny, Treaty of (1360), 745, 864
Breviarum Alarici, 17-19
Brhadīśvara Temple, 346
British Isles. See Geographical Index under England, Ireland, Scotland
Bubonic
plague, 716-718; map, 717. See also Black Death
Buddhism; China, 80, 85, 121, 293, 328; Confucianism and, 492; India, 86, 184; Islam and, 565;
Japan, 28-31, 45, 204, 212, 548; Java, 185, 192; Korea, 81, 109, 297; Nestorianism and, 677;
persecution of, 238, 245, 566; printing and, 265; Southeast Asia, 113; Sukhothai, 691;
suppression of, 245-247; Tibet, 84, 202-203, 237, 777, 812; Vietnam, 617. See also
Chan Buddhism; Mahāyāna Buddhism; Mādhyamika school; Pure Land Buddhism;
Shingon sect; Sŏn Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Tendai sect; Theravāda Buddhism; Zen Buddhism
Buddhist Records of the Western World (Xuanzang), 71, 87
Bulgaria, 282-284; Christianity and, 262-264; map, 283. See also Geographical Index
Bulgarian Empire, Second, 737
Bulgaro-Vlach Empire. See Bulgarian Empire, Second
Bulgars, 279, 342, 352
Bulguksa. See Pulguksa
Burial mounds (Cahokia), 136
Burma. See Pagan Empire; Pyu
Bushidō, 204, 259
Buyid Dynasty, 417
Byzantine Empire, 36, 91, 341-343, 435, 695; Bulgars and, 282; Muslim invasion of, 196, 451;
Seljuk Turks and, 442; Serbs and, 540; silk and, 31-33; Turkish invasion of, 869;
Venice and, 514. See also Geographical Index
Byzantine Empire at Justinian's Death, 565 C.E. (map), xl, lxxvi


C
Cahokia, 134-136, 216
Calendar, Maya solar, 57
Caliphates; Abbāsids, 199; first (table), 99
Cālukya Dynasty, 77, 79, 338; map, 89; regional tables, 78, 340
Cālukya Dynasty, Western. See Western Cālukya Dynasty
Cālukyas; Cōla invasion of, 346; Pallavas and, 88
Cambodia. See Khmers; Geographical Index under Southeast Asia
Camel, Battle of the (656), 102
Canon of Medicine (Avicenna), 397-400
Cantar de mío Cid, El. See Poem of the Cid, The
Canterbury, see of, 49-52
Canterbury Tales, The (Chaucer), 756, 806-809; prologue, 807
Canzoniere (Petrarch), 764
Capetian Dynasty, 349-352, 744
Capuchins, 591
Carolingian Empire, 280, 768-814 c.e. (map), xli, lxxvii
Carolingian Renaissance, 193-196
Carolingians, 176; maps, 243
Cartography, Portugal, 844
Casa Grande, 138
Caste system; Nepal, 802; Wolof Empire, 579
Castile and León, unification of, 627-629
Castillo (at Chichén Itzá), 126
Castillon, Battle of (1453), 747
Cath Cluana Tarbh. See Battle of Clontarf, The
Catharists, 594, 726
Cathedrals, Romanesque, 370-373
Catholic Church. See Christianity; Roman Catholic Church
Cattle; breeding, 574-576; Toutswe and, 220; trade in, 380, 438
Celtic Christianity, 95
Cenote of Sacrifice, 126
Central Asia; architecture, 822; papermaking, 60; maps, 16, 34, 358, 798.
See also Geographical Index
Ceuta, conquest of (1415), 844
Champa, 718-720; rice, 401; Vietnamese invasion of, 344-346
Champagne, fairs of, 571-574
Chan Buddhism, 202, 246
Chan Chan, 255-257
Chandelās, 158
Chang'an, Tibetan capture of, 181-183, 237
Chartres Cathedral, school at, 409-412
Chen Dynasty, 39
Chenla, 224
Chi Lang Pass, Battle of (1427), 847
Chiang Mai, 658
Children's Crusade, 596-599
Chimú Empire, 255-257
China; Buddhism, 80, 121, 245; clocks, 674; coinage, 229; education, 67, 491; epidemics in, 716;
exploration, 829-830; governmental reforms, 432; influence on Japan, 73, 140; influence on
Khitans, 303; influence on Korea, 108, 320; law, 39; maps, 81, 323; newspapers in, 149-151;
painting, 562; papermaking, 59; printing, 418-420; religion, 478, 676; reunification of, 39;
taxation, 39; Tibet and, 202, 238; trade, 80; Vietnam and, 847. See also Geographical Index
Chinese Monks in India (Yijing), 191
Chivalry, 468; decline of, 753, 781
Ch'oe family, 567-569
Chosŏn Dynasty. See Yi Dynasty
Christianity; Arian and Nicene, 17; Baltic region, 624-627; Bulgaria, 262-264; Celtic, 51, 95;
conversion of Franks, 6; England, 43, 49, 94; Ethiopia, 555, 666; France, 600; Germany, 165-167;
heresy and, 632; Ireland, 96; Islam and, 100, 106-108, 500; Italy, 590; Kievan Rus, 249, 352-355;
Magyars, 317; Northumbria, 51; persecution of, 390; philosophy and, 663; Reformation, 549-552;
schisms in, 422-425; Slavs, 249; Spain, 145, 628; Vikings, 278, 407; women and, 495-498
Chronicles (Froissart), 780-782; extract, 752
Chu Dynasty, 292
Church; corruption in, 702; persecution of heretics, 727; power of the, 700
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 118, 390-392
Church reform, 42-44, 455; England, 786
Church-state relationship; Ethiopia, 666; European, 177, 699
Cibotus, Battle of (1096), 452
Cistercians, 455-458, 574
Civil service examinations. See Examinations, Chinese civil service
Civil unrest. See Category Index under Wars, uprisings, and civil unrest
Clericis laicos, 698
Clermont, Council of (1095), 451, 453
Clock, first mechanical, 673-675
Clontarf, Battle of (1014), 403-405
Cluniac reform, 455
Code of Maimonides, The (Maimonides), 561
Codex Euricianus, 17
Codex Justinianus, 23
Codex Theodosianus, 18
Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh. See War of the Gaedhil with the Gail, The
Coinage; China, 229, 245; Europe, 511, 571; Swahili coast, 474-475
Cōlas, 294-296, 339, 346-348; regional table, 295, 347; Ŝrivijaya and, 115
Colonnas, 697
Commerce. See Category Index under Trade and commerce
Communications. See Category Index
Compass, 650
Compendium of the Turkic Dialects (Kāshgarī), 239, 286
Complete Perfection (Daoism). See Quanzhen Daoism
Confucianism; Chinese revival of, 293; Japan, 1-3, 45, 140, 205; Jurchens, 525;
Korea, 81, 499, 817
Conscription, Japan, 204
Consolation of Philosophy, The (Boethius), 19, 21
Constance, Council of (1414-1418), 701, 788, 837-841; Sacrosancta, 838
Constance, Peace of (1183), 523
Constantine, Donation of, 786, 852-854
Constantinople; capture of, 584-587; fall of (1453), 811, 869-872
Constantinople, Latin Kingdom of, 695
Constantinople, Siege of (717), 152
Constitutions of Clarendon, 545
Constitutum Constantini. See Constantine, Donation of
Conventuals (monastic movement), 591
Cook Islands, 130
Córdoba, 307-309, 412-415; Umayyad rulers (table), 307
Coricancha, 578
Corpus juris civilis, 24, 471
Corvée system; Korea, 297; Siam, 762
Council, Frankfurt (794), 152
Courtly love, 466-470, 806; rules of, 466
Courtrai, Battle of (1302), 721
Cravant, Battle of (1423), 746
Crécy, Battle of (1346), 745, 750-753
Crest Jewel of Wisdom, The (Ŝankara), 200
Cross, Brethren of the, 757
Crossbow, 751
Crusades, 235, 391, 424, 435, 502, 599, 626, 686, 855; First, 335, 443, 450-454;
Second, 503-506; Third, 524, 557-559; Fourth, 330, 584-587, 605, 695; Fifth, 606, 608-611;
Sixth, 621-624; Seventh, 641-645; cathedral construction and, 370; Childrens', 596, 599;
map, 643; Peasants', 452; table, 450
Cuarte, Battle of (1094), 449
Cultural and intellectual history. See Category Index
Czech Republic. See Geographical Index under Bohemia, Moravia


D
Da Xue. See Great Learning, The
Dadu. See Beijing
Dai Viet, 718-720. See also Vietnam
Dai-la. See La Thanh
Dál Cais, 404
Dalālat al-Hārīn. See Guide of the Perplexed, The
Damianites, 590
Dandāngān Castle, Battle of (1040), 416
Danegeld, 277, 444
Danelaw, 252, 406; map, 277
Danes, defeat of, 276-279; map, 277
Dannoura, Battle of (1185), 538
Daoism, 246-247, 293; Nestorianism and, 677. See also Quanzhen Daoism
Datang xiyouji. See Buddhist Records of the Western World
Datang xiyu qiufa gaoseng zhuan. See Chinese Monks in India
David (Donatello), 835
Dayunhe. See Grand Canal (China)
De concordantia catholica (Nicholas of Cusa), 852
De consolatione philosophiae. See Consolation of Philosophy, The
De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio. See
Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine, The
De liber alter de consecratione ecclesiae Sancti Dionysii. See Abbot Suger
on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures

De nuptis philologie et mercurii. See Marriage of Philology and Mercury
De operatione Dei. See Book of Divine Works
Decameron (Boccaccio), 757, 764
Decimals, development of, 47-49
Delhi sultanate, 587-589, 636-638, 692-694; Khaljī regional table, 693;
map, 637; Slave regional table, 588
Denmark, 820. See Geographical Index under Scandinavia
Dervish order, 671
Deutsche Orden, Der. See Teutonic Knights
Dge-lugs-pa. See Gelugpa order
Diamond Sutra, 265
Dibao, 150
Diplomacy and international relations. See Category Index
Discovery. See Category Index under Exploration and discovery
Divina commedia, La. See Divine Comedy, The
Divine Comedy, The (Dante), 703-707
Divisament dou monde. See Travels of Marco Polo, The
Division Imperii (817), 242
Dīwān lughāt al-Turk. See Compendium of the Turkic Dialects
Djenne. See Jenne
Djolof Empire. See Wolof Empire
Doctrine of the Mean, The, 491
Dolce stil nuovo, 466, 704
Dome of the Rock, 116-119
Domesday survey, 430, 444-447
Dominicans, 607
Donation of Pépin, 176
Drama. See Theater
Druzism, 391
Dublin, Vikings and, 404
Dunhuang, 265


E
Early Le Dynasty, 306
East Mark, 534
Easter, date of, 96
Eastern Hemisphere c. 800 C.E. (map), xxxv, lxxi
Eastern Hemisphere c. 1000 (map), xxxvi, lxii
Eastern Hemisphere, 1279 (map), xxxvii, lxxiii
Eastern Hemisphere, 1492 (map), xxxviii, lxxiv
Eastern Orthodox Church, 151. See also Orthodox Church
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Bede), 96, 160-162
Economics. See Category Index
Edessa, fall of (1144), 503
Edington, Battle of. See Ethundune, Battle of (878)
Education; China, 66-68, 491, 803-805; classics, 409-412; Europe, 470-473; France, 409;
Franks, 193; India, 565; Muslim, 271, 310-313, 337; Vietnam, 617, 848. See also
Category Index Egypt, 106-108; Fātimid conquest of, 333, 336; Mongol invasion of, 659;
Muslim conquest of, 91; trade, 333. See also Geographical Index
Eight Canton Federation, 715
El Caracol, 126
El Tajín, 53-55
Encyclopedia, Chinese, 827-828
Engi Shiki, 299-301
Engineering. See Category Index
England; Christianity, 43, 49, 94; defeat by France, 864-868; law, 656; literature, 807;
maps, 277, 529, 866; military, 680; Norman conquest of, 428; Parliament, 689;
Viking conquest of, 406-408; Viking raids on, 206-210, 251, 276. See also Geographical Index
Environment. See Category Index
Ephthalites. See White Huns
Erzincan, Battle of (1230), 619
Eşfahān, Battle of (1221), 619
Ethiopia, 554-556; Christianity, 666; Islam, 666. See also Geographical Index
under Africa
Ethundune, Battle of (878), 278
Europe; clocks, 674; coinage, 511; education, 470-473; map, 702; trade, 571.
See also Geographical Index under Europe and specific countries
Europe at Clovis's Death, 511 c.e. (map), xxxix, lxxv
Europe in the Fourteenth Century (map), xliii, lxxix
Examinations, Chinese civil service, 39, 66-68, 328, 803-805; Jin Dynasty, 526; Korean
adoption of, 320-322; reform of, 432; Song Dynasty, 323
Expansion and land acquisition. See Category Index
Exploration; of Asia, 667-670; Chinese, 829-830; Muslim, 729; Portuguese, 844-847;
of South Pacific, 131
Exploration and discovery. See Category Index
Expulsion of Adam and Eve (Masaccio), 836


F
Falköping, Battle of (1389), 820
Fātimids, 107, 333-336, 390, 420-422; map, 334
Feast of Herod (Donatello), 835
Fès, 783
Feudalism; England, 430, 569; Europe, 744, 747; France, 468; Japan, 205, 259; Norman, 528
Field of Blackbirds, Battle of the. See Kosovo, Battle of (1389)
Filioque doctrine, 195, 423
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (China), 175, 291-294, 302, 322, 327, 363, 483;
regional tables, 292
Flagellants, Brotherhood of the, 757
Flanders. See Geographical Index under Flanders, Netherlands
Florentine School of Art, 834-837
Footbinding, 362-364
Former Shu Dynasty, 292
Formigny, Battle of (1450), 747, 866
Forty Amirs, 636
Four Books of Dialogues on the Lives of the Italian Fathers and on the
Immortality of Souls, The
(Gregory the Great), 43
France; Christianity, 600; maps, 747, 866; monasticism, 455; poetry, 467;
victory over England, 864-868. See also Geographical Index
Franciscans, 589-592, 607
Franks, 176, 713; architecture, 195; conversion to Christianity, 6; education, 193;
medicine, 508; theology, 195
Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, 591
Fudoki, 211
Fujigawa, Battle of (1180), 537
Fujiwara family, 211, 257-260, 299; table, 258
Funan, 114, 224
Fūshikaden. See Kadensho


G
Gaeta, Treaty of (1451), 859
Gandhavynha, 186
Ganita sara sangraha (Mahāvīra), 48
Gao, 395, 725
Gaoliang River, Battle of the (979), 303
Gattamelata (Donatello), 835
Gauda Dynasty, 183
Gaul, Muslim invasion of, 162
Gelugpa order, 779, 812-815
Geluk-pa. See Gelugpa order
Gempei War (1180-1185), 537, 611, 741
Genji. See Minamoto
Genji monogatari. See Tale of Genji, The
Georgia. See Geographical Index under Central Asia, Russia
Gepids, 36
Germany; Magyar invasions of, 316; monasticism, 496; trade, 519-521.
See also Geographical Index
Ghana (ancient), 172-174, 355-357, 440, 461, 579
Ghassānids, 98
Ghaznavid Dynasty, 156, 319, 357-359; map, 358
Ghibellines, 704
Ghūrids, 587, 693
Ghuzz. See Oğhuz Turks
Gitanos, 235
Gloucester, Statutes of (1278), 680
Göktürk Empire, 415
Gold; Africa, 476; trade in, 172, 462, 474, 630, 725, 740
Golden Bull of Charles IV (1356), 767-769
Golden Bull of Rimini (1226), 625
Golden Horde, 717
Golden lotus. See Footbinding
Gotland, 520
Government and politics. See Category Index
Governmental reforms in China, 432
Granada, Fall of (1492), 146
Grand Canal (China), 40, 64-66, 79, 526
Great Lavra, 330
Great Learning, The, 491
Great Ming Code, 818-819
Great Moravia, 249, 280
Great Schism (1378-1417), 700-703, 786, 837; map, 702. See also
Schism, Rome and Constantinople
Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path of Enlightenment, The (Tsongkhapa), 813
Great Wall (Sui Dynasty), 40
Great Zimbabwe, 378-381, 439, 476
Greece. See Geographical Index
Greenland; colonization of, 254; Inuit and, 373; Norse settlement of, 374. See also
Geographical Index under Greenland, Scandinavia
Guelphs, 704
Guide of the Perplexed, The (Maimonides), 560-562
Gujarat, conquest of (1299), 692-694
Gunpowder and guns, invention of, 247-248
Gupta Empire, 4, 69
Gurjara-Pratihāras. See Pratihāras
Gypsies, 234-236


H
Habbakuk (Donatello), 835
Habsburgs, defeat of (1315), 713-715
Hadith, 75
Hagia Sophia, 25-28
Hall of Columns, 53
Hammādids, 421
Han Dynasty, Later. See Later Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty, Northern. See Northern Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty, Southern. See Southern Han Dynasty
Han Gou, 64
Hanoi. See La Thanh
Hansa, 519-521
Hanseatic League, 820; map, 520
Hansen's disease. See Leprosy
Harem System, 188-190
Haripunjaya, 658
Harshacharita of Banabhatta, The (Bāna), 69
Hastings, Battle of (1066), 428-431
Hausa state, 289-291
Health and medicine. See Category Index
Heian period, 210-213, 257, 388, 537; table, 211
Heiji disturbance (1159), 537
Heike. See Taira
Heling, 191
Hephthalites. See White Huns
Heresy; Arian, 6, 627; Church and, 726; death penalty for, 551, 653; definition of, 423;
England, 727; Hus, 838, 841; Joan of Arc, 851; Knights Templar, 486; leprosy as
punishment for, 481; Nestorianism, 501; papal Inquisition, 632, 683; prosecution of, 606;
William of Ockham, 708; Wyclif, 787
Hesychast regimen, 332
Hindi, 365-366
Hinduism, 200; Cōlas, 347; Islam and, 366
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. See Ecclesiastical History of
the English People

Historia Francorum. See History of the Franks, The
Historiography; Africa, 748-750; France, 780; Japan, 148; Korea, 498; Muslim, 271.
See also Category Index
History of al-Tabarī, The (al-Tabarī), 270-273
History of the Franks, The (Gregory of Tours), 6
Ho Dynasty, 847
Hōgen disturbance (1156), 537
Hohenstaufens, 522, 534
Hohokam, 137-139
Hōjō family, 539, 611-613, 741; table of regents, 612
Ho-ling. See Heling
Holy Roman Empire, 713, 767; creation of, 317; Venice and, 514
Holy Roman Empire c. 1190 (map), xliv, lxxviii
Homosexuality, 652-654
Homs, Battle of (1281), 661
Hospital, Islamic public, 226-229
Hoysalas, 340
Huari civilization, 360-362, 576
Humanism, 766
Humors, four, 398
Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), 700, 744-748, 752, 780, 794, 839, 849, 864;
maps, 747, 866
Hungary, 737-739; Ottoman invasion of, 854-857
Hunnic migrations (map), 4
Huns. See White Huns
Hunting, Toutswe, 219
Hussites, 838, 842
Hwarang, 108


I
Iberia, Islam and, 367-369; map, 368
Iceland. See Geographical Index under Scandinavia
Iceland, Viking invasion of, 254
Ichinotani, Battle of (1184), 538
Iconoclastic Controversy, 151-153, 177, 194, 423
Ife kingdom, 376-378
Ikhshidids, 336
Incas, 576-578
Incoherence of the Incoherence (Averroës), 507
India, 71, 638; architecture, 89, 142, 159; Buddhism, 86, 184; drama, 88; Islam, 358;
language in, 365-366; Mahāyāna Buddhism, 200; maps, 4, 70, 89, 157,
197, 637; monasticism, 201; Muslim invasions of, 156, 357, 587, 692; philosophy, 200;
poetry, 89, 789; religion, 71, 159, 200, 789; Turkish raids on, 565-566; White Hunnic raids
on, 3-5; women in, 636. See also Geographical Index
Indonesia, 191
Indrapura, 345; fall of (982), 344, 719
Inferno (Dante), 705
Inquisition, 561, 632-635, 685; Spanish, 634, 683
Institutions. See Category Index under Organizations and institutions
Intellectual history. See Category Index under Cultural and intellectual history
International relations. See Category Index under Diplomacy and international relations
Inticancha, 577
Inuit, Thule, 373-375
Iran. See Geographical Index
Iraq. See Geographical Index
Ireland; Christianity, 96; England and, 773; Norman invasion of, 542-544; Vikings and, 403.
See also Geographical Index
Iron-smelting in Africa, 10
Irrigation; Hohokam, 137; Huari, 360; Peru, 360; Tiwanaku, 12, 360
Ishibashiyama, Battle of (1180), 537
Islam, 74-76; Africa, 91-94, 367-369, 395, 436, 748; Buddhism and, 565; Christianity and, 100,
106-108; Christians and, 607, 844; Ethiopia, 666; Hausa, 291; Iberia, 367-369; India, 358;
influence on Spain, 146; Mali, 631, 724; maps, 92, 197, 253, 334; medicine, 198;
Middle East, 101-104; Qarakhanids, 285-287; Seljuk Turks, 319, 443; Sicily, 489;
spread of, 151; Uighurs, 240. See also Ismāīlī Shīite Islam;
Khāijites; Mawlawīyah; Shīite Islam; Sufism; Sunni Islam
Islamic Empire, 101
Ismāīlī Shīite Islam, 333
Israel/Palestine. See Geographical Index
Italy, 713; architecture, 834; banking, 511-513; Christianity, 590; Lombard conquest of, 36-39;
Magyar invasion of, 279-282; painting, 836; philosophy, 21; poetry, 704, 764; sculpture, 834;
theology, 42. See also Geographical Index
Ivory, trade in, 462


J
Jōdo sect. See Pure Land Buddhism
Jōdo Shinshn. See True Pure Land Buddhism
Jacquerie movement (1358), 781
Jami Masjid, 755
Japan; Buddhism, 45, 548; Confucianism, 1-3, 45; diplomatic missions to China, 72-74;
feudalism, 205, 259; historiography, 148; law, 140-142, 210; literature, 213, 385, 389, 743;
papermaking, 60; regents, 257-260; regional tables, 46, 258; religion, 301;
table of historical periods, 148; taxation, 204; writing, 213-215.
See also Geographical Index
Jarrow, Viking raid on, 276
Java, 115; architecture, 185; Buddhism, 185
Jayavarman II, 273
Jayavarman III, 273
Jenne, 395, 462
Jerusalem; Christianity and, 390; fall of (1187), 557; Islam and, 118; Venice and, 514
Jeu de Robin et de Marion, Le. See Play of Robin and Marion, The
Jeu de Saint-Nicolas, Le. See Play of Saint Nicholas of Jean Bodel
Jews; Bohemia and, 326-327; Christians and, 607; expulsion from England, France,
and southern Italy, 683-685; Spain, 146. See also Judaism
Jiangnan He, 64
Jihad, 75
Jin Dynasty, 432, 483-485, 493, 498, 525-527; table, 484
Jin Dynasty, Jurchen. See Jin Dynasty
Jin Dynasty, Later. See Later Jin Dynasty
Jin Dynasty, Western. See Western Jin Dynasty
Jin gang jing. See Diamond Sutra
Jin si lü. See Reflections on Things at Hand
Jingnan Dynasty. See Nanping Dynasty
Jinshi, 66-68
Jogaila. See Władysław II Jagiełło
Jokhang, 84
Jōkyū War (1221), 612
Jolof Empire. See Wolof Empire
Journey to the West (Wu), 87
Jubilee (Roman), 698
Judaism, 560, 678; Berbers and, 93; persecution of, 683-685, 757; Russia and, 168-170.
See also Jews
Jurchen Jin Dynasty. See Jin Dynasty
Jurchens, 303, 324, 483-485, 493, 525-527


K
Kabbalah, 678
Kadam order, 812
Kadensho (Zeami), 771
Kadisiya, Battle of (637). See Qadisiyah, Battle of (637)
Kagyu order, 778, 812
Kahuripan kingdom, 115
Kāilaśanātha Temple, 142-144
Kaiyuan tongbao, 229, 245
Kaiyuan zabao, 150
Kākatīyas, 340
Kalish, Peace of (1343), 831
Kalmar Union, 820-822
Kamakura shogunate, 537-540, 612; table, 539
Kampyō testament, 258
Kana syllabary, 213-215
Kanauj, 69-71
Kanauj Triangle, map, 157
Kanchou Uighurs, 239
Kanem Empire, 436, 614-616, 748
Kanghwa, 568, 815
Kanuri, 614
Karakhoja Uighur Kingdom, 239
Karakitai, 493-495
Karanga, 379
Karbalā, Battle of (680), 111
Kathāsaritsāgara. See Ocean of Story, The
Kazakhstan. See Geographical Index under Central Asia
Kebra nagast, 666
Kemmu Restoration, 742
Kereits, 581
Khāijites, 103, 111, 420
Khaljī Dynasty, 693, 753; table, 693
Kharlukhs, 170
Khazars, 168-170, 280, 352
Khirghiz, 239
Khitan Liao Dynasty, 302, 432, 483, 525
Khitans, 175, 293, 302-304, 323-324, 493, 527
Khmers, 223-225, 273-275. See also Geographical Index under Southeast Asia
Khorāsān, 799
Khujand, Battle of (1137), 493
Khwārizmian Empire, 494, 618-620; Mongol invasion of, 619
Kievan Rus, 169; Christianity, 352-355; map, 354; religion, 353. See also
Geographical Index under Russia
Kilkenny, Statute of (1366), 772-774
Kilwa Kisiwani, 474, 476-477, 739-741
Kingozi culture, 9
Kirina, Battle of (1235), 173, 725
Kitāb al-fusūl fī al-hisāb al-Hindī. See
Arithmetic of al-Uqlidisi, The
Kitāb al-jabr wa al-muqābalah (al-Khwārizmī), 471
Knights of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans at Jerusalem. See Teutonic Knights
Knights Templar, 485-488
Koguryŏ kingdom, Later. See Later Koguryŏ kingdom
Kojiki, 147-149, 210
Kokin wakashn, 211, 214
Kokinshn. See Kokin wakashū
Koran. See Qurān
Korea; architecture, 109; art, 109; Buddhism, 81; Chinese invasion of, 40, 79; Confucianism, 81;
historiography, 498; influence on Japan, 210; law, 321; Mongol invasions of, 568, 815;
papermaking, 60; pottery, 109; slavery, 321; writing, 321. See also Geographical Index
Koryŏ Dynasty, 110, 297-299, 320, 483, 498-500, 567-569, 815; regional table, 298
Kosovo, Battle of (1389), 738, 810
Kosovo, Second Battle of (1448), 856, 859
Koyunhisar. See Bapheus
Kufans, 111
Kulikovo, Battle of (1380), 791-794
Kumbi, 172; sack of (1076), 356, 440-441
Kutadgú bilig. See Wisdom of Royal Glory
Kyŏngju, 109


L
La Janda, Battle of (711), 144
La Thanh, capture of, 260-262
Lalitavistara, 186
Lam Ap. See Champa
Lamrim Ch'enmo. See Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path of
Enlightenment, The

Lan Na, 133, 657-659, 691
Land acquisition. See Category Index under Expansion and land acquisition
Lao, 132
Las Navas de Tolosa, Battle of (1212), 368
Lastra, Battle of (1304), 705
Later Han Dynasty, 293
Later Jin Dynasty, 293
Later Koguryŏ kingdom, 110, 297
Later Le Dynasty, 847-849
Later Liang Dynasty, 39, 292
Later Paekche Dynasty, 297
Later Shu Dynasty, 292
Later Tang Dynasty, 293
Later Three Kingdoms period (Korea), 297
Later Zhou Dynasty, 293, 322
Lateran Council, Second (1139), 605
Lateran Council, Third (1179), 550, 584, 594, 605, 683
Lateran Council, Fourth (1215), 326, 605-609, 683
Laws and law codes; Byzantine Empire, 23-25; China, 39; Church, 606; common, 569-571;
Danish, 252; England, 528, 569-571, 603, 656, 680, 773; France, 533; Ireland, 773;
Islamic, 310; Japan, 140-142, 210, 299-301; Korea, 321; labor, 794; Nepal, 802;
Roman, 17, 23; Taihō, 140-141; Thai, 762-763; Visigoths, 17. See also
Category Index under Laws, acts, and legal history
Le Dynasty, Early. See Early Le Dynasty
Le Dynasty, Later. See Later Le Dynasty
Lechfeld, Battle of (955), 317, 534
Legal history. See Laws and law codes; Category Index under Laws, acts, and legal history
León and Castile, unification of. See Castile and León, unification of
Leprosy, 480-482
Lex romana Visigothorum. See Breviarium Alarici
Lezha, League of, 858
Liang Dynasty, Later. See Later Liang Dynasty
Liao Dynasty, 493; regional tables, 303
Liao Dynasty, Khitan. See Khitan Liao Dynasty
Liao Dynasty, Western; regional table, 303. See also Western Liao Dynasty
Liber abaci (Leonardo of Pisa), 48, 460
Liber regulae pastoralis. See Pastoral Care
Liberal arts, seven, 195
Lindisfarne, 94-97; Viking raid on, 206-210, 251, 276, 406
Lin-yi. See Champa
Literature; China, 828; Cōlas, 347; England, 807; Islamic, 198; Japan, 212-213, 385,
389, 743; Kashmir, 789; Mali, 631. See also Category Index
Lithuania, 626, 792, 831
Liu Hung-ts'ao
Lives of Saints Peter and Paul (Masaccio), 836
Livonia, 626
Lollards, 787
Lombards, 36-39, 176; king table, 38
Longbow, 750
Lorris, Charter of (1155), 531-533; key provisions, 532
Lübeck, 519
Lunyu. See Analects, The
Ly Dynasty, 616


M
Ma-Xia school, 562-564
Macedonia. See Geographical Index
Mādhyamika school, 200
Madrasa Nizamiya, 311
Madrasas, 240, 310-313, 337
Maghreb, 421, 426, 783
Magna Carta, 530, 602-605; key provisions, 604
Magomi, 437
Magyars, 279-282, 316-318; map of raids, 253
Mahabalipuram, 89
Mahābhārata (Vyāsa), 339
Mahākarmavibhanga, 185
Mahāyāna Buddhism, 85, 186; India, 200
Mahdali Dynasty, 474, 740
Majapahit, 115
Makura no sōshi. See Pillow Book, The
Makuria, 106
Malayu, 115
Mālegiti Ŝivālaya, 78
Mali, 173, 462, 630-632, 723-726, 748; Islam, 724; religion, 396.
See Geographical Index under Africa
Malikites, 421
Malinke, 630
Malla Dynasty, 801-803
Mamlūks, 587
Mamlūk Dynasty, 659, 687, 748; map, 660
Mandinka state. See Mali
Manichaeanism, Uighurs and, 171
Manu, 762
Manyōshū, 211
Manzikert, Battle of (1071), 434-435, 442, 452
Maoris, 130, 645-648
Mapungubwe, 438-439
Marica, Battle of (1371), 738, 809
Marriage as a political tool; Angevin Empire, 528; Aztecs, 315; Byzantine Empire, 342, 353;
China, 293; Delhi sultanate, 637; England, 773; France, 153, 865; Japan, 45, 211, 259;
León and Castile, 628; Lithuania, 831; Thai, 133; Tibet, 83
Marriage of Philology and Mercury (Capella), 409
Martyrdom; Bohemia, 841-843; Islam, 111-113
Masālik al-absār fī Mamālik al-am; ār (al-Umarī), 748
Masjid-i Jami. See Bibi Khanum Mosque
Masts, Battle of the (655), 102
Mataram, 115
Mathematics; education, 410; India, 48; Muslim, 308. See also Category Index
Mathnawī-i ma nawī. See Mathnawi, The
Mathnawi, The (Rūmī), 671
Maukhari, 69
Mawlawīyah, 671-673
Maya civilization, 56-59
Meaux, Treaty of (1229), 633
Mecca; Ibn Battūtah, 729; Mūsā, Mansa, 396, 723-726; pilgrimages to, 75;
Yahyā ibn Ibrāhīm, 426; Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn, 367
Medicine; education, 410; Frankish, 508; Muslim, 198, 226-229, 397, 507-511; Uighurs, 240;
Village Plains culture, 222. See Category Index under Health and medicine
Meguti Temple, 78
Mencius (Mencius), 491
Mengzi. See Mencius
Mercia, Viking settlement of, 278
Merkits, 582
Merovingians, 176. See also Carolingians; Franks
Mesoamerica, map, 58; religion, 287-289
Mesopotamia. See Geographical Index under Iraq
Mevleviye. See Mawlawīyah
Mexico. See Geographical Index under Central America
Middle East. See Geographical Index under Africa, Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq,
Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
Middle East, Islam and, 101-104
Middle East, maps of, 92, 334, 416, 660, 798
Migrations; Chams to Vietnam, 718; Gypsies into the Middle East and Europe, 235;
Hausa to Niger, 290; Incas to Acamama, 577; Indians to south India, 5; Kanuri to Kanem, 614;
Lombards to Italy, 36; Mississippian culture to Great Plains, 217; Muslims to Egypt, 107;
Oğhuz Turks to Transoxiana, 318-320, 415; Ostrogoths to Italy, 20; Polynesian, 131;
Pyu north to Pagan, 233; Swahili cultures to Bantu area, 9; Thai to Southeast Asia, 132,
154, 657; Thai tribes to Southeast Asia, 133; Uighurs to Turkistan and China, 239-241;
Vikings to England, 207; Wolof to Senegal River region, 579
Military; Aztecs, 732; China, 432; England, 680; Europe, 781
Mimbreno, 62
Min Dynasty, 292
Minamoto family, 212, 537, 612, 741
Ming Dynasty, 775-778, 816, 827; table, 776; women, 363
Minggan, 583
Miracle de Théophile, Le. See Théophilus
Miracle plays, 381-384
Miracles de Notre-Dame (Gautier de Coincy), 383
Mishneh Torah. See Code of Maimonides, The
Mississippian culture, 134, 215-218
Model Parliament, 688-690
Mogadishu, 474
Mogollons, 61-63
Monarchy, England, 602
Monasticism; agriculture and, 574; Buddhism, 245; France, 455; Germany, 496;
Greece, 330-332; India, 201; Tibet, 812
Money, paper, 229-232
Mongolia. See Geographical Index under China
Mongols, 325, 484, 502, 581-583, 668, 791, 797-800; Champa and, 719; conquest of
Nanzhao, 133; invasion of Lan Na, 658; invasion of Nanzhao, 155; map, 582;
religion, 676; table of rulers, 581; Tibet and, 777-779
Monks Mound, 135, 217
Monomane, 771
Mononobe, 1, 29, 45
Monophysite Christianity, 106
Mons, 233, 657; Khmer conquest of, 273-275
Moors, 507-511
Moravia. See Great Moravia; Geographical Index
Morgarten, Battle of (1315), 713-715
Morocco. See Geographical Index under Africa
Morocco, Almoravid conquest of, 425-427
Mortmain, Statute of (1279), 680
Mound building; Cahokia, 135; Hopewell, 215; map, 216
Muangs, 132, 154
Mula Attha, 763
Muqaddimah (Ibn Khaldūn), 783-785
Murābitūn, al-. See Almoravids
Murasaki Shikibu, 388
Murasaki Shikibu nikki. See Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs
Murasaki Shikibu: Her Diary and Poetic Memoirs (Murasaki Shikibu), 387
Muromachi emperors (table), 742
Muromachi period, 771
Muscovy, 791
Music; Christian, 497; Cōlas, 347; Gregorian chants, 44; Gypsy, 235; Japan, 770;
Kashmir, 790; Mali, 631; Mawlawīyah, 671; Muslim, 198; Pallava, 142; Sogdiana, 14;
troubadours, 469; Uighurs, 240
Muslims. See Islam
Myoch'ŏng, 498
Mystère d'Adam, 381-382
Mystery plays, 381-384; stage directions, 382
Mysticism, Germany, 496; Judaism, 678


N
Nahavand, Battle of (642), 102
Naiman, 581
Nakatomi, 1, 29, 104
Nalanda, 86, 565-566
Nam Chieu. See Nanzhao
Nanboku-cho. See Northern and Southern Courts (Japan)
Nanchao. See Nanzhao
Nanping Dynasty, 292
Nanzhao, 132, 154-156, 232-234, 260-262; Mongol conquest of, 133, 657
Nara emperors (table), 46
Nara period, 204, 210
Native Americans, European contact with, 373-375
Navigation, 648-652
Near East. See Geographical Index under Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq,
Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
Nemanjid Dynasty, 540-542, 809
Nembutsu, 548
Nengo system, 104-106
Neo-Confucianism, 324, 328, 491; women and, 363
Nepal, 801-803
Nestorianism, 501, 676-678
Netherlands. See Geographical Index under Flanders, Netherlands
New Life, The (Dante), 704
New Zealand, 130
Newspapers, first, 149-151
Niani, 748
Nicaea. See Geographical Index under Turkey
Nicaea, Council of (787), 152, 423
Nihon shoki, 29, 147-149, 210
Nihongi. See Nihon shoki
Nika riots (532), 25
Nishapur, Battle of (1038), 416
Nizaris, 335. See also Assassins
Njáls Saga. See Story of Burnt Njal, The
Nō drama, 769-772; Zeami's rules, 770
Nobatia, 106
Nocturnal, 651
Nominalism, 708
Norman Conquest (1066), 428, 430
Normandy, Viking settlement in, 252
Normans, 542-544; Venice and, 514
Norsemen, 251. See also Vikings
Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), 742
Northern Dynasties (China), 39
Northern Han Dynasty, 292
Northern Song Dynasty, 324, 418; table, 324
Northumbria, 95, 160, 207; Christianity, 51
Norway, 820. See also Geographical Index under Scandinavia
Norwich, Jews of, 683
Notre Dame, cathedral school at, 471
Novgorod, Swedish invasion of, 638-641
Nubia, 106-108
Numbers, negative, 47-49
Numerals, Arabic, 458-460
Nyingma order, 202, 779, 812


O
Observants (monastic movement), 591
Observatory (at Chichén Itzá). See El Caracol
Ocean navigation. See Navigation; Travel by sea
Ocean of Story, The (Somadeva), 366
Oğhuz Turks, 318-320, 415-417, 695
Olmecs, 287
One Hundred, Council of, 704
Opéra-comique, 383
Ordu Balik, 170
Organizations and institutions. See Category Index
Orléans, Siege of (1428-1429), 849, 865
Orsini, 697
Orthodox Church; Bulgaria, 284; Byzantine Empire, 332, 584, 869; Ethiopia, 555, 666;
Russia, 352, 640, 792; Serbia, 541, 809
Ostrogoths, 20, 36
Ottomans, 671, 697, 809, 870; invasion of Hungary, 854-857
Ouolof Empire. See Wolof Empire; Geographical Index under Turkey
Outremer, 504
Oxford, Provisions of (1258), 655-657
Oxford Council (1222), 683


P
Pacific Islands, South, 130-132
Pacified South. See Vietnam
Paekche Dynasty, Later. See Later Paekche Dynasty
Paekche kingdom, 28
Pagan Empire, 233
Paganism; Franks, 6; Kievan Rus, 354; Prussia, 624; Vikings, 251
Painting; China, 562; Italy, 836
Pajano, 11
Pālas, 183, 185; Pratihāras and, 158; table, 184
Palenque, 56
Pallavas, 88-90, 142, 294; Cālukyans and, 78; map, 89; regional table, 90
Pāndyas; Cōla conquest of, 294-296; Pallavas and, 88
Papacy; power of, 700; relations with Eastern churches, 43, 263; relations with Holy
Roman Empire, 490, 685; role in money lending, 512. See also Avignon Papacy
Paper, invention of, 59, 149
Papermaking, 59-61, 174
Paris, Treaty of (1259), 655
Parliament, Model. See Model Parliament
Pastoral Care (Gregory the Great), 43
Peasants' Revolt (England, 1381), 746, 781, 787, 794-797
Peasants' Revolt (Flanders, 1323-1328), 721-723; map, 722
Pechenegs, 280
Pépin, Donation of. See Donation of Pépin
Perceval (Chrétien de Troyes), 552-554
Persia; expulsion of Gypsies, 234-236; poetry, 393. See also Geographical Index under Iran
Peru; agriculture, 360; irrigation, 360; religion, 577
Pharmacology, Muslim, 508
Phayao, 133, 658, 691
Philip VI (king of France), 780
Philosophy; China, 324, 328, 492; France, 707; India, 200; Italy, 21; Jewish, 560;
Muslim, 507-511. See Category Index
Physics, 734-737
Pillars of Islam, five fundamental, 75
Pillow Book, The (Sei Shōnagon), 259, 385-387
Pisa, Council of (1408), 837
Plague, map, 717
Plague, bubonic. See Black Death; Bubonic plague
Plains Village culture, 221-223
Play of Robin and Marion, The (Adam de la Halle), 383
Play of Saint Nicholas of Jean Bodel (Bodel), 382
Plays. See Miracle plays; Mystery plays; Nō drama
Plow, 127-130
Poem of the Cid, The, 447
Poema de mío Cid. See Poem of the Cid, The
Poetry; England, 806; France, 467, 553; India, 89, 789; Italy, 704, 764;
Muslim, 198; Persia, 393
Poitiers, Battle of (732). See Tours, Battle of
Poitiers, Battle of (1356), 745, 753
Poland. See Geographical Index
Politics. See Category Index under Government and politics
Polynesians, 130-132, 645-648
Poor Clares, 592
Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon. See Knights Templar
Poor Men of Lyons, 549
Popol Vuh, 288
Portugal, exploration of, 844-847. See also Geographical Index
Posada, Battle of (1330), 738
Pottery; Hohokam, 139; Korean, 109; Mogollon, 62
Prague, 326
Pratihāra Dynasty, table, 158
Pratihāras, 156-159, 183
Preah Ko, 274
Prester John (legendary), 501
Printing; China, 149, 265-267, 324, 418-420; Germany, 861-864
Protestant Reformation. See Reformation
Pueblo cultures, 61
Pulguksa, 109
Pure Land Buddhism, 547-549
Pushyabhutis, 69
Pyramid B (at Tula), 314
Pyramid of the Niches, 53
Pyu, 155; conquest of, 232-234


Q
Qadisiyah, Battle of (637), 35, 101
Qānūn fī al-tibb, al-. See Canon of Medicine
Qarakhanids, 239, 285-287, 493; Seljuk defeat of, 416
Qatwan, Battle of (1141), 494
Qian Shu Dynasty. See Former Shu Dynasty
Qidan. See Khitans
Quadrivium, 195
Quanzhen Daoism, 478-480
Quoc hoc Vien, 617
Quoc tu Giam, 848
Qurān, 75
Qutb Mīnār, 588
Quwwat al-Islam, 588


R
Rājarājeśvara. See Brhadīśvara Temple
Rājasipheśvara Temple. See Kāilaśanātha Temple
Rājputs, 693
Rāmāyana (Vālmīki), 802
Rāśtrakūtas, 156, 184, 338
Rathas, 89
Reconquista, 307, 447, 504, 628
Records of Ancient Matters. See Kojiki
Records of Wind and Earth. See Fudoki
Red Head Robbers, 816
Red Turban Rebellion (1351-1356), 775
Reflections on Things at Hand (Zhu Xi), 491
Reformation, 167, 549-552, 707, 853
Regents of Japan, 257-260
Religion; Africa, 426, 439; Aztecs, 732; Bedouins, 74; Cālukyas, 338;
Chimú Empire, 256; China, 478; Cōlas, 347; Hausa, 291; Inca, 577; India, 71, 159,
200, 789; Japan, 301; Karakitai, 494; Khazars, 169; Khitans, 303; Khmer, 225; Kievan Rus, 353;
Mali, 396; Maya, 57; Mesoamerica, 287-289; Mississippian culture, 216; Mongols, 676;
Nepal, 802; Peru, 256, 577; Southeast Asia, 115; Tibet, 84, 237; Tiwanaku, 12; Uighurs, 239-240;
Village Plains culture, 222. See also Category Index
Rense, Declaration of (1338), 767
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta. See Canzoniere
Rhymes. See Canzoniere
Riazan, 792
Rice; Champa, 401; China, 401-403
Richard II; meeting with Wat Tyler, 795
Rígomezö, Battle of. See Kosovo, Second Battle of (1448)
Rihlah (Ibn Battūtah), 730
Roman Catholic Church, 151; Germany, 167. See also Christianity
Roman Empire, Eastern. See Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire, Western, 17
Romana mater, 698
Romance (genre), 552
Romanians, 737
Romansh, 713
Rome, popular uprising in, 759-761
Russia; Judaism in, 168-170; map, 354; Mongol invasion of, 791. See also
Kievan Rus; Slavs; Geographical Index


S
Sacrosancta (Council of Constance), 838
Sailendra family, 115, 185, 191-192, 348
Saint George and the Dragon (Donatello), 835
Sakha Attha, 763
Sakya order, 777, 812
Sallinwerder, Treaty of (1398), 831
Salt trade (Africa), 462
Sāmānid Dynasty, 239, 285, 319, 398
Samarqand, 822; papermaking, 60
Samguk Sagi (Kim), 498-500
Samoans, 130
Samogitia, 831
Samurai, 204-206, 259, 611
Samurai dokoro, 537
Samye, 202, 237, 812
Samye, Council of (792-794), 203
Sanskrit, 365
Sāsānian Empire, 33-36, 97; dynastic table, 35; map, 34; silk trade, 31
Saudi Arabia. See Geographical Index under Arabia
Saxony, Magyar invasion of, 279-282
Sayf bin Dhī Yazan, 436, 748
Scandinavia. See Geographical Index
Schism; Constantinople and Rome, 869; definition of, 423; Rome and
Constantinople, 422-425, 451, 584
Scholar-officials, 66, 327-329
Scholasticism, 309, 509, 707
Schwyz, 713
Science and technology. See Category Index
Scivias (Hildegard von Bingen), 496
Scotland; English invasion of, 709, 744; map, 712. See also
Geographical Index
Sculpture; Africa, 377; Italy, 834
Scythia. See Geographical Index under Central Asia
Sea travel. See Travel by sea
Sefuwa Dynasty, 436-437, 614, 748
Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow, The (Hōnen), 548
Seljuk Turks, 415-417, 434, 442-444; Crusades and, 503; map, 416
Senchaku hongan nembutsu-shū. See Selection of the Nembutsu
in the Original Vow, The

Sengoku period. See Warring States period (Japan)
Sentences (Lombard), 472, 663
Sententiarum libri IV. See Sentences
Serbia; Turkish conquest of, 809-812. See also Geographical Index
Serbs, 540
Serfs, 531
Seven liberal arts, 195
Seventeen Article Constitution, 2, 45
Shahnamah (Firdusi), 234, 285, 393-395
Shaivites, 88, 143
Shan, 132
Shanyang Qu, 64
Shih Ching-t'ang, 953
Shīite Islam, 103, 112, 333
Shingon sect, 30, 213
Shintō, 29, 211, 300; samurai and, 206
Shipbuilding, 648-652
Shirazi Dynasty, 474, 739
Shishigatani affair (1177), 537
Shōen, 211, 300, 537
Shoguns, Kamakura, 539
Shu Dynasty, Former. See Former Shu Dynasty
Shu Dynasty, Later. See Later Shu Dynasty
Siberia. See Geographical Index under Russia
Sicilian Vespers (1282), 490
Sicily, Kingdom of, 488-490
Silk; Byzantine Empire and, 31-33, 175; payment in, 230; Sogdians and, 16
Silk Road, 14, 31, 168, 175; map, 16
Silla Dynasty, United, 108-110, 297; regional table, 109
Silla kingdom, 28
Sixteen Prefectures (China), 302
Siyāsat-nāma. See Book of Government, The
Skraelings, 374
Slave Dynasty. See Delhi sultanate
Slave Investigation Act (956), 321
Slavery; Africa, 267-270, 290, 476, 579; Ayutthaya, 762; Europe, 514; Gypsies, 235;
Korea, 321; Muslim, 587; Portugal, 845
Slavs, 249-251, 263; Bulgars and, 282; Vikings and, 252
Sluis, Battle of (1340), 745
Snaketown, 137
Social reform. See Category Index
Soga family, 1, 45, 104
Sogdians, 14-17; Uighurs and, 171
Sokkuram hermitage, 109
Solankis, 693
Solomonid Dynasty, 556, 665-667
Somnath, Battle of (1299), 693
Sŏn Buddhism, 110
Song Dynasty, 293, 303, 322-325, 327-329, 432, 483, 525; map, 323;
newspapers and, 150; table, 324; Vietnam and, 344
Song Dynasty, Northern. See Northern Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty, Southern. See Southern Song Dynasty
Songhai kingdom, 461; Islam and, 395-397
Soninkes, 172, 356
Southeast Asia; architecture, 115; Buddhism, 113; map, 114; religion, 115.
See also Geographical Index
Southern Dynasties (China), 39
Southern Han Dynasty, 292, 304
Southern Song Dynasty, 324, 484; painting, 562; table, 324
Southern Tang Dynasty, 292, 363
Spain; Christianity, 145, 628; Islam and, 367; map, 368; Muslims and, 144-146,
162, 307, 412, 447, 627; papermaking, 60. See Castile and León; Geographical Index
Sparrow parable (Bede), 51
Spirituals (monastic movement), 591
Spurgyal, 82
Sri Harsacarita. See Harshacharita of Banabhatta, The
Sri Lanka, Cōla invasion of, 295
Ŝrivijaya, 113-116, 192, 296; map, 114
Stipend Land Law (976), 321
Stirling Bridge, Battle of (1297), 710
Stockholm Bloodbath (1520), 821
Story of Burnt Njal, The, 404
Strasbourg Oaths, 242, 244
Students, university, 471
Sufism, 671-673
Sui Dynasty, 39-41, 64, 67, 79; Japan and, 72; regional table, 40
Sukhothai, 133, 657, 690-692
Sumatra, 115
Summa theologiae. See Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica (Thomas Aquinas), 472, 662-665, 707
Sung Dynasty. See Song Dynasty
Sunni Islam, 112, 312, 333, 367-369, 420
Susu kingdom, 173, 630, 725
Swahili cultures, 9-11, 464-465, 474-475
Sweden, 820. See also Geographical Index under Scandinavia
Sweet new style. See Dolce stil nuovo
Swiss Republic, 713-715
Syria. See Geographical Index


T
Tabaristān. See Geographical Index under Iran
Taborites, 842
Tabrōz, capture of (1386), 799
Tahāfut at-tahāfut. See Incoherence of the Incoherence
Tahitians, 130
Tahuantinsuyo, 577
Taiheiki, The, 743
Taihō code, 73, 140-142, 300
Taika reforms, 46, 73, 104-106, 140
Taira family, 212, 537, 612, 741
Talas River, Battle of (751), 35, 60, 170, 174-176, 179
Tale of Genji, The (Murasaki Shikibu), 212, 214, 259, 385, 387-389
Tang Dynasty, 79-82, 170, 174, 179, 320; education, 67; fall of, 291; Japan and, 210;
map, 81; military in, 247; Nanzhao and, 132, 154, 233; regional table, 80;
Sogdians and, 15; Tibet and, 181; Vietnam and, 260; Vietnamese and, 304
Tang Dynasty, Later. See Later Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty, Southern. See Southern Tang Dynasty
Tannenberg, Battle of (1410), 831-833
Tantric Buddhism, 115, 203, 566
Tantrism (Hinduism), 159
Tarain, Battle of (1215/1216), 636
Tarain, First Battle of (1191), 588
Tarain, Second Battle of (1192), 588
Tarīkh al-rusul wa al-mulūk. See History of al-Tabarī, The
Tashkent, 174
Taxation; Africa, 477; China, 39, 230; Church, 698; England, 444, 795; France, 533;
Ghana, 355; Japan, 141, 204; of Jews, 683; Khazars, 168; Korea, 297; Tibet, 237
Technology. See Category Index under Science and technology
Tekrur, 579
Temple of Kukulcan. See Castillo (at Chichén Itzá)
Temple of Quetzalcóatl. See Pyramid B (at Tula)
Temple of the Inscriptions, 56
Ten Kingdoms (China). See Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (China)
Ten Thousand Leaves, The. See Manyōshū
Tendai sect, 30, 300, 547
Tenochtitlán, 731-734
Terminism, 708
Teutonic Knights, 624-627, 831; map, 626
Thai, 132-134; Khmer conquest of, 273-275; law, 762-763
Thamanasat, 762
Theater; Christian, 381; India, 88; medieval stage directions, 382; miracle plays, 381-384;
mystery plays, 381-384; Nō, 769-772
Theater state, Tiwanaku, 12
Theology; England, 708, 787; France, 708; Franks, 195; Italy, 42
Théophilus (Rutebeuf), 383
Theravāda Buddhism, 133, 691; Lan Na, 658
Thorn, Treaty of (1411), 833
Thousand and One Nights, The. See Arabian Nights' Entertainments, The
Three Kingdoms period, Later. See Later Three Kingdoms period (Korea)
Tibet, 82-85, 237-239; Buddhism in, 202-203; Mongols and, 777-779; Uighurs and, 171
T'ieh-le. See Tiele
Tiele, 170
Timbuktu, 395, 461-463, 725
Tiwanaku civilization, 11-14, 360-362
Toledo, Jews in, 508
Tollán. See Tula
Toltec Empire, 125, 287, 313-316
Tongans, 130
Tongji Qu, 64
Tosa Diary, The (Ki no Tsurayuki), 213
Tosa nikki. See Tosa Diary, The
Toulouse, Battle of (721), 162
Toulouse, kingdom of, 17
Tours, Battle of (732), 162-164
Tours, Truce of (1444), 747, 866
Toutswe kingdom, 219-221
Towns, rise of, 532
Trade, 33; Africa, 9, 290, 356, 377, 395, 437-438, 440, 461, 464, 474, 476-477, 614, 630,
740, 825; Aztecs, 732; Byzantine Empire, 91; Cahokia, 135; Central Asia, 14-17;
Chimú Empire, 256; China, 80, 323, 668; Cōlas, 295, 348; Egypt, 333; Europe, 571, 844;
Germany, 519-521; Italy, 511; Khazars, 168; Kilwa Kisiwani, 740; Mogollon civilization, 62;
Novgorod, 639; Peru, 256; Venice, 513-515; Vietnam, 617. See also Category Index
Tran Dynasty, 616-618, 847
Translations; Arabic to Latin, 309; Greek to Arabic, 226, 507; Sanskrit to Chinese, 87;
Sanskrit to Tibetan, 237; Syriac to Arabic, 226
Transoxiana, 318-320. See also Geographical Index under Central Asia
Transportation. See Category Index
Transubstantiation, 606, 787, 842
Travel by land; al-Bakri, 172; Buddhists, 30; Jean Froissart, 780; Ibn Battūtah, 476,
729; Kāshgarī, 240; Mansa Mūsā, 724; Marco Polo, 115, 668; Muslim traders, 356;
Silk Road, 14, 182; al-Tabarī, 270; al-Umarī, 749; Xuanzang, 78, 85, 245
Travel by sea, 114, 648-652; China, 324; Grand Canal, 41; Polynesians, 131;
Thule Inuit, 373; Vikings, 207; Zheng He, 830
Travels of Ibn Battuta. See Rihlah
Travels of Marco Polo, The (Polo), 670
Travels of Sir John Mandeville, 501
Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine, The (Valla), 853
Treatise on Proportions (Bradwardine), 734
Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England (Glanville), 603
Tribute Money, The (Masaccio), 836
Trivium, 195
Trois, Treaty of (1420), 849
Troubadours, 469
Troyes, Council of (1128), 485
Troyes, Treaty of (1420), 746, 865
True Pure Land Buddhism, 548
Tuhfat al-nus ār fi gharaib al-amsar wa-ajaib al-asfar; Rihlah, 953
Tuareg, 461
T'u-chüeh. See Tuque
Tughluqid Dynasty, 753
Tula, 313-316; similarity to Chichén Itzá, 125
Tuque, 170
Turkey. See Geographical Index
Turkish Slave Dynasty. See Delhi sultanate
Turkistan. See Geographical Index under Central Asia
Turkmenistan. See Geographical Index under Central Asia
Turks, 33-36. See also Ottomans; Seljuk Turks
Typography; China, 266, 418-420; Germany, 861-864


U
U, King, 816
Ubayd Allāh al-Mahdt, 333
Uighurs, 170-172, 239-241; Tang Dynasty and, 182
Ukraine. See Geographical Index under Russia
Ulus Chagatai, 797
Umayyad caliphate, 111, 188, 196, 307; fall of, 412-415; Sogdians and, 15; table, 307
Unam sanctam (Boniface VIII), 697-699, 705; extract, 698
Universities; Chinese, 67; European, 470-473; rules of conduct, 471
Unterwalden, 713
Upper Ŝivālaya Temple, 78
Uprisings. See Category Index under Wars, uprisings, and civil unrest
Urdu. See Hindi
Uri, 713
Uzbekistan. See Geographical Index under Central Asia


V
Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. See Diamond Sutra
Valencia, conquest of, 447-450
Varangian Guard, 353, 695. See also Vikings
Varna, Battle of (1444), 855, 858
Vellur, Battle of (915), 295
Venice; Crusades and, 585; Peace of (1177), 523; shipmaking, 649; trade, 513-515
Verdun, Treaty of (843), 241-244; map, 243
Verneuil, Battle of (1424), 746
Verona, Council of (1184), 550, 633
Vietnam, 304-306, 847-849; China and, 81, 617; Nanzhao invasion of, 155;
table of historic periods, 305. See also Geographical Index under Southeast Asia
Vijayanagar, 754
Vikings, 251-255, 406, 648; map of raids, 208, 253; migration into England, 207
Villeinage, 796
Vinland, 254, 374
Visigoths, 17, 145, 627
Vita nuova, La. See New Life, The
Vivekachudamani. See Crest Jewel of Wisdom, The


W
Wagadu. See Ghana
Walachians, 737-739
Waldensians, 549-552, 726, 841
Wales, rebellion against England, 655
War of the Gaedhil with the Gail, The, 403
Wari. See Huari civilization
Warring States period (Japan), 743
Wars, uprisings, and civil unrest. See Category Index
Welfs, 534
Wends, 504, 534
Western Cālukya Dynasty, 338-340
Western Jin Dynasty, 39
Western Liao Dynasty, 484
Westminster I (1275), 680
Westminster II (1285), 680
Westminster III (1290), 680
Whitby, Synod of (664), 96
White Deer Hollow Academy, 491
White Huns, 3, 69; defeat of, 33-36; map, 4
White Monks. See Cistercians
Wild Goose Pagoda, 87
Winchester, Statute of (1285), 680-682
Windsor, Treaty of (1175), 544
Winterthur, Battle of (1292), 713
Wisdom of Royal Glory (Yūsuf Khāss Hājib), 239, 286
Witchcraft, 726-729
Wittelsbach Dynasty, 767
Wolof Empire, 579-580
Women; China, 121, 328, 362-364; Christianity and, 495-498; France, 468; India, 636, 789;
Japan, 387; Ming Dynasty, 363; Muslim, 188; Neo-Confucianism, 363; Yuan Dynasty, 363
Woodhenge, 135, 217
Writing; El Tajín, 54; India, 366; Japan, 213-215; Korea, 321; Slavs, 249-251; Sogdiana, 14;
Swahili, 464; Thai, 691; Tibet, 84; Uighurs, 239
Wu Dynasty, 292
Wu-Yue Dynasty, 292


X
Xi'an. See Chang'an
Xin Tang shu (Ouyang), 191
Xiyouji. See Journey to the West
Xylography, 266


Y
Yaloge, 170
Yamini Dynasty, 565
Yarmūk, Battle of (636), 97-100
Yaya-Mama, 11
Yeke Mongol Ulus, 583
Yellow Hat order. See Gelugpa order
Yellow Uighurs, 239
Yenjing. See Beijing
Yi Dynasty, 815-817; table, 816
Yongji Qu, 64
Yonglo Dadian, 827-828
Yōrō code, 141
Yorubas, 376-378
Yoshino Civil Wars (1336-1392), 741-743
Yuan Dynasty, 325, 525, 617, 676, 775, 777, 816, 818; Quanzhen Daoism in, 478; women, 363
Yūgen, 771
Yuzhou. See Beijing


Z
Zagwe Dynasty, 554, 665
Zanj revolt (869-883), 267-270
Zen Buddhism, 30; samurai and, 206
Zero, concept of, 47, 458
Zhang-zhung confederacy, 82
Zhong yong. See Doctrine of the Mean, The
Zhongdu. See Beijing
Zhou Dynasty, Later. See Later Zhou Dynasty
Zimbabwe. See Great Zimbabwe
Zīrids, 420-422
Zohar (Moses de León), 678-680
Zuihitsu, 386


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