Index

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Abbas, al-, 211

Abbassid dynasty, 183, 184, 211

Abby of Fulda, 195

Abraham, 166

Abu Bekr, 161, 162, 164, 166, 169

Acre, 351, 393

Adam, 318

Aelia Capitolina, 53

Africa, 65, 83, 99, 100, 166, 169, 182, 183, 201, 262-264, 305, 381, 484

Agincourt,battle of, 436, 467

Agrippina, 27

Ainu, 139

Aix-la-Chapelle, 208

Alaska, 292

Albania, 483

Albigensians, 335

Alexander the Great, 409

Alexandria, 201, 287

Alfonsi, Petrus, 188

Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, 228-231, 314

Ali, 161, 169

Alighieri, Dante, see Dante Alighieri

Allah, 161-164, 167-169, 185, 186, 197

Allah-Taala, 161

Alps, 97, 380, 381

Alrui, David, 344

Amazon, 477

Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 83

America, see United States

Americans, 300, 355

Andalus, al-, 114, 182-186see alsoCordoba; Sefarad

Andalusians, 209

Andes, 477

Angles, 99, 124, 145, 299, 314

Anglo-Saxons, 100, 179, 180, 230, 317

Anna, 277

Antarctica, 257

Antioch, 13, 14

Antonius Pius, 28

Ao-tea-roa, see New Zealand

Apocrypha, 42, 88

Apostles’ Creed, 57, 58

Aquila, 16

Aquinas, Saint Thomas, 370, 395-397, 427

Aquino, 395

Aquitaine, 335-338

Arab Empire, 323, 341

Arabi, Ibn al-, 208

Arabia, 160, 164, 166, 183, 197, 201

Arabs, 114, 160, 164, 166, 183, 184, 222, 284, 287, 381, 487

Aragon, 306

Arch of Constantine, 67

Argentina, 334, 478

Aristotle, 396

Armenia, 411

Arnarson, Ingolf, 255

Arthur, King of England, 123-126, 229, 314, 337

Arthur (grandson of Eleanor of Aquitaine), 339

Asia, 4, 14-16, 65, 68, 72, 80, 96, 166, 169, 257, 264, 410, 413, 443, 477, 482-484

Asoka, King of India, 156

Assisi, 374

Assyrians, 341

Atacama Desert, 477

Athens, 15

AtlanticSea, 291

Attila the Hun, 96-98, 100, 275

Augustine of Canterbury, 145, 229

Augustine of Hippo, Saint,4, 83,-85, 87, 314

Augustus Caesar, 23

Augustus, Philip, King of France, 351

Australia, 257, 258

Aurelius, Marcus, 29, 65

Averroës, 396,

Aztecs, 3370, 429-432

Atzlan, 429

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Babylonia, 181

Babylonians, 166, 341

Bacon, Roger, 370, 399-401

Baffin Island, 301

Baghdad, 211

Balkin Mountains, 483

Balkin Peninsula, 483

Balkins, 483

Baltic Sea, 276

Bangladesh, 169

Bannockburn, 417

Bar-Kokhba, 4, 53-56, 323

Barbarossa, Frederick, 274, 351, 391, 395

Barcelona, 209

Barnabas, 12-15

Battuta, ibn, 415

Bayeux Tapestry, 316

Beatrice, 426-428

Beautiful Gate, 9

Becket, Thomas á, archbishop of Canterbury, 337, 338, 459

Bede, 182

Bedouin, 42, 166

Beijing, 445, 446see also Peking

Belisarius, 130

Belize, 82

Ben Yair, Eleazar, 40, 41

Benedict of Nursia, Saint, 102

Beowulf, 179-181

Berbers, 183, 184

Berengaria, 353

Bering Strait, 80

Berkshire, 229

Bernard of Clairvaux, 325, 428

Berserks, 215

Bethar, 54

Bethlehem, 23, 87

Bi Sheng, 283

Bible (Word of God), 3, 8, 9, 11, 16, 42, 44, 73, 84-88, 101, 121, 125, 126, 130, 137, 140, 168, 180, 181, 186, 197, 202, 226, 227, 230, 382, 400, 428, 433, 450, 451, 462, 465, 486-488

Bill of Rights, 384

Black Death, 370, 435, 442-444

Black Sea, 68, 226, 275, 443, 483

Blandina, 29

Blondel, 353

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 445

Bohemia, 227, 271-274, 462, 487

Bohemians, 273, 462

Boleslav, 272

Bolivia, 478

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 208

Boniface, 115, 194-196, 201

Boris, King of Bulgaria, 227

Bors, Sir, 126

Bothnagowan, 304

Bretigny, treaty of, 435

Britain, 123, 136

Bruce, Robert, King of Scotland, 370, 416, 417, 434

Brude, 137

Bruis, Peter, 333

Buddha, 141, 156, 168, 177

Buddhism, 115, 140, 141, 356

Buddhists, 157, 411

Bulgaria, 227, 483

Bulgarians, 483

Bulgars, 226, 275

Burgos, 307

Burgundians, 469

Burgundy, 274

Burma, 115, 410, 411

Byzantine Empire, 97, 101, 114, 128, 130, 131, 144, 208, 211, 216, 226, 276, 277, 287, 323, 324, 336, 370, 483, 484

Byzantium, 68, 128, 482 see also Constantinople; Istanbul

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Caedmon, 182

Caesar Augustus, see Augustus Caesar

Caesarea, 16

Cadiz, 182

Caffa, 443

Calais, 434

Calicut, 72

Calvin, John, 85

Cambodia, 115, 410

Camelot, 123

Canada, 292, 301, 384

Canossa, 321

Canterbury, 359

Canterbury Tales, The, 457, 459, 487

Cape of Good Hope, 415

Carolingian, 207

Carrick, 417

Carthage, 83, 201

Caspian Sea, 276

Castile, 306

Catacombs, 26

Catherine, 436

Catherine of Siena, Saint, 445, 466

Catherine, Saint, 467

Caxton, William, 487

Celts, 95, 123, 124, 228, 229, 314, 317

Central America, 4, 80, 82, 370

Ch’ang (Xi’an), 157, 282

Chalons-sur-Marne, battle of, 97

Charlemagne, 207-211, 274, 319, 320, 335, 337, 341, 392, 409

Charles VI, 435, 467

Charles VII, 467-470

Charles “Martel”, 201, 207

Charles University, 462

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 370, 457, 459, 460, 487

Cheng Ho, 415

Chile, 478

Chin Empire, 409

China, 114, 115, 139, 141, 155-158, 176-178, 181, 212, 250, 262, 263, 282-285, 370, 400, 409, 410, 413, 414, 445, 446, 448, 477

Chinese, 114, 140, 155, 176, 283, 284, 410, 411, 413, 414, 445, 446, 448, 486

Chinon, 478

Christ (Jesus), 3-5, 8, 10-16, 23, 25, 27, 31, 54, 58, 60, 66-69, 73, 83-88, 96, 115, 125, 126, 136, 137, 140, 141, 143, 167, 168, 177, 186, 194, 195, 198, 200, 226, 230, 249, 260, 271, 276, 286, 287, 323, 324, 333, 334, 340, 341, 344, 369, 374-378, 393, 411, 483, 462, 467, 482, 487, 488

Christianity, 27, 29, 30, 57, 68, 73, 83-85, 100, 115, 130, 139, 145, 160, 167, 168, 197, 198, 201, 209, 216, 224, 229, 249, 271, 274, 277, 286, 300, 303, 306, 314, 341, 369, 393, 396, 411

Christians, 3, 4, 9-13, 15, 17, 25, 27-29, 44, 47, 54, 57, 58, 60, 65-69, 6, 98, 114, 120, 121, 126, 137, 143, 157, 164, 167, 168, 169, 182, 184, 186, 197-199, 251, 276, 287-289, 305-307, 323, 325, 341-343, 350-352, 380, 396, 411, 482

Chu Yuan-chang, see Hung-wu

Cipango, seeJapan

Clara dei Sciffi, Saint, 369, 374-378

Clement IV, 401

Cleopatra, 23, 178

Clovis, 100, 201

Cologne, 380

Colosseum, 4, 26, 27

Columba, Saint, 115, 136, 137, 194, 215, 303

Columbus, Christopher, 300, 302, 307, 400

Compiegne, 469

Confucius, 156, 177, 282, 283

Conrad III, 325

Constance, 463

Constantine I (Constantine the Great), 4, 67-69, 85, 98, 120, 128, 342, 482, 484

Constantine V, 199

Constantine XI, 484

Constantinople, 69, 128-130, 199, 211, 226, 276, 277, 323, 336, 370, 413, 482, 483, 484, 488 see alsoByzantium; Istanbul

Cook, Captain James, 260

Copts, 287

Cordoba, 182, 184, 185, 211see also Andalus, al-; Sefarad

Corinth, 16

Cortes, 432

Council of Nicaea, 69

Crecy, 434

Crusades, 249, 274, 323-325, 336, 338, 351, 370, 376, 380, 384, 396

Children’s, 380-382

First, 323, 324

Second, 323, 235, 336, 350, 428

Third, 350, 351, 380

Culhuan tribe, 429

Cupid, 60

Cuzco, 478, 479

Cyprian of Carthage, 29

Cyprus, 53, 129

Cyril, 115, 226, 227, 270

CzechRepublic, 4226, 270, 462

Czechoslovakia, 270

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Daibutsu, 141

Damascus, 13, 183, 185, 211, 325

Damasus (bishop), 87

Danegeld, 216

Danelaw, 230, 314

Danes, 180, 229, 230, 231

Dante Alighieri, 370, 426-428, 460

Danube, 97

Day of Pentecost, 9

Dead Sea, 40, 42, 43, 53, 55

Dead Sea Scrolls, 4, 42, 43, 55

Delhi, 71

Demetrius, 16

Denmark, 179, 181, 214, 216, 222

Diaz, Rodrigo, see El Cid

Diocletian, 65, 66, 68, 86, 128

Divine Comedy, The, 426-428

Dome of the Rock, 350, 352, 380

Dominic, Saint, 369, 374-378, 411

Dominicans, 377, 378, 395, 411

Domitian, 27

Domremy, 467

Donar, 194

Donati, Gemma, 427

Dorset, 292

Drahomira, 270, 271

Druids, 95

Dublin, 216

Dunbar, Battle of, 416

Duncan I, king of Scotland, 303, 304

Duns Scotus, John, 398

Dunsinane, 304

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Eastern Orthodox Church, 276, 277

Ecuador, 478

Edict of Milan, 68, 70, 482

Edward I, 342, 416

Edward II, 384, 417

Edward III, 417, 434, 435, 450

Edward the Black Prince, of Wales, 435

Edward the Confessor, 314, 315

Egypt, 45, 53, 169, 212, 262, 286, 287, 376

Egyptians, 224, 263, 286

El Cid, 250, 305-307

Eleanor of Aquitaine, 250, 335-339, 342, 350, 383

England, 65, 94, 95, 99, 100, 123-126, 136, 145, 179-181, 194, 215, 216, 228, 229-231, 250, 260, 314-316, 319, 337, 355, 370, 377, 383-385, 399, 416, 417, 434-436, 443, 449-451, 462, 463, 469, 477, 487

English, 230, 231, 315-317, 337, 384, 416, 417, 435, 436, 466-470

English Channel, 50, 342, 434

Ephesus, 16

Eric the Red, 290-293, 300

Ericsson, Leif (Leif the Lucky), 249, 291, 300-302

Eulogius, 186

Euphrates river, 183

Europe, 3-5, 14-16, 65, 68, 87, 96, 98, 99-101, 113-115, 118-123, 130, 137, 155, 157, 158, 166, 169, 181-184, 186, 197, 198, 201, 202, 208, 214-216, 224, 226, 228, 229, 231, 250, 262, 264, 274, 276, 283, 316, 334, 338, 341, 342, 350, 351, 357, 358, 370, 376, 380, 392, 393, 396, 400, 410, 414, 435, 442, 443, 460, 463, 470, 480, 482-488

Europeans, 114, 115, 158, 201, 209, 224, 260, 283, 293, 380, 414, 443, 448

Eskimos, see Inuit

Essenes, 31, 43, 44

Eve, 318

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Faeroe Islands, 254

Falkirk, 416

Fatima, 169

Fatimy, Moaz Ladeen Allah El, 287, 288

Faustines, 28

Felicitas, 29

Felix, 16

Ferdinand, King of Spain, 307

Festus, 16

Flagellant Brothers, 442

Flavius, 33

Flora, 186

Florence, 426

Forbidden City, 370, 445-448, 478

France, 95, 100, 121, 182, 201, 207, 208, 210, 216, 250, 274, 314, 316, 319, 333, 335, 339, 342, 351, 370, 381, 384, 434-436, 443, 463, 467, 468, 477

Francis, Saint, of Assisi, 369, 374-378, 399, 411

Franciscans, 375, 377, 378, 399, 401, 411

Franks, 100, 201, 207-209

Frederick II, Stupor Mundi, 370, 391-393

Freisland, 194, 195

French, 434, 435, 468-470

Frey, 224

Freydid, 302

Frigg, 224

Froissart, Jean, 436

Fuji, Mount, 139

Fujiwara family, 357

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Gabriel, 161, 162

Galahad, Sir, 126

Galileans, 32

Gamaliel, 10

Gardar, 254, 256

Gardarsholm, seeIceland

Gaul, 97, 100

Gelasius, 60

Genghis Khan, 409-411, 445, 482, 483

Gentiles, 10, 29, 341

Genoa, 381, 414, 443

George, Saint, 66, 181

Germans, 97, 98, 196, 274, 339, 393

Germany, 194, 195, 201, 207, 208, 210, 271, 273, 274, 276, 319, 321, 380, 391, 393, 443, 463,

Gibraltar, strait of, 182, 305

GobiDesert, 409

God, 3, 4, 10, 12, 15-17, 23, 25, 28, 54, 66, 69, 73, 83-88, 95, 115, 120, 136, 137, 140, 160, 164, 167-169, 181, 186, 195, 197, 199, 200-202, 224, 251, 260, 276, 277, 282, 286, 288, 289, 304, 306, 318, 324, 333, 334, 341, 342, 371, 375-377, 381, 395-397, 427, 428, 433, 442-444, 450, 451, 462

Golden Horn, 484

Gospel, 3, 4, 10, 14, 16, 95, 96, 115, 125, 136, 144, 145, 194, 201, 224, 226, 249, 260, 270, 300, 303, 377, 378, 411, 433

Goths, 100, 275

Granada, 307, 341

Grand Canal, 155

Great Schism, 463

Greece, 15, 24, 71, 72, 197, 199, 275, 483

Greeks, 15, 197-199, 224, 447

Greenland, 216, 249, 250, 290-293, 300, 301

Greenlanders, 292, 293, 300

Gregory I (Gregory the Great), 143-146, 229, 341

Gregory VII, 251, 318-322, 392, 427

Gregory IX, 392, 393

Gregory XI, 450

Grimm, Jacob, 275

Grimm, Wilhelm, 275

Groote, Gerhard, 453

Guatemala, 81, 82

Gudrid, 301

Guinevere, Queen of England, 126, 337

Gun Gong, seeForbidden City

Gupta dynasty, 71, 72

Gutenburg, Johannes, 486, 487

Guthrum, 230

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Hadrada, Harold, King of Norway 315

Hadrian, 28, 53, 55, 124

Hagar, 166

Han dynasty, 155

Hangchow, 155

Hannibal, 183

Harold of Wessex, 315

Hasdai, 187

Hastings, battle of, 250, 315, 434

Hawaii, 258

Hazm, Ibn, 186

Hebrews, 340

Hebrides, 254

Hegira, 163

Helluland, see Baffin Island

Henry II (Henry Plantagenet), 336-339, 383, 459

Henry III, 385

Henry IV, 251, 318-322, 492, 427

Henry V, 436, 467

Henry VII, 427

Henry VIII, 319

Herculaneum, 48

Herjolfsson, Bjarni, 300-302

Herod Agrippa, 16

Herod the Great, 24, 32, 39, 40

Hesse, 194

Hildebrand, see Gregory VII

Hindu (Hinduism), 73

Hippo, 87

Hitler, Adolf, 342

Hjorleif, 255

Hokkaido, 139

Holy Spirit, 3, 8-10, 86, 115, 195, 378

Honduras, 81

Honshu, 139

Hood, Robin (Robert), 250, 353-355, 383

HoriujiTemple, 141

Hroswitha, 185

Hsi Hsia Empire, 410

Hugh the Iron, 381

Huitzilopochtli, 429

Hundred Years’ War, 370, 434-436, 367

Hung-wu, 445, 446

Hungarians, 23

Hungary, 227

Huns, 96-99, 275

Huss, John, 369, 462-465, 470, 487

Hussites, 465, 469, 470

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Iberian Peninsula, 182, 183

Iberians, 182

Iceland, 216, 249, 254-257, 290-292, 300-302, 477

Icelanders, 254

Iconoclast Controversy, 197, 198

Ignatius, 27

Independence, 292

India, 4, 71-73, 80, 169, 212, 400, 411, 413, 477

Indians, 4, 72, 73

Indonesia, 169

Indonesians, 140

Inkas, 370, 477-481, 484

Innocent III, 375, 381, 383, 384, 391

Interamna, 60

Inti, 479

Intihuatana, 478, 479

Inuit, 293, 302

Investiture Controversy, 251, 318, 319

Iona, 136, 137

Iran, 169, 275

Iranians, 275

Ireland, 95, 96, 136, 137, 194, 216, 255, 417

Irene, 199, 208

Irish, 94-96, 136

Isabella, Queen of Spain, 307

Isabella, 383

Isabelle, 435

Ishmael, 166

Islam, 115, 160-162, 164, 166-169, 182, 201, 287, 323

Isle of Avalon, 126

Isle of Patmos, 27

Israel, 28, 32, 39, 41, 54-56, 169, 323

Israelites, 56, 197,340, 380

Istanbul, 68, 484see also Byzantium; Constantinople

Italians, 273, 443, 487

Italy, 45, 100, 199, 208, 258, 273, 274, 391, 395, 396, 427, 443, 463, 483,

Itil, 276

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Jaffa, 351, 352

James, 305

Janissaries, 484

Japan, 114, 115, 139-141, 181, 250, 356-358, 410, 477

Japanese, 139-141, 356, 357, 410, 414

Jerome, Saint, 4, 86-88, 451

Jerusalem, 4, 12, 16, 17, 32, 40, 53-56, 100, 121, 162, 169, 306, 323-325, 342, 350-352, 380, 392, 393

Jesus, see Christ

Jews, 4, 9, 10-12, 15, 16, 25, 27, 29, 32, 33, 39-41, 43, 44, 47, 53-56, 87, 88, 100, 114, 162-164, 166, 168, 169, 182, 184, 185, 197, 251, 276, 287-289, 323, 325, 340-344, 350, 351, 383, 393, 396, 442, 443

Jewish Revolt

First, 32, 39, 53, 54

Second, 53-56

Jimmu Tenno, 140

Joan of Arc, 370, 436, 466-470

Job, 145

John (apostle), 4, 9, 10, 27

John of Montecorvino, 411

John, King of England, 339, 342, 353, 355, 370, 383-385

John XII, 274

Jomsvikings, 215

Joseph, 23

Joseph of Arimathea, 125

Josephus, 31-33, 39-41, 43, 53, 55

Jovita, 28

Judaism, 12, 31, 73, 160

Judea, 13

Julius Caesar, 23, 97, 123, 228, 229, 314, 479

Justinian I, 128-131, 276, 482-484

Juno, 60

Jupiter (Zeus), 53, 54, 66

Jutes, 100, 123, 145, 229, 314

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Kaaba, 160, 161, 163, 164, 166

Kaifeng, 282

Kallaallit Nunaat, seeGreenland

Kami, 140

Kao Tsung, 176, 177

Kara Kitai empire, 410

Khadijah, 161

Kharaz, Simaan El, see Simon, Saint

Khazars, 275

Kiev, 216, 276, 377

Koran, 161, 164, 168

Korea, 115, 139, 410

Koreans, 140, 486

Kublai Khan, 370, 409-411, 413, 414, 445, 446

Kukulcan, 81

Kupe, 257

Kush, 262

Kushites, 262, 263

Kyushu, 139

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Labrador, 301

Lancelot, Sir, 126

Langland, William, 354

Lech River, 273

Lesbos, 199

Leo III, 198, 199, 209

Leon, 306

Li Yuan, 156

Lindisfarne, 215

Lollards, 451, 465, 487

Lombards, 144, 208

Lombardy, 145

London, 230, 337, 350, 443, 460

Louis VII, 325, 335, 336

Lucius III, 334

Ludmilla, 270, 271

Lully, Raymond, 398

Lumhanan, 304

Lupercalia, 60

Luther, Martin, 85, 452

LydveldidIsland, seeIceland

Lyon, 333

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Macbeth, 250, 303, 304

Maccabees, 43

Machu Picchu, 479, 480

Magna Carta, 383-385

Magnus, Albert, 396, 427

Magyars, 273, 275

Mahabharata, 72

Maimonides, Moses, 342-343, 396

Mainz, 195, 486

Malcolm III, 304

Malory, Sir Thomas, 436

Malta, 17

Maori, 250, 257-260

Margaret, Saint, 467

Mark (apostle), 286

Mark-land, seeLabrador

Mars Hill, 15

Marseille, 381

Martin V, 451, 463

martyr, 10, 27, 29, 61, 62

Martyr, Justin, 29

Mary (Jesus’ mother), 23, 198, 450

Masada, 4, 39-41, 53

Massenet, Jules, 307

Matilda, Queen, 315, 316

Mauri, 183

Maxentius, 67

Maximian, 65, 66

Maya, 4, 80-82, 431

Mecca, 160-163, 166, 185

Medina, 162-164, 169

Mediterranean Sea, 16, 99, 100, 182, 263, 380, 413, 483

Melanesia, 257

Merlin, 124, 126

Meroe, 265

Merovingians, 207

Mesopotamia, 53, 201, 212, 350

Methodius, 115, 226-227, 270

Mexica, see Aztecs

Mexico, 4, 80-82, 429, 430

Mexico City, 429, 430

Mi Feng, 284

Michael the Archangel, 467

Michelangelo, 158, 428

Micronesia, 258

Middle East, 99, 169

Milan, 8

MilvianBridge, battle of, 67, 68

Minamoto Yoritomo, 357

Ming dynasty, 370, 445, 446

Ming Huang, 159

Mohammed, 114, 115, 161-164, 166-169, 183, 186, 197, 211, 323, 393

Mohammed II, 484, 485

MokattamMountain, 289

Mongolia, 409, 410, 445, 446

Mongolian Empire, 409, 411

Mongols, 275, 409-411, 443-446

Monica, 83

Montezuma, 432

Moors, 114, 182, 183, 185, 201, 305

Moravia, 227

Moravians, 226

Mordred, 126

Moses (from the Old Testament), 168, 197, 380, 393

Moses, 288

Mount Badon, battle of, 125

Mozarabs, 184, 186

Mozart, 428

Muallqat, 166

Muslims, 114, 157, 160, 163, 164, 166-169, 182, 184, 185, 197, 201, 202, 208, 209, 251, 276, 287, 289, 305-307, 323-325, 341, 351, 352, 376, 380, 393 396, 411

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Naddod, 254

Nagrila, Samuel ibn, 187

Nahal Hever, 55

Naples, University of, 392, 395

Nara, 141

Native Americans, 293, 302

Navarre, 305

Nebuchadnezzar, 181

Nero, 3, 17, 23-27, 31, 32, 66

Netherlands, 260

New Zealand, 250, 257-260, 477

New Zealanders, 259

Newfoundland, 301

Nicene Creed, 69

Nicholas, 380, 381

Nicholas, Saint, 61

Nieuw Zeeland, seeNew Zealand

Nigeria, 169, 263

NileRiver, 263

Nippon, seeJapan

Noah, 254, 477

Nok, 263

Notre Dame, 121

Normandy, 216, 314, 316

Normans, 231, 314-317, 434

North America, 80, 216, 257, 292, 300-302, 355, 477

North Americans, 400

NorthIsland (of New Zealand), 258

Norway, 215, 216, 222, 255, 290, 291, 300

Norwegians, 255

Nova Scotia, 301

Novgorod, 276

Nubians, see Kushites

Nunavut, 301

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Obadiah, 343

Oceania, 251, 258

Octavia, 24

Octavian, 23

Odin (Woden), 224

Odoacer, 100

Olbia, 275

Orleans, 469

Osman, 483

Ostrogoths, 100

Otto I (Otto the Great), 249, 273, 274, 277

Ottoman Empire, 482, 485

Ottoman Turks, 370, 482-485, 488

OxfordUniversity, 399, 443, 449, 450, 462

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Pachacuti, 478, 479, 481, 484

Pakistan, 169

Palestine, 201, 323-325, 381, 392, 413

Pan, 60

Panticapeum, 275

Parthians, 39

Paris, 216, 336, 395, 396, 399, 443

Patricius, 83

Patrick, Saint, 4, 94-96, 164

Paul (Saul of Tarsus), apostle, 3, 4, 11-17, 25, 27, 31, 197, 341, 482

Peking, 155, 410, 413 see also Beijing

Pelagius, 186

Pelagius II, 144

Pentecost, 18

Pepin the Short, 207, 320, 392

Percivale, Sir, 126

Perfectus, 186

Perpetua, 29

Persia, 212, 275, 410, 443

Persians, 166, 275

Peru, 478

Peter (apostle), 4, 8-10, 25, 27, 143, 195

Peter the Hermit, 324, 325

Petrarch, Francesco, 429

Petrobrusians, 249, 333, 334

pharisee, 11, 12, 15, 31, 43

Philip VI, 434

Phoenicians, 182

Phrygia, 66

Pied Piper of Hamelin, 380

Picts, 136, 137

Pilate, 125

Pillars of Hercules, 183

Pliney the Younger, 48

Poggius, Fra, 463, 464

Poitiers, 201

Battle of, 435

Poland, 227, 273

Poles, 273

Polo, Marco, 139, 370, 411-414, 445

Polycarp, 28

Polynesia, 258

Polynesian Islands, 257, 258

Polynesians, 258

Pompeii, 45-47

Poppaea, 24

Portugal, 182, 306

Portuguese, 448

Porziuncola, 375, 377

Prague, 272, 462

Pricilla, 16

Procopius, 129

Protestants, 143, 457

Punic Wars, 183

Pyrenees Mountains, 182, 208, 209, 305

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Qin dynasty, 155

Qumran, 43

Quraish, 162

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Rachel, 197

Radbod, 194, 195

Rahman, Abd al-, 183-185, 208-210

Ramayana, 72

Rashid, Harun al-, 211, 212

Reconquista, 306, 307

Red Sea, 137, 160, 381

Reims, 468, 469

Renoir, 428

Reykjavik, 255

RhineRiver, 380

Richard I the Lionhearted, 250, 338, 339, 350-353, 355, 380, 383, 384

Richard II, 384, 435

Roland, 209

Rollo, 216

Rome, 4, 16, 17, 23-27, 21-33, 41, 42, 44, 47, 54, 60, 65, 71, 81, 85, 97, 100, 114, 121, 128, 143-145, 195, 197, 209, 229, 273, 287, 321-323, 373, 377, 463, 385

Roman Catholic Church, 143, 276, 378, 397, 452, 470

Roman Empire, 23, 27, 65, 68, 84, 87, 96, 98-100, 120, 128, 144, 155, 208, 209, 274, 409

Eastern, see Byzantine Empire

Holy, 209, 273, 274, 321, 322, 391, 427

Western, 4, 67, 97, 100, 101, 113, 123, 128, 143, 183, 184, 201, 208, 229, 482

Romania, 483

Romans, 4, 16, 24, 25, 27, 31-33, 39, 47, 53, 72, 80, 84, 85, 97, 98, 99, 114, 123, 124, 128, 136, 166, 183, 184, 197, 198, 224, 228, 229, 273, 314, 317, 323, 341, 447

Romulus Augustus, 100

Rostislav, King of Moravia, 226

Rouen, 466, 469

Rudolf, 321

Runnymede, 384

Rurik, 276

Rus, 276

Rusafa, 185

Russia, 216, 224, 226, 227, 250, 275-277, 292, 410, 411, 443, 484

Rustichello, 414

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Sacsahuaman, 478

Sahara, 262, 263

Saint Andrew, Monastery, 144

Saint Damian, 374

Saint Helens, Mount, 46

Saint Peter’s Cathedral, 209

Saint Sophia, 129, 130, 276, 277, 483

Saint Vitus, 272

Sadducees, 31, 43

Saladin, 350-352, 380

Salerno, University of, 392

Salisbury Castle, 338

Samudragupta, 71

Santiago de Compostela, 308

Saracens, 209

Saragossa, 209, 306

Sardinia, 145

Sarmatians, 275

Sarqaq, 292

Saudi Arabia, 287

Sawiras, 287, 288

Saxons, 100, 124, 125, 145, 208, 209, 229, 314

Scandinavia, 115, 214, 254, 443

Scheherazade, 212

Scotland, 136, 137, 194, 216, 303, 304, 416, 417

Scots (Scottish), 124, 137, 304, 416, 417, 343

Scott, Sir Walter, 355

Scythians, see Persians

Sefarad, 114, 182 see also Andalus, al-; Cordoba

SeineRiver, 216, 470

Seljuk Turks, 323-325, 351, 483

Seneca, 24

Serbia, 227

Serbs (Yugoslavians), 483

Serene, 343

Sergius Paulus, 13

Shah Jahan, 411

Shahriyar, 212

Shakespeare, William, 303, 304, 436

Shang dynasty, 155

Sheng Kuo, 283

Shikoku, 139

Shinto, 140

Shotoku Taishi, 114, 140, 141, 356, 357

Siberia, 296

Sicilians, 393

Sicily, 145, 391, 393, 395

Silas, 15

Simon, Saint, 249, 288, 289

Siward of Northumberland, 304

Skerries, seeGreenland

Slavs, 226, 227, 273, 275

Slovakia, 227

Sluys, 434

Smyrna, 28

Snorri, 301

Snowland (Snaeland), seeIceland

Song dynasty, 282-285, 410

South America, 258, 370, 477, 481

South Americans, 477

South Island (of New Zealand), 258, 259

Spain, 45, 100, 114, 182-184, 186, 201, 207-209, 211, 216, 305-307, 341, 343, 376, 377, 477, 487

Spanish, 186, 305-307, 432, 479-481

Stafford, Robert, 355

Stephen (apostle), 4, 10, 11

Stephen of Cloyes, 381

Stewart Island (of New Zealand), 258

Stilicho, 102

StirlingBridge, Battle of, 416

Stonehenge, 228, 229, 314, 317

Stuart, David, 82

Stylites, Simon, 85

Sudan, 169, 263

Sui dynasty, 155, 156

Sweden, 179, 181, 214, 216, 222, 254

Swedes, 180

Swift, River, 451

Switzerland, 208, 463

Symphorosa, 28

Synod of Worms, 320

Syria, 183, 185, 201, 326

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T’ai Tsung, 156, 176

Taj Mahal, 411

Tajikistan, 169

Talmud, 343

Tamerlane, 411

Tanais, 275

Tang dynasty, 156-158, 282

Tariq, 183

Tarsus, 11, 12

Tasman, Abel, 260

Tawantinsuyo, 477, 479

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 277

Temple (Jewish), 9, 32, 39, 53, 54, 100, 323, 343, 350, 380

Tenochtitlan, 430

Tertullian, 30

Texcoco, Lake, 430

Thailand, 115, 411

Thames, 384

Theodora, 128-131, 482, 483

Theodosia, 275

Theodosius II, 97

Thessalonica, 226

Thjodhild, 291, 300

Thor, 194, 224, 255

Thorfinn, 301

Thorvald, 301

Thulte, 292, 293

Tiananmen Square, 447

TiberRiver, 100

TigrisRiver, 350

Timothy, 15

Titicaca, Lake, 479

Titus, 32, 33, 100

Tiw, 224

Toledo, 184

Tolstoy, Leo Nikolaevich, 278

Torah, 343

Tours, 201, 207, 468

battle of, 201, 202

Tower of London, 316

Trajan, 27, 28

Troyes, treaty of, 436

Tryggvason, Olaf, 300

Tunisia, 169, 212

Turkey, 11, 413, 483

Turkistan, 323, 411

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Umayyad dynasty, 114, 183, 184, 186, 208, 211, 305, 341

United States, 46, 80, 94, 169, 201, 258, 260, 262, 334, 355, 370, 384, 429

Unity of the Brethren, 465, 487

Urban II, 323, 324, 325

Uruguay, 334

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Valencia, 306, 307

Valentine, Saint, 4, 60

Valentinian III, 121

Valerian, 29

Vandals, 100, 102, 183

Varangians (Swedish Vikings), 216

Vedas, 73

Venetians, 414

Venice, 413, 14

Venus, 60

Vercingetorix, 127

Verdun, treaty of, 210

Vespasian, 32

Vesuvius, Mount, 45-47

Vietnam, 411

Vikings, 115, 214-216, 222-224, 229, 230, 255, 276, 293, 302, 304, 314, 317, 409

Vilgerdarson, Floki, 254, 255

Vinland, 216, 301, 302

Virgil, 427

Visigoths, 97, 100, 183

Vladimir I of Russia, grand duke of Kiev, 250, 275-277

VolgaRiver, 276

Voltaire, 231

Vulgate, 87, 88

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Wailing Wall, 162

Waitangi, treaty of, 260

Waldensians, 249, 333, 334

Waldo, Peter, 333, 334

Wales, 136

Walter the Penniless, 324, 325

Wallace, William, 370, 416, 417

Wang, Empress, 176

Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia, 249, 270-272

Wessex, 194, 229, 230

Westminster Abbey, 315

William the Conqueror, 216, 250, 314-317, 319, 322, 336, 434

William the Pig, 381

Wiltshire, 228

Winfred, see Boniface

Wu Tao-tze, 158

Wu Zetian (Wu Zhau, Mei-Niang), 157, 176-178, 282

Wycliff, John, 369, 449-452, 462, 464

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Xia dynasty, 155

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Yadin, Yigael, 55

Yellow Sea, 410

Yamato clan, 140

Yang Chien, 155

Yang Do, 155, 156

Yang Kwei-fei, 159

Yangtze River, 155

Yaroslav the Wise, 277

Yemen, 169

York, 216, 315

Yorkshire, 353

Yuan dynasty, 410

Yugoslavia, 483

Yung-lo, 446

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Zaid, 161

Zealots (Sicarii), 39, 40

Zeeland province (in the Netherlands), 260

Zenobia, Queen, 59

Zhao Kuangyin, 282

Zhejiang province (in China), 284

Zhongguo, seeChina

Zhou dynasty, 155

Zimbabwe, 250, 262-264, 477