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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

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by Frankopan, Peter


  Erbil, here

  Ermolov, General Aleksei, here

  Etemad, Dr Akbar, here

  Ethiopia, here, here, here

  Eto’o, Samuel, here

  Ettel, Erwin, here

  Euclid, here

  Eudokia, here

  Euler, Leonhard, here

  eunuchs, here

  Euripides, here

  European Union, here, here

  Eurovision Song Contest, here

  Evelyn, John, here

  Faisal I, King (of Iraq), here

  Faisal II, King (of Iraq), here

  Falkenhayn, General Erich von, here

  al-Fārābī, Abū Nar, here

  Farman-Farma, Prince, here, here

  Farouk, King (of Egypt), here, here

  fashion houses, here

  fasting, here, here, here

  Fatehpur Sikri, here

  Fat Alī, Shah, here

  Fāimid caliphate, here, here, here

  fatwas, here

  Ferdinand and Isabella (of Spain), here, here

  Fez, here

  Field of Blood, battle of the, here

  financial crisis, fifteenth-century, here, here

  Firdawsī, here

  fire temples, Zoroastrian, here, here

  fish, worship of, here

  Fisher, Admiral Sir John, here, here

  Fitzwilliam Museum, here

  flagpole, world’s tallest, here

  Fleischer, Ari, here

  Florence, here, here, here, here

  ‘fool’s gold’, here

  footwear, prices of, here

  Ford, Gerald, here

  Ford Foundation, here

  Ford Motor Company, here, here

  Fort Nassau, here

  Fort Ross, here

  Foster, Norman, here

  ‘Four Masters’, here

  Foxconn, here

  Fra Angelico, here

  France

  armed forces, here

  fall of, here, here, here

  First World War aims, here

  and Red Line Agreement, here, here

  relations with Persia, here

  relations with Russia, here, here

  Francis of Assisi, here

  Franco-Prussian War, here

  frankincense, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Franks, General Tommy, here

  Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, here, here, here, here

  Fraser, Sir William, here

  Fraser-Tytler, Sir Kerr, here

  Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor, here

  Frederick II, Emperor, here

  French Revolution, here

  Frobisher, Martin, here

  Fulton, Missouri, Churchill’s speech at, here, here

  furs, trade in, here, here

  Furtado, Nelly, here

  Fürth, here

  Fusā, here, here, here

  Gaddafi, Muammar, here

  Galileo Galilei, here

  galley-slaves, freeing of, here

  Gama, Vasco da, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Gamelin, General Claude, here

  Ganjavī, Mahsatī, here

  Gansu corridor, here, here

  Gao, here

  Gardane, Comte de, here

  Gārgī Samhitā, here

  Gates, Robert, here, here

  Gaugamela, battle of, here

  Gaul, here, here

  Gazprom, here

  Geneva Protocols, here

  Genghis Khan, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Genoa

  and Black Sea trade, here

  competition with Venice, here, here, here

  decline of, here

  destruction of Pisan fleet, here

  and gold trade, here

  plague in, here

  rise of, here, here, here, here, here, here

  George III, King, here, here

  George V, King, here

  George, Clair, here

  Georges-Picot, François, here

  Georgia, here, here

  Gepids, here

  Germany

  agricultural production, here

  and approach to First World War, here, here

  develops siege mentality, here

  food shortages, here, here

  increased animosity towards, here

  pact with Soviet Union, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  plague in, here

  and Second World War defeat, here, here

  unification, here

  Getty, J. Paul, here, here

  Ghassānids, here

  Ghaznavids, here, here

  Ghazni, here, here

  Ghent, rise of, here

  Ghous, Mullah, here

  Ghuzz tribe, here, here, here

  ginger, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  glaciers, advancing, here

  gladiatorial combats, here, here

  Gladstone, William Ewart, here

  Glaspie, April, here

  Glinka, Mikhail, here

  globalisation, here, here, here

  Gnosticism, here

  Goa, here, here

  Goebbels, Joseph, here, here, here

  gold

  and conquest of Americas, here, here

  correction in price of, here

  and fifteenth-century economic recovery, here

  mining in Australia, here

  Portuguese trade in, here

  relative value of, here

  Tian Shan deposits, here

  Golden Horde, here, here

  Goltz, General Colmar von der, here

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, here

  Gorchakov, Prince, here, here

  Göring, Hermann, here, here

  Gospel of St John, here

  Goths, here, here, here

  Gotland, here

  Grand Canal (Chinese), here

  Grand Tours, here

  Granth Saheb, here

  Granville, Lord, here

  Great Wall of China, here, here

  Greece, post-war, here

  ‘Greek fire,’ here

  Greek language, here

  Gregory VIII, Pope, here

  Gregory IX, Pope, here

  Gregory of Nazianzus, archbishop of Constantinople, here

  Grey, Sir Edward, here, here, here, here

  Griboyedov, Alexander, here

  Gromyko, Andrei, here, here

  Groningen University, here

  Grotius, Hugo, here

  Grozny, here

  Guangzhou, here, here

  Guantánamo Bay, here

  Guderian, General Heinz, here

  Gudleif, here

  Guggenheim Museum (Abu Dhabi), here

  guilds, here, here

  Gujarat, here

  Gulbenkian, Calouste, here

  Gundeshāpūr, here, here, here

  gunpowder, Chinese, here

  guns, improvements in manufacture, here

  Gutenberg, Johannes, here

  Güyüg, Great Khan, here

  Gytha, here

  Haarlem, ceramics industry, here

  adīth, here, here

  Hadrian I, Pope, here

  Hagia Sophia cathedral, here, here

  Haifa, here, here, here, here

  hair clasps, here

  Hakluyt, Richard, here

  Halder, General Franz, here, here, here

  Halifax, Lord, here

  halo, appears as common symbol, here

  Hammurabi, King (of Babylon), here

  Hamza, Dr Khidir, here

  Han dynasty, here

  Hangzhou, here

  Hankey, Sir Maurice, here

  Haqqani, Jalaluddin, here, here

  Harald Hardrada (Haraldr Sigurðarson), here

  Haraldr, commemorative rune-stone, here

  Hardinge, Sir Arthur, here

  Hardinge, Lord (Sir Charles), here, here, here

  Harold II, King, here

  asdai b.
Shaprū, here

  Hāshim (great-grandfather of the Prophet), here

  Hastings, battle of, here

  Hawkins, Sir John, here

  Hebrew, here, here, here, here

  Hedeby, here, here

  elbo, Rabbi, here

  Helena (mother of Constantine), here

  Hellenisation, of central Asia, here

  Helmand irrigation scheme, here

  Henderson, Loy, here

  hennin (headgear), here

  Henry III, King, here

  Henry VIII, King, here

  Henry the Navigator, here

  Heraclius, Emperor, here, here

  Herat, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Herat Convention, here

  Herodotus, here, here

  heroin, here

  herring, here, here

  Hewlett Packard, here

  Hezbollah, here, here

  Hickey, William, here

  ijāz, depression of trade, here

  Himmler, Heinrich, here

  imyar, kingdom of, here, here, here

  Hindu art, here

  Hindu gods, here

  Hinduism, here, here

  Hindus, persecution of, here

  al-īra, here

  Hiroshima, here, here

  Hispaniola, here, here

  Hitler, Adolf

  and buildings of Vienna, here

  and invasion of France, here

  and invasion of Soviet Union, here, here, here, here

  and Islamic world, here

  and Jews, here

  and pact with Soviet Union, here, here, here

  iyya the Great, Rabbi, here

  Hobbes, Thomas, here

  Hoepner, General Erich, here

  Holocaust denial, here

  Holy League, here

  Homer, here, here

  Homes & Gardens, here

  Hong Kong, cession of, here

  Honorius, Emperor, here

  Horace, here

  Hormuz, cosmopolitan city, here

  Horns of Hattin, battle of the, here

  horses, here, here, here, here, here

  and Indian trade, here, here

  tianma (heavenly or celestial horses), here

  House, Edward, here

  Houtman, Fredrik de, here

  Huaewei, here

  Huan, Emperor, here

  Hudūd al-Ālam, here

  Hülegü (Mongol warlord), here, here

  Humāyūn, Emperor, here

  Hungarian uprising, here

  Huns, here, here, here, here

  Hurley, General Patrick, here

  usayn, Sharif, here, here

  al-usaynī, Muammad, here, here

  Hussein, King (of Jordan), here

  Hussein, Saddam, here, here, here, here

  invasion of Kuwait, here

  and Iran–Iraq, war, here

  US removal of, here, here, here

  and US support, here, here, here, here

  Huyghen van Linschoten, Jan, here

  Huyser, General Robert, here

  hybrid cars, here

  Ibn Baūa, here, here

  Ibn Falān, here, here, here

  Ibn al-Haytham, here

  Ibn Jubayr, here

  Ibn Khaldūn, here

  ibn Sīnā, AbūAlī usayn (Avicenna), here

  ibn Yaqūb, Ibrāhīm, here

  Ignat’ev, Nikolai, here

  Īlkhānids, here, here, here

  Incas, here, here

  India

  British domination of, here, here, here, here

  British withdrawal from, here

  and Chinese trade, here, here

  Christian missionaries in, here

  and Cold War, here, here

  cultural flourishing, here

  defence of, here, here, here

  horse trade, here, here

  independence movement, here

  nuclear capacity, here

  and Portuguese trade, here

  rituals and processions, here

  and Roman trade, here

  rulers abstain from alcohol, here

  Russian attitudes to, here

  and spread of learning, here

  travellers’ tales, here

  Indian National Congress, here

  indigo, here, here

  industrial revolution, roots of, here

  Innocent III, Pope, here

  Innocent IV, Pope, here

  intelligence leaks, here

  interest rates, falling in fourteenth/fifteenth century, here

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), here, here, here

  International Monetary Fund, here

  Iona, here

  Ipi, Faqīr of, here

  Iran

  agricultural failures, here

  and ‘axis of evil’, here

  CIA-backed coup, here

  and Cold War, here, here, here, here

  defence of, here, here

  and export of Islamic revolution, here, here

  and founding of OPEC, here

  German influence in, here, here, here

  hostage crisis, here, here

  increasing repression, here, here, here

  Islamic revolution, here

  military spending, here, here, here, here

  and here/11 attacks, here

  nuclear capacity, here, here, here, here

  oil embargo, here

  and oil reserves, here, here, here, here

  post-war interests in, here, here

  rapprochement with US, here, here

  and religious minorities, here, here

  and Tripartite Treaty, here

  US supplies arms, here

  and US support, here, here, here

  Iran Air, orders Concordes, here

  Iran–Iraq War, here, here, here, here

  Iranian airliner, shooting down of, here

  Iraq

  and ‘axis of evil’, here

  and Cold War, here, here, here, here, here

  defence of, here, here

  develops siege mentality, here

  and feudalism, here

  founding of, here, here

  founding of Ba’ath party, here

  and founding of OPEC, here

  German influence in, here

  and independence, here, here

  invasion of Kuwait, here

  military spending, here, here

  nationalisation of oil industry, here

  nuclear capacity, here, here, here, here

  and oil reserves, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  and pan-Arabism, here

  post-war interests in, here, here

  sanctions regime, here

  under Qasim, here

  US-led invasion, here

  and US support, here, here, here

  Iraqi Oil Company, here, here

  Ireland, plague in, here

  Ironside, Sir Edmund, here

  irrigation, here, here, here, here, here, here

  Isaac II, Emperor, here

  Isfahan, here, here, here

  Ishmael, here, here

  Islam

  and Bolshevism, here

  and Communism, here

  division into Sunnī and Shīa, here

  division of world, here

  early converts, here

  early Islam and religious tolerance, here, here, here, here

  Iberian hostility towards, here

  internal divisions, here, here, here, here

  and growth of markets, here

  and Hitler, here

  Khazars and, here, here

  Mongols and, here

  Muslim conquest of Central Asia, here

  and ‘new Russians’, here

  Protestant relations with, here, here

  rise of, here, here, here, here

  and spread of learning, here, here

  and western curiosity, here

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sp; Ismay, Lord, here

  Israel, here, here, here, here, here

  and arms to Iran, here

  and Iran–Iraq War, here, here

  lost tribes of, here, here, here

  nuclear capacity, here

  Israelite slaves, here

  Italian city-states

  decline of, here

  rise of, here, here, here

  Italy, unification of, here

  Itamaracá, battle of, here

  Ivan I, Grand Prince, here

  Ivan IV, Tsar, here

  Ivanishvili, Bidzina, here

  ivory, here, here, here

  Jabr, Ṣāli, here

  jade, here, here

  Jade Gate, here, here

  Jaffa, here

  Jahāngīr, Emperor, here

  Jainism, here

  Jalalabad, here, here, here, here, here

  Japan, here, here, here, here

  silver inflows and increased trade, here

  Java, here

  Jeddah, here

  Jerash, here, here

  Jerusalem

  Arab conquest, here, here

  British occupation, here

  as Christian centre, here, here, here, here

  Columbus and liberation of, here, here

  and Crusades, here, here, here

  fall of, here

  Italian interests in, here

  Persian conquest, here

  and pilgrimages, here

  Roman recovery of, here, here

  and sack of Rome, here

  Venetian interests in, here

  Jesus Christ, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

  crucifixion and anti-Semitism, here

  divine nature of, here, here

  images of, here

  on Iranian stamps, here

  Islam and, here, here

  referenced in Talmud, here

  and relics, here

  Jewish émigrés, here, here

  Jewish merchants, here, here, here, here

  Jews

  Babylonian exile, here, here

  deportations and exterminations, here

  and early Islam, here, here, here, here

  forcible baptism of, here

  Egyptian exile, here

  immigration to Britain, here

  and invasion of Soviet Union, here, here

  leave Spain, here

  persecution of, here, here

  and Persian conquest of Jerusalem, here

  and rise of anti-Semitism, here, here

  and spread of Christianity, here

  and spread of plague, here

  Jibrīl (Gabriel), angel, here

  Jin dynasty, here

  Jin Ping Mei (‘The Golden Lotus’), here

  João II, King (of Portugal), here

  Jodl, General Alfred, here, here

  John II, Emperor, here

  John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, here

  John of Damascus, here

  John of Dasen, here

  John of Montecorvino, here

  John of Plano Carpini, here

  John, Elton, here

  Johnson, Lyndon B., here

  Johor, here

  Jones, Sir Harford, here

  Jordan, here

  Jordanes, here

  Judaea, here, here

  Judaism, here, here, here, here, here

  compatibility with Islam, here, here

 

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