water channels, 139
El Argar people, 184, 186
El Barranquete, 183
elephant tusks, 75, 79, 86, 98, 136, 144, 155
Elizabeth I, Queen, 163
Emar, 312
English Channel, 181, 193-5 entasis, 231
Enuma Anu Enlil tablets, 133, 135
ephemeris tables, 133-5, 270 Epic of Gilgamesh, 172, 199
Equatorial Current, 290
Er Lannic, 226
Erme, river, 194
Ethiopia, 116
Etruria, 177
Etruscans, 69
Euphrates, river, 122-6, 128, 136
Evans, Sir Arthur, 10-11, 45, 60, 81, 109-10, 138-9, 325
Evora, 181-2, 186
Fal, river, 199
Famagusta, 62
Faralimni, 62
Faroes Gap, 246
Fayum, 163
Fermor, J., 264
Fitzpatrick, Andrew, 251
Flamsteed, John, 264
Florida, 245, 263
Florida Straits, 291-2
foodstuffs and spices
bread wheat, 65
cardamom, 147-8, 153-4, 157
cashews, 162
cinnamon, 146, 154
dates, 111, 138
maize, 161-2, 288
olive oil, 38-40, 43, 49, 54, 317
pepper, 146-8, 153-4, 156-7
pineapples, 162
pomegranates, 79, 94, 153
saffron, 23, 38, 43, 49
France, 175, 198, 223-4, 247, 270
Franklin, Benjamin, 246
Frisia, 96-7
Galanopoulos, A.G., 334-5, 344-5
Galileo, 135
Gama, Vasco da, 63
Ganges, river 137, 157
Gayatri Devi, Maharani, 151
Gaza Strip, 130
Georgia, 85, 176, 303, 307
Gere, Cathy, 81
Germany, 156, 207-11, 227, 253, 345
Ghouta, 126
Gilgamesh, 173
Giza pyramids, 5, 12, 49, 219, 236, 288
goddess worship, 12, 23, 65, 67, 110, 185
Golden Hind, 30, 79
Golden Section, 318-19, 322, 324
Goltepe, 171, 174
Gordon, Cyrus, 200, 260
Gosek wooden circle, 209-11, 215, 217, 227
Goskar, Thomas, 234
Gournia, 62, 260
Goya, Francisco, 188-9
Graham, J. Walter, 260
Grand Traverse Bay, 283
grave barrows, 239-41, 299
Graves, Robert, 95
Great Lakes, 248-9, 270, 272, 279, 281, 284-6, 288, 290, 295, 303
Great Orme mine, 201-6, 230, 278, 294, 311
Greco-Turkish war, 81
Greek gods and legendary figures
Achilles, 73, 75-6
Agamemnon, 11, 52-3, 73
Argus, 78
Ariadne, 320
Atlas, 209, 225
Cleito, 324, 340-1
Cronos, 55
Daedalus, 10
Dionysus, 6
Helen of Troy, 169
Hephaestus, 59, 171
Hera, 59
Hercules, 4, 170
Jason and the Argonauts, 7, 78-9, 86-7, 95
Melisseus, 55
Minos, 4, 9-11, 51-2, 81, 242, 311
Minotaur, 10-11, 42
Odysseus, 73, 131-2, 159, 267
Poseidon, 322, 324, 337, 341
Theseus, 42
Zeus, 6, 10, 51, 55, 59
Green, Adrian, 240
Green Bay, 291
Greenland, 246, 314-15
Griffin, James B., 295, 297
griffins, 109-10
Guadalquivir, river, 179-80
Guadeloupe, 7
Guadiana, river, 181-2, 186
Guidor Aredso, 181
Gujarat, 162
Gulf of Caidiz, 179
Gulf of Cambay, 142
Gulf of Finland, 95
Gulf of Mexico, 260, 263, 282, 286, 288, 291
Gulf of Mirabello, 51
Gulf of Morbihan, 226
Gulf of Riga, 95
Gulf Stream, 245-6, 284, 291-3
Gupta, ShaktiM., 161-2
Gurness, 243
Hacyilar, 68
Hagia Triada, 62, 317-18, 325
sarcophagus, 120-1
Halicarnassus, 74
Hammurabi, King, 122, 173
Hatshepsut, Queen, 94, 108, 117, 138, 161
Hatti, 312
Hattusa, 66-7
Hauptmann, Andreas, 101-2, 278, 296
Hawkins, Gerald, 235-6, 238
Hawley, Colonel William, 229
Hazor, 41, 312
headdresses, 69-70
Hebrides, 186, 220, 226-7, 243-5, 247-8, 253, 263, 292, 345
Henrickson, Eiler, 295
Henry VII, King, 284
Hepatu, 67
Herodotus, 17, 59, 74, 139, 238, 344
Himalayas, 141
Himmler, Heinrich, 35
Hipparchus, 266
hippopotamus teeth, 75, 79, 83, 86, 98-9
Hittites, 64, 66-7, 69, 86, 190, 312
Hiuen Tsang, 146
HMS Diamond, 8, 179-80
HMS Narwhal, 18-19
HMS Newfoundland,98
HMS Orion,8
HMS Rorqual, 246
HMS Victory,80
Holley, Mark, 282
Homer, 6, 11, 51, 62-3, 75, 82, 86-7, 92, 131, 169, 267-8, 343-4
horoscopes, 133
Horse Latitudes, 260
Horus Road, 109
Hoyle, Sir Fred, 235-7, 266
Hoysala stone temples, 161
Hudson, Ian, 309
Huelva, 180
Humbaba, 173
Hunt, Mark A., 181
Huron Mountain, 279
Hvar, 311
Hyde, Kay, 151
Hyksos, 44, 61, 106, 108-9
Iberia, 175, 178-87, 195, 268, 270
Ibn Battuta, 146
Idaion cave, 55
Iera Petra, 62
Iktinos, 319, 324
Illinois, river, 285
Imhotep, 48
incense, 94, 97
India, 141-59
bronze hoards, 136-7
bull-leaping, 157
geography and climate, 147
and Phoenicians, 268
pre-Columbian art, 161-2
trade with Egypt, 137, 141-2, 155-7, 161
trade with Minoans, 137-8, 144-5, 161
see also Kerala
Indian Ocean, 47, 100, 125, 136, 141, 152, 154, 269
Iolkos, 79
Iran, 307
Ireland, 187, 220, 224, 226-7, 247, 268, 270, 292
Isle of Lewis, 186, 243-6, 264, 292
Isle Royale, 144, 273-8, 280, 285, 287, 291, 294, 298, 311
Isopata ring, 320
Istanbul, 64, 73
Italy, 65, 174, 225
ivory, 43, 49, 116, 144-5, 183, 185
see also elephant tusks; hippopotamus teeth
Jacob, 107
Java, 156
Jellikata ceremony, 157
Jesuits, 276, 286
jet, 186
jewellery, Minoan, 51-2, 59
Jews, 150-1
Jing, Zhichun, 295
Johanessen, Carl, 157, 160-2, 345
Johnson, Anthony, 260
Jordanus of Severic, 146
Joseph of Arimathea, 198
Julius Caesar, 192
Jumna catchment, 137, 157
Kahun, 43, 190
Kallikrates, 319, 324
Kalokairinos, Minos, 9-10
Kamares ware, 25, 41-3, 54, 157
Karachi, 142
Karnak, 117
Karnataka, 161
Kas,74
Kastir, 177
Kato Zakros, 13, 42
Katsaba, 44
Kea, 51
Keall, Edward, 138
Keftiu, 6, 14, 106, 108-9, 119
Keos, 326
&n
bsp; Kerala, 142, 145-9, 153-5
bull-leaping, 157
rock art, 160
wooden circle, 158-9, 182, 211, 270
Keweenaw Peninsula, 102, 273, 276, 278-9, 281-2, 285, 287, 291, 294, 298, 311
Keys, David, 248
Khosr, river, 130 ‘King Scorpion’, 138-9
Knapp, Bernard, 52, 73, 106
Knights of St John, 74
Knossos
amber disc, 177
bull images, 11, 109, 189
destruction of, 13, 15-16
discovery of, 9-11, 81
frescoes, 22, 123
goddess worship, 23, 67, 110
griffins, 109-10
hippopotamus tooth, 99
Hyksos artefacts, 108 labrys marks, 13, 139, 233
labyrinth, 10-11, 13, 42
palace complex, 12-13, 24 pithos, 138
port facilities, 37, 62
silver cups, 222
storehouses, 39
Kode, 312
Koder, Samuel, 151
Kokkini (Red Beach), 33-4, 343
Kolonna, 326
Kommos, 37, 44-6, 48, 62
Konya plain, 67
Kos, 148
Kosseir, 138
Kouretes, 55
Kuwait, 307
Kyrenia, 62
Kythera, 177, 326
Kythnos, 61, 170
LaMancha, 182-3, 187, 311
LaThirisia, 33
Labrador Current, 292 labrys, 4, 13, 139, 232-3, 242
Lac Vieux Desert, 290-1
Lake Antioch, 112
Lake Erie, 284
Lake Huron, 285
Lake Michigan, 281-2, 284-5, 291
Lake Nipissing, 285
Lake Ontario, 284
Lake Superior, 102, 144, 169, 253-5, 263, 268-70, 272-8, 280-1, 285, 287-8, 290, 293-4, 296-9, 306, 311
Lakshmi Narasimha temple, 161
Langdon Bay hoard, 193
languages and scripts
cuneiform, 172
Cypro-Minoan, 291, 316
Linear A, 15, 56, 64, 97, 260, 307, 314-17, 322, 337
Linear B, 39, 56, 262, 316-17, 337
Luvian, 64-5
Sanskrit, 145-6
Tamil, 145-6
Ugaritic, 56
L’Anse, 282, 287, 291
lapis lazuli, 52, 124-5, 222
Larnaca, 62
Las Marismas, 180
latitude, 132, 134, 187, 237, 262-5, 268-70, 290, 293
Laurion, 170, 175
Lawrence of Arabia, 128, 138
Layard, Sir Henry Austen, 172
Le Rouzic, Zacharie, 226
Leben, 62
Leiro hoard, 180
Lesbos, 325
Lewis, Andy, 201-2
library of Assurbanipal, 130-1
Limassol, 62
Limpopo, river, 98-9
Lindsay, Jeff, 303
Lisbon, 185, 187
Lisos, 62
Llandudno, 202
Lockyer, Sir Norman, 234
London, 158
longitude, 132, 134-5, 187, 261, 264-6, 268-70, 290
Los Millares culture, 183-5
Lothal, 142-5
Louisiana, 287
Louni, 62
Lourenco Marques, 98
Lusby, Stan, 267-8
Luxor, 108, 163, 221
Lycians, 70
lyres, 99, 325
Ma Huan, 146
Macedonia, 65
Macedonians, 261
MacGillivray, Sandy, 47
Machado, Maria de Lourdes, 98
McMenamin, Mark A., 268-9
Maddin, Robert, 101
Madhya Pradesh, 162
Madrid, 187-90
Magellan, Ferdinand, 7
magnifying glasses, 54 Mahabharata, 145
Malabar coast, 146-7, 156
Malaga, 62
Maldives, 125, 136
Malia, 13, 62, 81, 260
Mallowan, Max, 128-9
Malta, 220, 224-5, 270
‘mango showers’, 147
Marathon, 19
Margaret of Hesse, Princess, 151
Mari, 112, 115, 122-5, 129, 136, 174
Marignolli, John de, 146
Marinatos, Spyridon, 19-21, 25, 34-5, 42, 177
Marlborough Downs, 230
Martin, Concepcion, 182-3 mastabas,48
Matala, 44
mathematics, 260-1, 317-19
Medina, 189
Megalo Vouno, 33
Megasthenes, 145
Megiddo, 98
Melidoni, 55
Melilla, 62
Meller, Harald, 208
Meltemi, 17, 32
Memphis, 139
Menes, King, 139
Menomonie Indians, 273, 278
Menon, A. Sreedhara, 145
Mertz, Henriette, 344
Mesara, 185, 240
Mesita, 183
Mesopotamia, 41, 122-3, 125, 131, 154-5, 172-4, 199, 337
Messara, 41
Mikros Prophet Elias, 33
Miletus, 62
Minoa, 177
Minoans
and El Argar people, 184, 186
and invention of writing, 14-15
and mathematics, 260-1, 317-19
and Mycenaeans, 8, 52-3, 82, 103, 311
and navigation, 262-71
origins and genetic traces, 64-70, 304-8
and peace and war, 80-1
wealth, 55-6
Minong mine, 274
Mississippi, river, 263, 269, 284-8, 290-1
mitata,40
Mochlos, 310
Mohammed, prophet, 95
monsoons, 141-2, 147
monstera, 162
Montalbano Elicona, 225
Montu, 221-2
moon-priestesses, 23
Moorehead, Warren K., 282
Moran, William, 104
Morocco, 170
Morra, 187
Moses, 113
Mosul, 172
Motilla, 187
Mount Ida, 55
Mount Juktas, 10
Mount Olympus, 65
Mount Pelion, 78
Mount Prophet Elias, 32
Mount Vesuvius, 20
Mudie, Colin, 87
mummies, 119-20, 248-9
Murex shells, 84, 99
Muziris, 142, 145-8, 150-2, 154, 156
Myanmar, 156
Mycenae, 10-11, 20, 96-7, 242, 248, 297-8, 326, 343
Myceneaeans
and bronze roads, 174
and coming of Sea Peoples, 312
andMinoans, 8, 52-3, 82, 103, 311
and tholos tombs, 40
and writing, 56
Myrtos, 38, 62
Mysore, 161
Nabta Playa stone circle, 215-24, 232, 236, 263
Nabu-rimanni, 261
Napoleon Bonaparte, 49, 59, 140
Native Americans, 249, 303-4
navigation, 14, 28, 56, 132-5, 211, 215-16, 262-71
Nea Kameni, 18, 341-2
Nebra Sky Disk, 207-11, 227
Nefertiti, Queen, 76, 103
Nell, Cedric, 309
Nelson, Admiral Lord, 80
Nergal, 104
Nerik, 67
Nero, Emperor, 54
New York, 113
Newberry, 291
Newfoundland, 284, 292
Newton, Sir Isaac, 224, 229
nicotine, 119-20
Nikala, 62
Nikitin, Athanasius, 146
Nineveh, 130, 133
Nippur, 131
Nissim, Rabbi, 151
North Sea, 97-8
Norway, 317
Nova Scotia, 292
Nubia, 108, 216, 219
Nubian guards, 50
O’Connor, David, 113
Odessus, 62
Odoric of Pordenone, 146
Ojibwa Indians, 305-7
Olbia, 62
Olsen, Edward J., 295-6
Oman, 61, 101, 307
Ontonagon, river, 279, 287, 291
Orkney Islands, 220, 243, 247-8, 250, 253, 264, 270, 292, 303, 345
Orontes, river, 112
ostrich eggs, 75, 79, 83, 99, 185
Otterhead Island, 287, 291
Palae Kameni, 18, 341
Palaikastro, 42, 47
Palestine, 315
Palghat, 148
Palmer, Leonard, 64
Panagopoulou, Eleni, 91
Paphos, 62
Papyrus BM 10056, 113
parallel development, 298
Parker, Anne Z., 161
Parker Pearson, Mike, 248
Parrot, Andre, 123
Parthenon, 5, 319, 322
Patittupattu, 146
Pattanam, 148-50, 152, 156-7
Paziuk, Michelle, 276, 278-9
Pearl, river, 288
pearls, 145, 153-4
Pears, Peter, 151
Pelias, King, 79 pelike,39
Pennines, 205
Pepi I, King, 139
Pequaming, 279, 282, 287, 291
perfumes, 75, 94, 336
Periyar, river, 145, 148, 150, 152, 154-5, 157, 160
Perranarworthal, 199
Perry, W.J., 238
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf), 100, 131, 315, 317
Persians, 62, 174, 261, 322, 325
Peru-nefer, 108-9, 113
Peutingerian Table, 145
pewter, 315
Peyia, 62
Phaestos
Nubian guards, 50
palace complex, 12-13, 24
and Plato’s account, 337
port facilities, 37, 44
seals, 53
Phaestos Disc, 15, 56-7, 69, 84, 314, 316-17, 320-1
Phalasarum, 62
Phoenicians, 157, 194, 199, 268
Pillars of Hercules, 164, 169-70, 176, 262-4, 293, 323, 345
pins, bronze, 175
Piramesse, 109
pithoi, 22, 138, 144, 184
Pitsidia, 44
Pizzigano, Zuane, 7
Plakias, 90-2
Plato
account of Atlantis, 36, 47-8, 55, 164, 169, 310, 322-4, 333-46
and Crete, 55, 323, 335-7, 339
and deforestation, 173-4
Pliny the Elder, 195-6
Poche, Adolphe, 128
Pompeii, 20, 35, 309
Pope, Mario, 317
Portland Bill, 194
Portugal, 178-9, 182, 185-6, 198, 220, 225-6, 292
posthole finds, 158
pottery, Minoan, 25, 41-2, 51, 97, 123, 157, 177, 186, 345
Poverty Point, 284, 288-91
Prange, Michael, 101
Preseli Hills, 230
Preveli, 62, 90
Psiloritis mountains, 40, 55
Ptolemy, 145, 156, 181, 266
Puerto Rico, 7
Pulak, Cemal, 103
Punt, 116-18, 136, 138, 140 Puranas, 145
Purulli festival, 67
pyramids, 5, 12, 48-9, 174, 204, 219, 250, 288
Pythagorean geometry, 260-1, 319
Pytheas the Greek, 62, 193-4
Qatna, 112, 125
Qift, 117
quadrants, 132
quartz tools, 90-1
Quilon, 146-7
Rajasthan, 162
Rajendran, M., 149
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 163
Rameses II, Pharaoh, 163
Rameses III, Pharaoh, 313
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