art and architecture ref 1
beliefs ref 1
development ref 1
philosophy ref 1
Shi’a Muslims ref 1, ref 2
spread ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Sufism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Sunni Muslims ref 1, ref 2
Islamic world:
modernism ref 1
relationship with the West ref 1
Itala ref 1, ref 2
Jahiliyya ref 1
Jainism ref 1
jen ref 1
Jesuits ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Jesus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
jihad ref 1
Judaism:
and Babylonian captivity ref 1
covenant with God ref 1
early ref 1
influence ref 1
religious festivals ref 1
scriptures (see Old Testament)
Kalakakaryakathanka ref 1
karma ref 1, ref 2
katharsis ref 1
Ketuvim ref 1, ref 2
Khalifa ref 1
kingship ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
knowledge:
attainability ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Renaissance idea ref 1
scholastic theory ref 1
language ref 1
development ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
impact of printing ref 1
languages:
Arabic ref 1
Celtic ref 1
Chinese ref 1
Dene-Sino-Caucasian ref 1
English ref 1, ref 2
Finno-Ugaric ref 1
French ref 1
Germanic ref 1
Greek ref 1
Indo-European ref 1
inter-relation ref 1
Latin ref 1, ref 2
Native American ref 1
Nostratic ref 1
order of formation ref 1
Pali ref 1, ref 2
Prakrit ref 1
recreations of early ref 1
Sanskrit ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
latitude ref 1, ref 2
law:
advocates (lawyers) ref 1
Burgundian ref 1
criminal courts ref 1
Dracon’s ref 1, ref 2
Edicts of Ashoka ref 1
Hammurabi’s code ref 1
Hittite ref 1
Justinian ref 1, ref 2
Mosaic ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
natural ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
philosophy of ref 1
Roman ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
study in Middle Ages ref 1
Sumerian ref 1
Tang Code ref 1
Ur-Nammu ref 1
Visigothic ref 1
Zi Zhaan’s ref 1
laws of motion ref 1
laws of nature ref 1, ref 2
learned journals ref 1
learned societies ref 1
libraries ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Académie des Inscriptions ref 1
Alexandria ref 1
Ancient Greece ref 1
Aristotle’s ref 1
catalogues ref 1, ref 2
Christian ref 1
in Hellenistic world ref 1
Islamic ref 1
medieval ref 1
Mesopotamian ref 1
public ref 1
linguistics ref 1
lists ref 1, ref 2
literacy:
China ref 1, ref 2
Classical ref 1
growth in Middle Ages ref 1
India ref 1, ref 2
and Judaism ref 1
London ref 1
literary life ref 1
literature:
Ancient Greek ref 1, ref 2
Buddhist ref 1
Christian ref 1
drama ref 1
early Middle Ages ref 1
epics ref 1, ref 2
and imperialism ref 1
Indian ref 1
love poetry of the Middle Ages ref 1
modernist ref 1
Neo-Confucian ref 1
novels ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
poetry ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
prose ref 1
Roman ref 1, ref 2
romantic ref 1
Sanskrit ref 1, ref 2
lixue ref 1
logarithms ref 1
logic ref 1
longitude ref 1
Lunar Society of Birmingham ref 1
lunar–solar cycle ref 1
Lutheranism ref 1
luxury goods ref 1, ref 2
magnetic compass ref 1, ref 2
man:
antiquity of ref 1, ref 2
capacity for knowledge ref 1, ref 2
chronologies ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
definition after discovery of America ref 1
elevation in Renaissance ref 1
emergence of modern ref 1
Enlightenment view ref 1
purpose ref 1, ref 2
rationality ref 1
relation to the divine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Manchester Philosophical Society ref 1
Manicheism ref 1, ref 2
maps ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
maritime innovations:
improved vessels ref 1
magnetic compass ref 1, ref 2
marine charts ref 1
rafting vessels ref 1
rudder ref 1
market economies ref 1
Marxism ref 1, ref 2
mathematics ref 1, ref 2
algebra ref 1
Hellenistic ref 1
Indian ref 1
innovations ref 1
language of nature ref 1
matter, concepts of ref 1
medicine ref 1
acupuncture ref 1
Ancient Greek ref 1
Chinese ref 1
curriculum in Middle Ages ref 1
Hellenistic ref 1
humoral ref 1
Islamic ref 1
medicaments ref 1, ref 2
Moorish Spain ref 1
Roman ref 1
megaliths ref 1
mental evolution:
social intelligence ref 1, ref 2
stages ref 1, ref 2illus.
types of intelligence ref 1
mercantilism ref 1
Mercator’s projection ref 1
mercenaries ref 1
meritocracy ref 1
metallurgy ref 1, ref 2
metaphysics ref 1, ref 2
metempsychosis ref 1
meteorology ref 1
military innovations ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
millenarianism ref 1
mimetic thinking ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
mind ref 1, ref 2
miracles ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
mirrors ref 1
modernism ref 1
monasticism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Buddhist ref 1, ref 2
Christian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
money ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
monotheism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
moral philosophy ref 1
moralism ref 1
morality, invention of ref 1
Muhammad (the Prophet) ref 1
music ref 1
forms ref 1, ref 2
Gregorian chant ref 1
instruments ref 1, ref 2
notation ref 1
opera ref 1
orchestration ref 1
professional ref 1
public concerts ref 1, ref 2
Romantic ref 1, ref 2
theory ref 1
virtuosity ref 1
vocal ref 1
mysticism ref 1
mythic thinking ref 1, ref 2
myths and mythology ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Nataraja (form of Shiva) ref 1
nationalism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
natural law ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
natural man ref 1
natural selection ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
natural theology ref 1
naval innovations ref 1
navigation ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
needles (sewing) ref 1, ref 2
Neo-Platonism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Neptunism ref 1, ref 2
New World ref 1, ref 2
newspapers and periodicals ref 1
noble savage ref 1
novelty ref 1
numbers/numerals:
Arabic ref 1
Chinese ref 1, ref 2illus., ref 1
counting systems ref 1
and harmony ref 1
Hindu ref 1
Hindu-Arabic ref 1, ref 2illus., ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
numeration ref 1illus.
Roman ref 1
numerology ref 1
obscurantism:
Christian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Islamic ref 1
Jewish ref 1
oil painting ref 1
optics ref 1, ref 2
organisation of knowledge:
atlases ref 1
bibliographies ref 1
classification ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
dictionaries ref 1
encyclopaedias and summae ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Éncyclopédie ref 1
Orientalism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Orphism ref 1, ref 2
ovens ref 1
paganism ref 1
painting ref 1, ref 2
palimpsest/palin psao ref 1
palynology (pollen analysis) ref 1
paper-making ref 1, ref 2, ref 3