,
100
industrial development,
16
,
39
,
40
agriculture and food supply,
22
morals and religion,
39
,
40
,
48
,
50
,
51
,
96
concentration of wealth in,
55
,
57
democracy in,
68
,
76
,
79
,
91
,
94
,
96
,
99
and Western civilization,
83
,
84
,
85
,
91
,
94
,
97
Vandals,
27
Varangians,
28
Venice,
16
,
92
Vico, Giovanni Battista (1668–1744),
88
Vinci, Leonardo da,
see
L
EONARDO DA
V
INCI
Virgil (70–19
B.C.
),
53
,
87
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet; 1694–1778),
23
,
40
,
49
,
53
,
77
,
92
,
100
,
101
Wagner, Richard (1813–83),
26
Wang An-shih (premier 1068–85),
62
–63
Wang Mang, Emperor of China (r. 923),
62
war,
18
–22
passim,
55
,
60
,
61
,
66
,
70
,
76
,
77
,
79
,
81
–86,
93
air power in,
16
and morals and religion,
23
,
24
,
39
,
40
,
42
,
44
,
47
,
49
causes of,
53
,
81
,
82
and science,
82
,
95
Watt, James (1736–1819),
41
wealth, concentration of,
55
–58,
70
,
72
,
77
,
92
West, the,
53
,
67
,
96
,
100
decline of,
16
Western Europe,
29
,
40
,
45
,
84
civilization of
28
–30,
49
,
83
,
94
,
97
U. S. and,
77
,
83
West Germany,
84
Westminster Confession,
48
Westphalia,
65
Wittenberg, University of,
40
women,
38
,
39
,
40
,
65
,
72
World War I,
28
Wright brothers,
35
Wu Ti, Emperor of China (r. 140–87
B.C.
),
61
–62
Zoroastrianism,
46
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Durant, Will.
Lessons of history / Will & Ariel Durant.
p. cm.
Originally published: 1968.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. History—Philosophy. I. Durant, Ariel. II. Title.
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