Why the West Rules--For Now (147 page)

American colonies of,
413
,
460
–64,
467
,
485

ancient,
33
,
159
,
189
,
193
,
215

archaeological sites in,
55
,
73

Germanic tribes in,
314
–15

Habsburg,
446
,
448
–49,
460
,
462

Muslim,
360
,
362
,
370
,
371
,
396

prehistoric,
54
,
55
,
69
,
73
,
74
,
77

Romans and,
155
,
270
,
289

Spanish Armada,
316
,
573
–74

Spanish Inquisition,
574

Sparta,
268
,
524

Special Economic Zones,
548

Speer, Albert,
579

Spencer, Herbert,
135
,
138
,
139
,
142
,
148
,
544

Spice Islands,
379
,
431
,
575

Springs and Autumns of Mr. Lü
,
204
–207

Springs and Autumns of the State of Lu
,
244
n

Sri Lanka,
16
,
273
,
408

Stalin, Joseph,
530
–31,
534
,
542
,
579

Stanford University,
23
,
110
,
141
,
597

Stargate
(television series),
186

“Star Wars” anti-ballistic-missile shield,
591

state failure,
28
,
217
,
224
,
298
,
451
,
453
–54,
459
,
598
,
604
,
611

Steffens, Lincoln,
531

Steinbeck, John,
535
–36

Stephenson, George,
509

Stern Review
,
600
,
601
,
609

Stigler, Stephen,
568

Stoics,
308
n

Stoke-on-Trent (England),
498
,
500

Stone Age,
381
,
457
,
610

Stonehenge,
182
,
189

Stratagems of the Warring States
,
263
,
266

Stroganov family,
460

Sturges, John,
440
n

Sudan,
200
,
247

Suez Canal,
507

Sufis,
367

Sui dynasty,
333
,
336
–37,
354
,
543

Suleiman, Sultan,
444
,
446
,
449
,
457

Sullivan, Arthur,
522
–23

Sumatra,
360

Sumerians,
186
,
188
–89,
193
,
194
,
196

Sun Microsystems,
612

Sunnis,
358
,
364
n
,
367
,
371

Susa (Mesopotamia),
179
–80,
203

Suzhou (China),
501
n

Sweden,
200

Sykes, Bryan,
110
–12

Syracuse,
242

Syria,
90
,
346
,
352
,
366
,
392
,
605

ancient,
184
,
189
,
196
,
198
–200,
216
,
218
,
220
,
246
,
248
,
296
,
308
,
311
,
323

archaeological sites in,
90
–91,
94
,
96
,
97
,
101
,
104
,
122
,
123

plague in,
398

Tacitus,
307

Taiwan,
127
,
212
,
543
,
548
,
588

Taiyuan (China),
342

Taizong, Emperor,
457

Taizu, Emperor,
373
,
374

Tajikistan,
606
n

Tale of Genji, The
,
360

Taliban,
571

Tamerlane,
401
,
407
,
574
–75

Tan, Amy,
51

Tang, Duke of,
355

Tang dynasty,
333
,
355
–356,
360
,
373
,
420
,
457
,
587

Tanguts,
374
,
376

Tang Xianzu,
436

Taosi (China),
203
–208,
223
,
562

Tarim Basin, mummies of,
125
,
126

Tatars,
391

Teach, Edward (“Blackbeard”),
485

technology,
20
,
315
,
497
,
510
,
540
,
547
,
615

information,
see
information technology

maritime,
416
,
499
,
576

prehistoric,
47
–50,
80

social development and,
139
,
148
,
226
,
499
–501,
509

weapons,
402
–403,
548
,
591
–92,
606
,
615
–16,
618