Achaemenid dynasty 18–25
Agra 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112–13, 117
Ahuramazda 18–19, 23, 24, 37
Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India 107–12
Alexander of Macedon (the Great) 25
Alexandria 26
architecture, classical 205–6
Attaturk, Mustafa Kemal 56, 198–9
Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India 117–18
Austria 168–72
Austro–Hungarian Empire 168
Baghdad (Al Kufah) 48–9
Baker, Herbert 177, 180–81
Beijing 83–97
Forbidden City 84–91, 87, 88, 90
Berlin 187–96, 191, 193
Bucharest 212–13
Buddhism 69, 80
Burj Khalifa 223
Byzantine Empire 25–9
Byzantium see Constantinople
Calcutta 173–4, 175
Catherine II (the Great), Empress of Russia 154–6, 171
Ceauşescu, Nicolae 212–13
Chang-du (Xanadu) 68
China 59–60, 65–70, 75, 82–97, 221–2
Christianity 31–2, 34–5, 121, 123, 139
Orthodox 37–8, 45–7, 51, 55, 149, 150–51
Constantine, Roman Emperor 33, 34, 35
Constantinople 33–40, 42, 48–57
Hagia Sofia (Aya Sofya) 35–7, 36, 38, 50–51
Rumeli Hisar 52
Serai 52–3
Sülemaniye Mosque 53, 55
Curzon, George Nathaniel (Viceroy of India) 174, 175, 177
Cyrus II, King of Persia 17–19, 20
Darius I, King of Persia 19–23, 22, 24, 25
Delhi 98–119, 101, 105, 174–7
New Delhi 177–85, 179, 180, 181
economic power 219–24
Egypt 9–12
empire 12–16, 29–31
Escorial, El 124–8, 125, 129, 133
Faravahr 23
Fatehpur Sikri 108–12, 108, 109
feng shui (geomancy) 85–9
France 131–41
Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria 168–71
Genghis Khan 40, 57–60, 61, 68, 69
Germania 189–96, 193
Germany 186–96
Great Wall of China 84, 92–3
Haussmann, Georges-Eugène 166–7
Hinduism 110, 112, 117–19
Hitler, Adolf 171–2, 186–96
imperialism see empire
India 98–119, 174–85
Iran see Persia
Islam 27, 38–9, 46–7, 47–57, 100–118, 121–2, 202
Istanbul see Constantinople
Ivan IV (The Terrible), Tzar of Russia 44–6
Karakorum 62–4, 65, 79–81
Kazakhstan 216–18
Khanbalikh 67, 83
Kiev 40–41, 60
kuriltai 58–9, 61, 65, 68, 77, 80
Lisbon 124–5, 127, 129, 158–64, 162, 165
London 173
Louis XIV, King of France 131–41
Lutyens, Edwin 177–83
Macartney Mission 94–5
Machiavelli, Niccolò 12
Mackinder, Halford 14, 15
Madrid 123–4, 128, 164–5
Medes 17, 23
Mehmed II, Sultan 50–53
Ming dynasty 82–93
Mongolia 213–14
Mongols 40–41, 58–81
Moscow 40, 41–7, 43, 45, 144, 150, 156–7, 158
Mughal dynasty 106–19
Nanjing 82, 84
Napoleon I (Bonaparte) 165–6
Napoleon III (Louis Napoléon) 166–7
Naqsh–i Rustam 24, 25, 26, 27
New Delhi see Delhi
New York City 219–21
North Korea 214–15
Ogedei, Mongol khan 60–63, 65
Ottoman Empire 39, 40, 48–56, 144
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza (Shah of Persia) 199–202
Pahlavi, Reza Khan (Shah of Persia) 198–9
Paris 132
Pasargadae 19–20, 24, 200
Persepolis 16, 17, 19–27, 20, 23, 197, 200–202
Persia (Iran) 16, 17–27, 197–204
Peter I (The Great), Tzar of Russia 142–53
Philip II, King of Spain 120–28, 129, 132, 133
Pombal, Marquis of 160–64, 162
Portugal 77, 121, 158–64
Pyongyang 214–15
Qing (Manchu) dynasty 92–7
Qubilai (Kubilai) Khan 66–70
Ramesses II, Pharaoh 9–12, 10
Red Fort (Delhi) 113–16, 115
Romania 212–13
Rome 28–32, 205
Russia 40–47, 142–58
St Petersburg 142–58
Admiralty 151–53, 152
Bronze Horseman 155, 155
St Peter and St Paul 145, 147, 148
Winter Palace 154, 154
Samarkand 72–3, 74, 75, 76, 76–9, 78
Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India 112–17
Shakhrisabz 72, 73–4, 79, 81
Shanghai 221–2
Silk Road 59, 77
Simla 174
Soviet Union see Russia Spain 120–30
Speer, Albert 189–95
Süleyman (The Magnificent), Ottoman sultan 53–4
Tashkent 215–16
Tatars see Mongols
Ta-tu 60, 66–8, 82
Tehran 200, 203
Timur Lenk (Tamarlane) 72–8, 76, 104
Toledo 121–3
Tughluqabad 103, 104
Turks see Ottoman Empire
Uighurs 62, 63, 65, 66
Ulugh Beg 78, 79
United Arab Emirates 222
United States of America 219–21
Uzbekistan 215–16, 217
Versailles 133–41, 135
Vienna 168–72, 196
Washington, DC 219
Yuan dynasty see Mongols
Zoroastrianism 18–19, 23, 27