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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Explanation of terms
Society profiles
Ancient: 3000 BCE to 500 CE
Egypt: Old Kingdom
Iraq: Akkadians
China: Erlitou culture
Turkey: Hittite Empire
Egypt: New Kingdom
Mexico: Monte Albán, early classic period
Greece: Alexander the Great’s Empire
India: Mauryan Empire
Mali: Jenné-jenno
Iran: Parthian Empire
Mongolia: Xiongnu confederacy
China: Western Han Empire
Italy: Roman Principate
Afghanistan: Kushan Empire
Cambodia: Funan kingdom
Japan: Kofun
Medieval: 500 to 1500 CE
France: Merovingian kingdom
Turkey: Byzantine Empire
Uzbekistan: Sogdian city-states
China: Tang dynasty
Iraq: Abbasid caliphate
France: Carolingian kingdom
Japan: Heian period
Cambodia: Angkor kingdom
Italy: Medieval Papal States
Iceland: Icelandic Commonwealth
USA: Cahokia settlement, Lohmann-Stirling period
Colombia: Tairona
Mongolia: Mongolian Empire
Mali: Mali Empire
Egypt: Mamluk sultanate
Indonesia: Majapahit Empire
India: Vijayanagara Empire
Russia: Sakha peoples
Peru: Inca Empire
Turkey: Ottoman Emirate
Early Modern: 1500 to 1800 CE
Ghana: Ashanti kingdom
Iran: Safavid Empire
India: Mughal Empire
Ecuador: Shuar peoples, Spanish colonial period
France: Bourbon kingdom
Japan: Tokugawa Shogunate
USA: Iliniouek confederation
China: Qing dynasty
Borneo: Dayak peoples, pre-Brooke Raj period
Papua New Guinea: Orokaiva peoples
Micronesia: Truk peoples
India: A’chik peoples
USA: Kingdom of Hawaii
Thailand: Rattanakosin kingdom
China: Hmong peoples
Turkey: Ottoman Empire
Spain: Habsburg Empire
Modern: 1800 to 2000 CE
Great Britain: Second British Empire
USA: Antebellum America
Germany: Third Reich
Russia: USSR
Rankings
10 largest societies by territory: ancient
10 largest societies by territory: medieval
10 largest societies by territory: early modern
10 largest societies by territory in the entire preindustrial era
10 most populous societies: ancient
10 most populous societies: medieval
10 most populous societies: early modern
10 most populous societies in the entire preindustrial era
10 most populous cities: ancient
10 most populous cities: medieval
10 most populous cities: early modern
10 most populous cities in the entire preindustrial era
10 largest buildings by total area: ancient
10 largest buildings by total area: medieval
10 largest buildings by total area: early modern
10 largest buildings by total area in the entire preindustrial era
10 tallest buildings: ancient
10 tallest buildings: medieval
10 tallest buildings: early modern
10 tallest buildings in the entire preindustrial era
10 costliest monuments to build in the entire preindustrial era
10 largest fielded armies: ancient
10 largest fielded armies: medieval
10 largest fielded armies: early modern
10 largest fielded armies in the entire preindustrial era
10 longest fortification walls in the entire preindustrial era
10 bloodiest human sacrifices in the entire preindustrial era
10 most widely attended collective rituals: ancient
10 most widely attended collective rituals: medieval
10 most widely attended collective rituals: early modern
10 most widely attended collective rituals in the entire preindustrial era
Regional adoption
Adoption of bureaucracy by world region
Adoption of state postal service by world region
Adoption of a formalised law code by world region
Adoption of calendars by world region
Adoption of scientific literature by world region
Adoption of fiction writing by world region
Adoption of monogamy by world region
Adoption of rule by god-kings by world region
Adoption of firearms by world region
Adoption of paper currency by world region
Adoption of irrigation systems by world region
Adoption of state-wide provision of drinking water by world region
Adoption of public markets by world region
Adoption of state-run libraries by world region
Maps
Spread of agriculture, 10,000 BCE to 1880 CE
Spread of human sacrifice, 5000 BCE to 1800 CE
Spread of bronze, 3500 BCE to 2000 CE
Spread of writing, 3200 BCE to 1920 CE
Spread of moralising religion, 2100 BCE to 1900 CE
Spread of chariots, 2000 BCE to 1780 CE
Spread of iron, 1400 BCE to 1870 CE
Spread of cavalry, 1000 BCE to 1870 CE
Spread of coinage, 600 BCE to 1900 CE
Spread of gunpowder, 904–1945 CE
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