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Aurangzeb,
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Austerlitz, battle of,
486
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Australia,
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Australopithecine,
7
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Austria,
- Congress of Vienna, 489, 536, 541, 550, 557
- Triple Alliance, 646
- World War I, 647–651, 655, 663, 665, 673
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Autobiography,
413
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Autocracy,
582, 586
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Avars,
195, 248
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Averroës,
233, 355
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Aviation,
703
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Avicenna,
274
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Avignon, papal court at,
226, 240
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Axum,
257, 263, 283, 287, 292–294, 297, 302
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Ayatollahs,
833
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Azerbaijan,
671, 721, 803, 877
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Azores,
423
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Aztec Empire,
110, 121, 385
- and Inca Empire, 422
- human sacrifice and, 109
- society of, 108
- Tenochtitlán and, 109, 398
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Aztecs,
15, 101–105, 115, 120–123, 397–398, 400–401, 682–683
- capital of, 108, 422
- human sacrifice, 109
- religion, 109, 114, 399
- society, 108, 110, 411
- Tenochtitlán, 110, 422
- tribute, 108
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Aztlan,
108
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Babur,
308, 312
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Babylon,
34–37, 41, 43–44, 92, 149, 151, 193, 240
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Babylonia,
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Babylonian captivity,
43–44
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Babylonian Captivity of the Church,
240
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Babylonian Empire,
33–35
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Babylonians,
34, 36–37, 39, 43, 54, 151
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Bach, Johann Sebastian,
458
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Bacon, Francis,
374–376, 380
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Bacteria,
377, 530, 704, 903
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Badge,
373, 471
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Baghdad,
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Bahrain,
830, 834, 841, 846
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Balance of power,
221–222, 426, 434–435, 443, 488, 778
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Balance of trade,
456, 615
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Balfour Declaration,
684, 731, 829 1917, 689
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Balkans,
131, 138, 193, 243, 247–248, 276, 641, 649, 673, 805, 879
- independence of, 538
- nationalism and, 581
- Ottomans and, 538
- war in, 581, 877
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Ball game,
104, 115, 202
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Ban Zhao,
94
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Bananas,
417–418, 635, 642
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Banditry,
610
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Bandung,
817
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Bangladesh,
63, 73, 97, 812, 815–817, 820, 845
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Bankruptcy,
469, 501, 660, 874
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Bantu,
281–282
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Barbados,
635, 867
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Barbarians,
81, 137–138, 237, 324, 326, 393
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Barbarossa, Frederick,
221, 228, 747
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Barcelona,
502
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Barley,
11, 52, 64, 418, 564
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Basra,
296, 303, 837
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Bastille,
466, 470–471
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Batavia,
626, 763
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Battle of Britain,
746
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Battle of Kosovo,
250
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Battle of the Nations,
487
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Batu,
245
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Bauhaus school,
706
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Bavaria,
229, 429, 436, 488, 490, 492, 551
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Bay of Bengal,
63, 73, 77, 92, 97, 296, 303, 322, 343, 606, 617, 627, 815, 845
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Bay of Pigs,
780
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Beethoven, Ludwig van,
520, 526
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Beijing,
322–324, 394, 617, 619, 696–698, 700–701, 732, 763, 793, 862
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Belgian Congo,
601–602
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Belgrade,
606, 641, 878, 907
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Belisarius,
191, 237
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Belsen,
751
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Benedictines,
203, 205, 207
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Benin,
286, 290–291, 423, 823, 844
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Benin City,
287, 291
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Bentham, Jeremy,
504, 509
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Berbers,
264, 284, 286, 291, 295
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Bering Strait, crossing of,
103
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Berlin Wall,
512, 773, 777, 787, 801–802, 804
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Bessemer, Henry,
513
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Bethlehem,
179, 296, 303, 838
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Bhutto, Benazir,
816
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Biafra,
821, 825–826
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Bible,
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Bill of Rights,
409, 464–465, 493, 574, 725
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bin Laden, Osama,
876, 897–898
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Biology,
144, 449, 452, 900
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Bismarck, Otto von,
550–551, 555, 570, 646
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Black Death,
239, 249, 357, 384
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Black Hand,
649
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Black Shirt March,
713
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Blacksmiths,
713
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Blackstone, William,
464
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Blake, William,
526
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Blitzkrieg,
744, 747, 749
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Bloody Sunday,
585–587
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Blum, Leon,
711
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Boer Republics,
602
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Boer War,
598, 602
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Boers,
384, 389, 599–600, 602
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Bohemia,
229, 372, 429, 435–437, 488, 490, 492, 579–580
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Boleyn, Anne,
369
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Bolívar, Simón,
535, 545–546, 548–549, 587, 632
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Bolivia,
112, 403, 548–549, 867, 869–870
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Bologna,
192, 232, 352
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Bolsheviks,
670, 672, 708, 721, 723, 781
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Bolshevism,
663
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Bonampak,
105
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Bondage,
42
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Boniface,
226
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Boniface VIII, pope,
226, 230
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Book of Common Prayer,
369–370
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Book of the Courtier,
355
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Book of the Dead,
51
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Borneo,
343, 626–627, 763, 817
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Bornu,
423
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Borodino,
484, 491
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Bosnia,
581, 649, 878, 907
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Bosnia-Herzegovina,
879
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Bosporus,
190–191, 193, 607
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Boston Massacre,
462
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Boston Tea Party,
462
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Botany Bay,
630
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Bourbon,
557
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Bourbon dynasty,
431
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Bourgeois,
468, 473, 542, 570, 721, 792
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Bourgeoisie,
466–467, 505, 511, 537, 540, 542, 569
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Boxers,
618–619
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Boyars,
246–247, 435, 439, 442
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Boyle, Robert,
377
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Brahe, Tycho,
374–375
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Brahman,
62, 67, 69–70
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Brahmins,
66–67, 70–71, 310
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Braque, Georges,
706
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Brazil,
111, 387, 400–401, 413, 422, 681, 850–851, 863, 866–869, 883, 889, 892, 906
- and slave trade, 415
- and slaves trade, 415
- in Latin America, 549
- independence, 549