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Kiev,
193, 196, 243–247, 249, 252, 322
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Kikuyu,
685, 824
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Kilwa,
287, 294–295, 302, 599
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Kim Il Sung,
791, 794–795
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King, Martin Luther,
783, 785
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Kish,
27
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Kiva,
116–117
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Knights,
190, 198–202, 217, 222–225, 229, 234–235, 239, 241–242, 248, 251–252, 336, 371, 385, 429–430, 467, 526, 670
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Knossos,
49, 126–127, 130
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Knox, John,
366
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Koguryo,
329–330
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Kollontai, Alexandra,
723
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Kong Fuzi,
85
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Kongo,
300, 412–413, 423
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Kongo, kingdom of,
300
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Korea,
73, 86, 92, 96, 307, 315, 322–323, 328–334, 337–338, 346, 385, 395–396, 617, 623, 698, 700, 721, 732, 761, 763, 773, 779, 789, 795
- civil war, 697
- map of, 794
- relations with China, 624
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Korean War,
791, 793, 795, 808 1950, 794
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Koryo,
330
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Koryo dynasty,
328–330
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Kosovo,
878–879, 907
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Kremlin,
669
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Krishna,
67
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Kristallnacht,
728, 750
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Kublai Khan,
307, 321–324, 337, 346
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Kukulcan,
104, 109
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Kulaks,
717, 719
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Kumasi,
415
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Kumbi Saleh,
287–288
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Kurdistan,
277
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Kurds,
830, 840–842
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Kush,
48, 283
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Kuwait,
656, 688, 731, 830, 834, 841, 846, 883
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Kyongju,
329–330
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Kyoto,
620–621, 892
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Kyushu,
332–333
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La Reforma,
632, 634
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La Venta,
103
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Labor,
- child, 507, 511, 519, 578, 816, 853, 864, 891
- forced, 104, 239, 403, 498, 503, 627, 658, 710, 732, 792, 888
- in China, 863
- unemployment, 509, 710, 732
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Labour Party,
566, 707, 787
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Laconia,
133, 139, 153
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Lafayette, Marquis de,
466, 471
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Lagash,
27
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Laissez-faire,
456, 495, 508–510, 538, 564, 711
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Lake Chad,
286–287
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Lake Texcoco,
108
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Lalibela, King,
292, 294–295
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Landholding,
132, 159
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Language,
- African, 416, 844
- Arabic, 88, 248–249, 258, 266, 270, 287–288, 295, 302, 310
- Bantu, 282
- Chinese, 88, 95, 331, 335
- Greek, 182, 205, 209–210, 245, 351, 358, 523, 581
- in Africa, 287, 302
- Latin, 173, 182, 193, 205, 209–210, 233–234, 248, 350–351, 358, 370, 387, 523
- Native American, 405
- Persian, 248, 310
- Quechua, 113
- Sanskrit, 67, 78
- Sumerian, 30–31
- Swahili, 295, 297
- vernacular, 234, 351, 358
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Laos,
73, 97, 341, 512, 627, 796–798, 890
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Laozi,
81, 86–87, 95
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Larsa,
27
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Las Casas, Bartolomé de,
397, 403
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Last Supper,
183, 353–355
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Latifundia,
163–164
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Latin America,
- democracy, 546, 633, 866, 871
- economies of, 849
- government of, 849
- nationalism, 489, 546, 678–683
- nations of, 545–546, 636, 681, 817, 849–850, 866
- revolutions in, 453, 545–546, 678–683, 869
- ruling of, 682
- societies in, 869
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Latitude,
154, 385, 794
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Latvia,
665, 670–671, 744–745, 748, 751, 769, 802–803, 874
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Law,
- Byzantine Empire, 192
- Code of Hammurabi, 33
- Corpus Juris Civilis, 192
- Greece, ancient, 152
- Magna Carta (1215), 409
- Montesquieu, 454
- Ottoman Empire, 606
- Roman, 177, 185, 192, 207, 237
- Sharia, 259, 277, 825
- Torah, 40, 43
- Twelve Tables, 160
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Law of nations,
177
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Lawrence, T. E.,
652
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League of Nations,
662, 664, 666, 674, 689, 700, 707, 709, 723, 734, 738–739, 767, 770, 783, 905
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Leakey, Louis,
6–7
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Leakey, Mary,
6–7
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Lebanon,
32, 38, 263, 606, 641, 688–689, 731, 759–760, 769, 830, 834, 837–840, 842–843, 846
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Lebensraum,
727
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Leeuwenhoek, Anton van,
377
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Legalism,
90–91
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Legalists,
89–91
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Legislative Assembly,
476–477
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Legitimacy,
482, 488
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Leif Erikson,
197
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Lenin, V. I.,
512, 660, 667–668
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Leningrad,
721, 745, 747–748, 758, 760, 769
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Leo III, emperor,
195
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Leo III, pope,
195
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Leo X, pope,
362, 364
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Leonardo da Vinci,
349–350, 353–354, 361, 379
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Leopold II,
598, 601, 603
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Lepanto,
428–429
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Lepers,
864
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Lesotho,
823, 844
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Lesseps, Ferdinand de,
569, 608
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Levant,
842, 898
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Leviathan,
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Lexington, battle of,
462
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Li Bo,
319–320, 346
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Li Qingzhao,
320, 346
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Li Shimin,
315
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Li Yuan,
315
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Liberal Party,
563–564, 566, 707
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Liberalism,
535, 537–539, 543, 551, 682
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Liberation theology,
866, 868
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Liberia,
1, 600–601, 603, 821, 823, 844, 853, 889
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Libya,
284, 601, 603, 641, 733, 745, 747–748, 758–759, 823, 844, 883
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Liege lord,
199
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Life expectancy,
517, 906
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Liliuokalani, Queen,
575, 629
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Lima,
400
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Limited monarchy,
425, 444, 449–450, 460, 473
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Limpopo River,
296
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Lincoln, Abraham,
576
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Line of Demarcation,
384–385, 387–388
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Lisbon,
219, 249, 413, 417
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Lister, Joseph,
517
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Liszt, Franz,
526, 531
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Literature,
- Chinese, 319
- Christian, 220, 232–237, 272, 275
- Egyptian, 55
- English, 359
- Greek, 145, 173
- Greek, ancient, 145
- Gupta, 78