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Neoptolemos, 335, 336 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 312,
Nerik, 173 313, 317, 319. 329, 332, 337-8. 343,
Nestor, king of Pylos, 320 359. 372, 390, 397
Nesubenebded, pharaoh, 359 Palmyra, 166, 349, 361
New Zealand, 34, 273 P’an Keng, Shang emperor, 285, 286,
Nicaragua, 279 288, 28g, 387
Niger, river, 26-7, 279 Papadilmah, 161
Nile, river, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8-9, 15, 26, 27, papyrus, 4, 188, 212, 260
32, 48, 49, 55, 83, 124, 127, 128, Paris, prince of Troy, 327, 330
133, 134> 135. 175, 181, 185, 186, passage-graves, 20, 21, 22, 53, 55, 70,
188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 212, 218, 93, 95, 96, 100, 146, 148, 151, 152,
222, 235, 246, 254, 260, 265, 271, 153, 210, 224, 277, 280, 282
279, 284, 317, 325, 332, 371, 372, pearls, 47, 189, 227
395 Peleset, 338; see also Philistines
Nineveh, 253, 342, 345, 352, 357, 363 Pelops, king of Elis, 320, 335
Ninurta-tukulti-Assur, king of Assyria, people of the sea, 298, 303, 304, 309,
347 312, 316, 317, 325, 328, 329, 333,
Nippur, 113, 122 337-9, 359, 382
Nubia (Sudan), 27, 83, 86, 126, 127, pepper, 31, 278
135, 154, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, Perseus, king of Mycenae, 31g, 320
183, 187, 192, 195-6, 208, 211, 212, Persian Gulf, 8, 12, 13, 44, 45, 48, 114,
227, 229, 237, 266, 277, 294, 295, 116, 117, 122, 134, 142, 166, 170,
299. 311 171, 185, 189, 191, 217, 231, 308,
Nyrax, 371, 372 341, 344, 346, 350
Persians, 343, 345, 355, 360, 367, 397
Peru, 31, 57, 155, 225, 278-9
Odysseus, king of Ithaka, 328, 331, 335 Phaistos, 51, 134
olive oil, 134, 189, 210, 214, 241, 295, Philistines, vii, 298, 317, 329, 332,
336, 360, 376 337-9, 358, 359, 360, 372, 390-3;
Olympic games, 383 see also Peleset
Olympus, Mount, 383 Phoenicians, 47, 332, 360, 364, 376,
onyx, 334 380, 392, 397
Opet, 265 Phrygians, 327, 330, 336, 338, 344, 346,
Opis, 362 356, 358, 368, 374
Orestes, 334, 335, 336 Phylakopi, 244
Orontes, river, 300 piracy, 224, 227, 325, 333, 335, 338,
Osiris, 136 339. 359
ostrich, 363 Piyassilis, viceroy of Carchemish, 267
oxcarts, 25, 39, 62, 63, 79, 93. 102, Po, river, 216, 375, 376, 378
120, 172, 200, 240, 294, 299, 348, Posiedon, 232, 233
381 Priam, king of Troy, 322, 327
Oxus, river, 116 Ptah, 6, 266
Ptah, regiment of, 299, 300
Punjab, 15, 190
Palestine (Canaan), 67, 74, 82, 84, 85, Punt, 4, 48-9, 83, 213, 215, 267, 277
86-7, 88, 100, 107, 110, 128-9, 130, Pu-Sarrumas, king of Kussara, 133
131, 132, 137, 160, 166, 171, 177> Pylos, 320, 340, 376
182, 183, 184, 185, 189, 193. 196, pyramids, 5, 100, 234~5, 260
