Page 116 - A History of the World in 25 Cities

A
A A f f r r i i c c a a 1 1 2 2 , , 2 2 2 2 , , 3 3 3 3 , , 4 4 0 0 , , 4 4 3 3 , , 4 4 4 4 , , 4 47 7, , 4 4 8 8 , , 5 5 0 0 , ,
5 2 , 6 4 , 1 1 1
African Americans 91, 92, 93 Americas 52, 54
Amsterdam 66–69 Anglo-Saxons 34, 35, 37, 110 army 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 42, 45, 52,
61, 73, 89
art 64, 65, 68, 70, 74, 87, 91, 105 Asia 27, 29, 81, 111
Athens 4, 14–17
Australia 74, 75, 76, 77
B
Baghdad 30–33
B Bangkok 78–81
baths, toilets and sewers 22, 23,
24, 25, 27, 31, 34, 37, 42, 44, 45, 58,
60, 63, 83, 88
Beijing 4, 5, 38–41
Benin City 5, 50–53
Berlin 94–97
Bonaparte, Napoleon 73, 87 books and libraries 18, 30, 31, 48,
65, 71, 93, 96
Britain/United Kingdom 22, 25,
34, 53, 69, 74, 76, 77, 82, 84, 85, 94, 111 Bungaree 77
C
canals 5, 10, 20, 33, 38, 46, 47, 49, 58,
66, 68, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 110 children 9, 13, 17, 29, 33, 36, 37, 41, 53,
5 5 6 6 , , 5 5 7 7, , 6 6 0 0 , , 6 6 1 1 , , 7 7 2 2 , , 7 74 4 , , 7 7 5 5 , , 7 7 6 6 , , 8 8 1 1 , , 8 8 4 4 , , 9 9 7 7, , 1 1 0 0 5 5 China 5, 18, 20, 21, 31, 35, 38, 40, 41,
48, 50, 74, 79, 92, 99, 107, 108 churches 27, 28, 34, 47, 67, 70, 71, 82,
83, 86, 87, 94, 110, 111
Cities of Today 106–107
Cities of Tomorrow 5, 108–109 Cold War 95, 96, 110 Constantinople 25, 26–29
crafts and trades 8, 10, 19, 25, 34,
35, 40, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 60, 71
c c r r i i m m e e a a n n d d p p u u n n i i s s h h m m e e n n t t 1 1 7 7, , 4 47 7, , 5 5 2 2 , , 6 6 0 0 , ,
71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 87, 99, 110 Cuzco 5, 54–57
D
death & afterlife 8, 10, 11, 13, 19, 20,
21, 35, 47, 57, 65, 71, 87
defences 6, 8, 9, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 50, 51, 53, 54,
58, 62, 63, 66, 67, 71, 78, 79, 87, 107 Delhi 62–65
Deterling, Harry 97
E
earthquakes and volcanoes 8, 9,
98, 100, 102, 104, 105
IndeX
education 9, 12, 17, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
3 3 5 5 , , 3 3 7 7, , 5 5 3 3 , , 5 5 6 6 , , 6 6 0 0 , , 7 74 4 , , 7 7 5 5 , , 8 8 1 1 , , 8 8 4 4 , , 9 9 3 3 , , 9 9 5 5 , , 1 1 0 0 9 9
E Egypt 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 27, 111 empire 4, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 46,
49, 50, 52, 88, 110
Aztec 58, 60, 61
British 53, 82, 88 Byzantine 28, 29
Inca 54, 55, 56, 57 Islamic 9, 43, 44 Roman 9, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28
enslaved people 16, 17, 19, 24, 25, 42, 47, 48, 52, 60, 61, 81
entertainment and sport 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 28, 32, 37, 47, 51, 52, 59, 61, 82, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 103, 105, 110
E E u u r r o o p p e e 2 2 7 7, , 2 2 9 9 , , 3 3 2 2 , , 3 3 4 4 , , 3 3 6 6 , , 4 4 5 5 , , 4 47 7, , 4 4 8 8 , , 5 5 0 0 , , 5 5 2 2 , , 57, 60, 61, 66, 67, 70, 76, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94
exploration 40, 48, 76 F
family 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 24, 29, 33, 36, 41, 42, 51, 56, 60, 65, 70, 72, 84, 85, 90, 92, 93, 97, 110
farming 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 33, 51, 58, 60, 74, 75, 88, 92
food, feasts and famine 6, 22, 24, 31, 33, 37, 44, 56, 57, 72, 76, 86, 93, 97, 103, 105
France 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 82, 87, 90, 94 G
Germany 47, 88, 94, 95, 96, 97, 111 gods and goddesses 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 37, 38, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 80 g government 15, 26, 29, 39, 53, 64, 69, 72, 73, 75, 81, 82, 86, 89, 92, 94, 102, 110, 111
Granada 42–45
Great Wall of China 19, 20, 38, 41, 50 Greece 4, 14, 16, 25
H
Hadrian, Emperor 25
health 31, 32, 45, 49, 56, 60, 61, 67, 72,
77, 83, 84, 90, 105
h h o m e s 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 3 , 1 8 , 2 0 , 2 3 , 2 4 , 3 0 , 3 1 , 3 3 ,
3 3 4 4 , , 3 3 6 6 , , 3 3 7 7, , 4 4 2 2 , , 4 4 8 8 , , 4 4 9 9 , , 5 5 4 4 , , 5 5 6 6 , , 6 6 0 0 , , 6 6 5 5 , , 6 6 8 8 , ,
7 70 0 , , 7 7 2 2 , , 7 7 5 5 , , 7 7 9 9 , , 8 8 0 0 , , 8 8 2 2 , , 8 8 4 4 , , 8 8 5 5 , , 8 8 8 8 , , 9 9 0 0 , , 9 9 1 1 , , 9 9 2 2 , , 9 9 3 3 , , 9 9 6 6 , , 1 10 0 0 0 , , 1 10 0 2 2 , , 1 10 0 4 4 , , 1 10 0 9 9
Hurston, Zora Neale 93 I
ideas and inventions 4, 14, 17, 32, 56, 68, 73, 89, 92, 93
immigrants 90, 92
India 33, 40, 65, 63, 64, 74 indigenous peoples 74, 75, 76, 77,
92, 99, 100, 111
invaders 6, 13, 19, 25, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36,
38, 44, 45, 53, 57, 61, 64, 66, 78, 89 Italy 22, 46, 92, 107, 111
J
Japan 4, 40, 102, 103, 104, 105 J Jericho 4, 6–9
Jórvík 34–37
L
law 13, 22, 23, 29, 49, 82, 84 Lenin 89
LGBT+ people 99, 100, 111 London 75, 82–85
M
Marie-Antoinette, Queen 70, 72 Memphis 5, 10–13
metalwork 10, 12, 15, 19, 26, 27, 28,
34, 35, 39, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55,
57, 67, 78, 81, 86, 89, 92, 100 Mexico 5, 58, 60, 61
Middle East 4, 6, 12, 40, 47, 48, 111 Milk, Harvey 100
Ming dynasty 4, 38, 40, 41 Miyazaki, Hayao 105 Montezuma II 59, 61
mosque 30, 33, 42, 44, 45, 62, 63 Muhammed XII 45
N
nature 5, 64, 85, 98, 99, 101, 107,
108, 109
New York City 90–93 Nigeria 53, 107
O
Oba Orhogbua 53
P
Paris 4, 70–73, 86, 102 Persia 9, 17, 31, 65 politics 15, 16, 23, 86 Polo, Marco 48 pyramids 5, 8, 10, 58–59
Q
Qin Shi Huangdi 18, 19, 20, 21
R R
r religion 23, 28, 37, 45, 54, 57, 59, 60,
emperors 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 2 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41,
5 54, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 73, 102, 104
kings and queens 18, 24, 45, 51, 52, 53, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85
pharaohs 10, 13
tsars 86, 87, 88, 89 Russia/Soviet Union 86, 87, 88,
89, 94, 95
S
Saint Petersburg 86–89 San Francisco 98–101 Socrates 17
S Spain 42, 43, 44, 57, 61, 99 Sydney 74–77 synagogue 86
T
technology 98, 101, 109
temples 5, 10, 11, 15, 22, 23, 41, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 78, 79, 80, 81, 102, 103 Tenochtitlán 5, 58–61
Thailand 78, 80
Theodora, Empress 29
Tokyo 4, 102–105
trading and business 7, 8, 11, 12, 15,
22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 60, 66,
68, 69, 71, 74, 82, 83, 88, 90, 93, 98, 99, 101
transport 10, 11, 12, 19, 22, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 58, 64, 66, 68, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 85, 87, 90, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 106, 109
Turkey 29, 36 V
Venice 5, 46–49, 68, 107 Victoria, Queen 82, 84, 85 Vikings 34–37
W
war 4, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 25, 29, 30, 34,
41, 45, 53, 57, 61, 69, 70, 72, 81, 86, 89,
94, 104
women and girls 12, 16, 17, 20, 24,
25, 29, 33, 41, 47, 52, 59, 73, 75,
76, 87, 93
work 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 29, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 47, 50, 52, 53, 56, 63, 65, 68, 75, 77, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
X
Xianyang 5, 18–21
Z
Zheng He 40
61, ,
6 64, 65, 67, 80, 81, 102 Buddhist 80, 81, 102 Christian 27, 28, 37, 42, 45 Hindu 64
Islamic 30, 32, 42, 43 , 44, 45, 62, 64, 65
Jewish 44, 45, 67
Rembrandt van Rijn 68 revolutions 70, 71, 72, 73, 86, 87,
89, 97
rivers 7, 11, 12, 22, 31, 33, 34, 35,
36, 55, 56, 63, 66, 78, 80, 83, 87 Rome 4, 22–25
rulers 21, 30, 40, 44, 45, 47, 52, 54, 57
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Kate Wilson, Rachel Kellehar, Holly Phillips, Tina García, Elizabeth Jenner, Tegen Evans and Sophie Banks
at Nosy Crow for making the book happen, and to Miranda Baker for her excellent proofread. Thanks also to the knowledgeable and helpful curators and editorial team at the British Museum for all their hard work and brilliant ideas, especially Bethany Holmes and Claudia Bloch, and also to Simone Felton from the San Francisco Historical Society. You have all been wonderful.