by Andrew Marr
London ref 1
Long March (China) ref 1, ref 2
longitude ref 1, ref 2
Longshan culture ref 1, ref 2
Lorenzo the Magnificent ref 1, ref 2
Louis XIV, King of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Louis XVI, King of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Louis XVIII, King of France ref 1
Louis-Philippe, King of France ref 1
Louisiana Purchase ref 1, ref 2
Lovelock, James ref 1, ref 2
Lu Buwei ref 1
Luddites ref 1
Ludendorff, General ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Lueger, Karl ref 1
Luke ref 1, ref 2
Lunar Society ref 1
Luther, Martin ref 1
background ref 1
confrontations ref 1
opposition to selling of indulgences ref 1
theology and arguments of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
translation of Bible into German ref 1
Luxembourg ref 1
Luxor temple ref 1
Lydians ref 1
Lyons, Jonathan ref 1
Macaulay, Thomas Babington ref 1
Maccabee revolt ref 1
McCarthy, John ref 1
McCartney, Lord George ref 1
McCormick, Katharine Dexter ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
MacCulloch, Diarmaid ref 1
MacDonald, Ramsay ref 1
Macedon/Macedonians ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
machines
and human intelligence ref 1
McNeill, J.R. ref 1, ref 2
McPherson, James ref 1
Madeira ref 1
Magellan, Ferdinand ref 1
Maimonides, Moses ref 1, ref 2
Malawi ref 1
Mali ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Malthus, Thomas ref 1
al-Mamun, Caliph ref 1
Man, John ref 1
Manchu ref 1
Manhattan Project ref 1, ref 2
al-Mansur, Caliph ref 1
Manzikert, battle of (1071) ref 1
Mao Zedong ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Mapungubwe ref 1
Marat, Jean-Paul ref 1
Marathas ref 1
Marathon, battle of (490 BC) ref 1, ref 2
marathon race ref 1
Marco Polo see Polo, Marco
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor ref 1, ref 2
Marduk (god) ref 1
Marie Antoinette ref 1, ref 2
Mark, St ref 1
Marlborough, Duchess of see Churchill, Sarah
Marlborough, Duke of ref 1, ref 2
Mars ref 1
Marshall Plan ref 1, ref 2
martyrdom ref 1
Marx, Karl ref 1
Marxism-Leninism ref 1
Marxism/Marxists ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Mary of Modena ref 1, ref 2
Mary, Queen ref 1, ref 2
al-Masudi ref 1
mathematics
Abbasid Muslims ref 1
Mesopotamia ref 1
Mather, Cotton ref 1
matrilineal drift ref 1
Mattathias ref 1
Mauryan India ref 1, ref 2
Maxentius ref 1
Maximilian, Archduke ref 1
Maya ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Mazarin, Cardinal ref 1, ref 2
Medicis ref 1
Medina ref 1
Mediterranean ref 1
Megasthenes ref 1
Mehmet II, Sultan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Melanchthon, Philipp ref 1
Mendoza, Antonio de ref 1
Mengistu, Haille Mariam ref 1
Mengzi (Mencius) ref 1
Mennonites ref 1, ref 2
Mercury ref 1
Merneptah, Pharaoh ref 1
Mesoamerica/Mesoamericans ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Mesopotamia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
conquest of by Arabs (639) ref 1
emergence of first cities ref 1
and mathematics ref 1
and religion ref 1
see also Akkadians; Babylon/Babylonians; Sumerians
Metaxas, General ref 1
Mexico ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Michelangelo ref 1
microscopes ref 1
Middle East ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Midway, battle of (1942) ref 1
Milan ref 1
Minoans ref 1, ref 2
art and architecture ref 1, ref 2
bull-leaping ref 1
destruction of ref 1
human sacrifice ref 1
Knossos palace ref 1
Minos, King ref 1
Minotaur ref 1
Minsky, Marvin ref 1
missionaries
Christian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Jesuit ref 1, ref 2
Missouri Compromise ref 1
mitochondrial DNA ref 1
Mitochondrial Eve ref 1
Model T ref 1
Mohacs, battle of ref 1
Mohawks ref 1, ref 2
Mohegan people ref 1
Moi, Daniel arap ref 1
Mongols ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
break-up of empire ref 1
brutality of ref 1
conquest and rule of China ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
conquests and expansion of empire ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
and Genghis Khan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
and Kublai Khan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
monotheism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Montezuma ref 1
Monzi ref 1
Moon ref 1, ref 2
Moore, Gordon ref 1
Moore’s law ref 1
Moors ref 1
Morel, Edmund ref 1
Morgan, J.P. ref 1
Moroccans ref 1
Morris, Ian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Moscow ref 1
Moses ref 1, ref 2
Mother (of human race) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Mountbatten, Lord ref 1
Mozambique ref 1
Mubarak, Hosni ref 1
Mugabe, Robert ref 1
Mughals ref 1
Muhammad ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
mulattos ref 1, ref 2
Müntzer, Thomas ref 1
Murad III, Sultan ref 1
Musa, King ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Muscovy Company ref 1
Muslim League ref 1
Muslims ref 1
and Abbasid caliphate ref 1, ref 2
and Africa ref 1
and astrology ref 1
coastal raids and slave-taking ref 1
conquest of Spain ref 1, 197 see also al-Andalus
conquests ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
contempt for Christian Europeans ref 1
dialogues with Protestant rulers ref 1
hatred of America by many ref 1
and mathematics ref 1
trade with China ref 1
see also Islam
Mussolini, Benito ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Mycenaeans ref 1
Nagasaki ref 1
Nanking, Treaty of (1842) ref 1, ref 2
Napoleon Bonaparte ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
National Academy of Sciences ref 1
National Convention ref 1, ref 2
nationalism ref 1
and industrialization ref 1
Native Americans ref 1
agriculture ref 1
attacks on by colonists and demonization of as savages ref 1
destruction of after American Civil War ref 1
impact of European settlers on ref 1, ref 2
tribal systems ref 1
native Australians see aboriginal Australians
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ref 1,
ref 2, ref 3
Natufians ref 1
navies
ancient Greece ref 1
British ref 1, 376 see also Royal Navy
Carthage ref 1
Chinese ref 1, ref 2
Nazarenes ref 1, ref 2
Nazca ref 1
Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) ref 1
Nazis ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
economic growth and policy ref 1
factors explaining rise of ref 1
see also Hitler, Adolf
Neanderthals ref 1, ref 2
Nebuchadnezzar, King ref 1
Nehru, Jawaharlal ref 1
Nehru, Motilal ref 1
Nelmes, Sarah ref 1
Nemesis (paddle-steamer) ref 1
Neolithic Britain ref 1
belief systems ref 1
burials ref 1
settlements/towns ref 1, ref 2
and Stonehenge ref 1
Nero, Emperor ref 1, ref 2
Netherlands ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
development of first stock market ref 1
and imperialism ref 1
invasion of Britain by William of Orange ref 1
and Java/Javanese ref 1, ref 2
rebellion (1785) ref 1
and ‘rich trades’ ref 1, ref 2
settlements in South Africa ref 1
tulip mania and bursting of bubble ref 1, ref 2
wars of independence against Spain ref 1
New Guinea ref 1
New Model Army ref 1
New York ref 1
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice ref 1
New Zealand ref 1
Newcomen, Thomas ref 1
newspapers
and British free press ref 1
Newton, Isaac ref 1, ref 2
Nicaea, Council of (325) ref 1, ref 2
Nicene creed ref 1
Nicholas I, Czar ref 1
Nicholas II, Czar ref 1
Niger, River ref 1
Nigeria ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Nile, River ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Nineveh ref 1, ref 2
Nippur ref 1
nirvana ref 1
Nixon, Richard ref 1, ref 2
Nkomo, Joshua ref 1
noble savage ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
nomads ref 1
Non-Aligned Group ref 1
Norman Conquest (1066) ref 1
North Atlantic Treaty Organization see NATO
North, Lord ref 1
Norwich, John Julius ref 1, ref 2
Novgorod ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Nubians ref 1
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) ref 1
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty ref 1
nuclear weapons ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Octavian see Augustus, Emperor
ojos ref 1, ref 2
Old Testament ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Olga ref 1
Olympias ref 1
Olympic Games ref 1
Onesimus (slave) ref 1
opium ref 1
opium trade ref 1
Opium Wars ref 1, ref 2
Oppenheimer, Robert ref 1
Oppenheimer, Stephen ref 1
Orkneys ref 1, ref 2
Osaka castle, siege of (1614–15) ref 1
Osiris ref 1, ref 2
Ostrogoths ref 1
Otto, Nikolaus ref 1
Ottoman Empire ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Christian fear of ref 1
conquest of Constantinople (1453) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
conquests and spread of ref 1, ref 2
war with Venice ref 1
Pagel, Mark ref 1
Pakistan ref 1, ref 2
Palestine ref 1, ref 2
papacy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Papin, Denis ref 1
Paris, Matthew ref 1
Parthians ref 1, ref 2
Pasargadae ref 1, ref 2
pastoralism ref 1
Pataliputra ref 1, ref 2
patents ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Paul, St ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Paul V, Pope ref 1
Pearl Harbor ref 1
Peasant Rebellion (1524–5) ref 1
Peel, Robert ref 1
Pella ref 1
Pemulwuy ref 1
perestroika ref 1
Pericles ref 1
Perpetua ref 1
Perry, Commodore Matthew ref 1
Persepolis ref 1
Persia/Persians ref 1
conquest of by Alexander the Great ref 1
and Sassanids ref 1
war with Greeks ref 1, ref 2
Peru ref 1
Peter I, the Great, Czar ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Peter III, Czar ref 1
Peter, St ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Pharisees ref 1
Pheidippides ref 1
Pheidon of Argos ref 1
Philip II, King of Macedon ref 1, ref 2
Philistines ref 1
Phillip, Arthur ref 1, ref 2
Phipps, James ref 1
Phoenicians ref 1
Pilsudski, General Jozef ref 1
Pincus, Gregory ref 1
Pinker, Steven ref 1
The Better Angels of Our Nature ref 1
piracy ref 1
Pitt the Younger, William ref 1
Pizarro, Francisco ref 1
plague ref 1, ref 2, 301 see also Black Death
Plato ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Phaedo ref 1
Pleistocene ref 1
Pliocene ref 1
Plutarch ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Poland ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
polis (city-state) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
pollution ref 1, ref 2
Polo, Marco ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
polytheism ref 1
Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Poor Law (1834) ref 1
population growth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
and agriculture ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4