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INDEX
NB Emperors will be found under the names of their dynasties.
A.
Abahai/Abatai, see Hong Taiji
Abaoji, Khitan leader, 304
Aden, 380
Afanasevo culture, 40
Afghanistan, 23, 201, 241, 442
Aguda, see Jin Taizu
Agriculture, 67, 75, 92, 120, 160, 212, 214, 250, 299–300, 318, 324–5, 365–6, 422, 519–22
Aisin Gioro, Qing lineage, 424
Aksu, Xinjiang, 463
Albazin, Russia, 438, 439
Alexander (‘the Great’) of Macedon, 82–3, 94, 137
‘All-under-Heaven’, 22, 139, 235, 259, 294, 333, 356, 376, 381–2
Altan Khan, Mongol Leader, 408, 443
Amoy, see Xiamen
Amu Darya (Oxus River), 136, 241
Amur River (Heilongjiang), 13, 328, 423, 438, 476
An Lushan, general, 274–8, 279
An Lushan rebellion, 276–81
Analects (Lunyu), 57, 69–71, 348
Andaman islands, 380
Andong (Pinglu), 261
Angkhor, 236, 366; see also Khmer
Anhui (province), 11, 117, 467, 478
Annam, see Vietnam
Anqing, Anhui, 473
Anxi (Parthia), 137; Tang frontier province, 263–4
Anyang, Henan, 5, 34–5, 36–8, 42–6
Arabs, 239, 265, 280
Archaeology, 5–7, 30–49, 60, 72–3, 82, 101, 104–5, 123–5, 201, 308–10
Architecture, 123, 125, 228
Arrow, 475
Arrow War (1856–60), 475–6
Artillery, see Firearms
Ashoka, Mauryan emperor, 94–5, 201, 225
Astronomy, 26, 324, 376
Ava, 435
Ayurbarwada, see Yuan Renzong
Azerbaijan, 353
B.
Ba, Sichuan state, 39, 81–2, 85
Babur, Mughal emperor, 393
Bac-le, Vietnam, 488
Bactria, 136, 138, 140
Baghdad, 355
Bagley, Robert, 34–5, 37
Bai, ethnic minority, 403
Balazs, Etienne, 204
Balkhash, Lake, 332
Ban Chao, general, 173
Ban Gu, historian, 147, 159–60, 176, 178
Ban Zhao, historian, 140–1, 178–9
Banners/Bannermen, 422–3, 426–27, 478
Bao Si, Zhou queen, 62
Baojia, 453–4, 495, 519