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Abbasids, 143, 144, 146, 147
Abdullah, Prince, 414
Abraham, 41, 129
Abu Bakr, 130
Abu Dhabi, 415
Abu-Talib, 129
Abyssinia, 28, 137, 183
acid rain, 354
Actium, Battle of (31 BC), 81–82, 152
Adams, John, 276
Aden, Gulf of, 75
Aden, Strait of, 132
Adriatic Sea, 81, 94, 95, 118, 176
Aegean civilizations, 60–72
aerospace industry, 340–41
Afghanistan, 483, 484
Africa: circumnavigation of, 65, 121, 142, 149–51, 180, 183–87, 189–94; colonialism and, 154, 209, 237, 238–39; Islamic expansion and, 126, 132, 134, 137, 149–50, 174, 183, 184, 190; landscape of, 11, 13; water scarcity and, 153–54, 373, 374, 382, 483. See also specific countries and regions
Agamemnon, King, 64
agribusiness, 352, 353, 452, 454, 455, 462, 472
Agricultural Revolution, 2, 18–23, 211, 360, 487
agriculture: innovations and, 107, 116, 161–63, 172, 226, 231, 360, 373, 381, 480, 487; pollutants from, 354, 373, 472, 473, 476; rain-fed, 21–22, 23, 158, 322, 449; steam power effects on, 226, 231; temperate climate and, 160. See also Green Revolution; irrigation
Agrippa, Marcus, 81–82, 88–90, 91
Ahmad Ibn Madji, 190
Aïda (Verdi), 236, 387
aircraft carriers, 232, 233, 320, 340
Akkad, 39, 44–45
Alamo River, 332–33
Alaric, 92
Albert, Prince Consort, 262
alcoholic drinks, 252–53, 296
Alexander VI, Pope, 189
Alexander the Great, 34, 36, 37, 51, 52, 183, 206; empire of, 57, 72–75
Alexandria, 36, 74–75, 84, 137, 142, 150, 151, 176, 194, 207, 234, 237
alfalfa, 414, 452
algae blooms, 354, 356, 461, 473
All-American Canal, 454
Allegheny Mountains, 283, 287
Allegheny River, 355
Alps, 78, 162, 244
alum, 175, 178, 179
aluminum, 286, 340, 343
alunite, 175
Amazon River, 28, 274, 275, 292, 374
American Revolution, 206, 213, 269–74, 276–77, 303
American River, 299
“American system,” 321
Amerindians, 188, 326
Amsterdam, 164, 196, 201–2, 479
Amu Darya, 377
Amun (deity), 34
Amur River, 117
Anatolia, 39, 63, 138, 151
Andes Mountains, 25, 188
Anglo-Dutch Wars, 203, 232
Anheuser-Busch, 469
Anschutz, Philip, 469
antibiotics, 262
Antony, Mark, 81, 82, 88, 89
Antwerp, 164, 179, 196
Appalachian Mountains, 266, 274, 276, 279; Erie Canal and, 289, 291–92, 293, 481
Appian Way, 77, 86
Aqaba, Gulf of, 241
Aqua Appia, 86
Aqua Marcia, 91, 95, 252
Aqua Virgo, 93–94
aqueducts, 2, 49, 199, 487; Assyria, 48, 86, 215; California, 324 (map), 454; Constantinople, 139, 253; Los Angeles, 333–36, 453; New York, 296–99, 460, 463, 464–65; Rome, 2, 54, 75, 84–91, 93–94, 95, 138, 215, 253, 261, 466; Spain, 148
aquifers, 10, 11, 12, 269, 344–48, 400, 413, 434, 435, 469; Jordan Basin and, 401, 403–4, 407; Libya and, 415–16; Saudi overuse of, 413–15. See also groundwater
Arabian Peninsula, 22, 58, 83, 384, 394, 413–16; Islam and, 126, 128–29, 130, 136; water crisis and, 384, 413–16
Arabian Sea, 52, 136, 190, 193, 427
Arabs. See Islam; Middle East
Arafat, Yasser, 402, 404
Aral Sea, 377, 445
Archimedes, 34, 74, 78
Archimedes’ screw, 34
Aristotle, 67, 73
Arizona, 326, 331, 350, 351, 453
Arkansas River, 275, 279
Arkwright, Richard, 221–22, 281, 282
Army Corps of Engineers (U.S.), 276, 289, 331, 475
Arnold, Benedict, 271
Arno River, 165
artesian wells, 252
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nbsp; artillery, 152, 153, 157; long-range, 192–93, 197, 200, 226, 232–33
Asia, 417–47; threatened rivers in, 426, 443, 446; water have-nots and, 373, 382, 483. See also specific countries
assembly line, 318
Assyria, 35, 39, 47–50, 48, 65, 86, 215
Aswan, 30, 32, 239–40, 396
Aswan high dam, 37, 240, 241, 358, 359, 385, 387–93, 437; ecosystem impact of, 390–91, 397–99, 400; storage buffer and, 422
Aswan low dam, 237–38, 388, 390
Ataturk Dam, 359, 409, 410
Athens (city-state), 52, 67–72, 86–88
Atlantic Ocean, 60, 62, 65, 70, 82, 142, 158, 308; European coastal trade and, 173–76, 178–79, 182, 202; European sea power and, 142, 152, 195, 232–34; Gulf Stream and, 12, 160, 186; legendary terrors of, 184–85; trade winds of, 180, 185; U.S. coastal trade and, 280, 282, 302. See also Voyages of Discovery
atmospheric pressure, 218
Augustus, 81, 82–83, 88, 89, 90, 174
Aurelian, Emperor, 92
Australia, 374–75, 422; water productivity and, 450, 459, 473–74
Averroës, 145
Avicenna, 146
Axumites, 394
Aztec civilization, 188, 326
Babbitt, Bruce, 454
Bab-el Mandab, 132, 482
Babylon, 39, 45–46, 50–51, 67, 72, 73, 253
Bactrian camel, 108–9
Baghdad, 39, 44, 46, 134, 137, 143–47, 170; Mongol sack (1258) of, 117–18, 143, 146
Baikal, Lake, 13, 354
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, 309
Baltic Sea, 82, 158, 163, 173, 179, 202, 230; toxic pollutants and, 354
bamboo plumbing, 104, 115
Bangladesh, 57
barbarian waves, 22–23, 35, 47, 131; China and, 105, 110, 117–19; Christian conversions and, 138, 160; Mongols as last of, 118; Roman Empire and, 91–93, 94, 105, 110, 158
Barbary Wars, 303
barges, 32, 51, 112; first iron-hulled, 226. See also canals
barley, 20, 24, 30, 43, 44, 45, 54, 162
Basra, 144, 410
Bass brothers, 453
Bath (England), 86
bathrooms, 87, 297. See also toilets
baths. See Roman baths
battleships, 70, 197, 233
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