Duiker W.J., Spielvogel J.J. The Essential World History. Volume 2: Since 1500

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INDEX

Italicized page numbers show the locations

of illustrations.

Abacha, Sani, 729

Abbas, Mahmoud, 740

Abbas I the Great (Safavids), 395, 396, 397

Abolition: of American slavery, 483; of British

slavery, 528–529

Abortion, 501, 713

Absolutism: in central and eastern Europe,

377–378; enlightened, 448; in France,

375–377; in Russia, 378, 484

Abstract art, 511, 585

Abstract Expressionism, 715, 716

Achebe, Chinua, 734, 736

Acheson, Dean, 646

Acid rain, 776

Act of Supremacy (England), 367, 370

Addis Ababa, 726, 727

Adenauer, Konrad, 699

Administration. See Government

A onso of Congo, 348

Afghanistan, 743 (map); al-Qaeda in, 714;

Pakistan and, 756–757; Soviets and, 665;

Taliban in, 714, 743; U.S. involvement in, 666,

714, 743; West and, 516

Africa, 722; AIDS in, 727; anticolonialism in,

533–536; Bantu-speaking peoples of, 528;

British in, 531–532; capitalism in, 727–728;

in Cold War, 726–727; colonialism in, 517,

531–532, 723; communism in, 600–601;

culture in, 733–736; democracy in, 730–731;

Dutch in, 346; economy in, 350–351, 725–727;

education in, 731–732, 732; ethnic and

religious disputes in, 666; Europeans and,

345–351; future of, 736; German colonies

in, 572; gold in, 336, 339, 346; Heart of

Darkness and, 736; imperialism in, 529–533;

independence and, 723–724, 725–731; leaders

in, 725; literature in, 734–736; Marxism-

Leninism in, 725; modern, 724 (map);

nationalism in, 533, 599–600, 723–724;

nation-states in, 731; in 1914, 526 (map);

Ottomans in, 388; politics in, 350–351, 725–

727; population in, 727, 728; Portugal and,

338, 339; poverty in, 727; rural areas in, 727,

732, 733; slavery in, 339, 346–350, 349, 527;

society in, 350–351; trade and, 443, 725–726;

unity movement in, 726; U.S.-Soviet relations

and, 665; West and, 516; women in, 532–533,

732–733; World War I and, 572–573. See also

speci c regions and locations

Allied Reparations Commission, 580

Allies (World War I), 569, 572, 573, 578; Russian

civil war and, 577

Allies (World War II), 624, 626; bombings by,

635; Cold War and, 645–651; end of war and,

628–629; Japan a er war and, 767; Normandy

landing by, 627–628; at Potsdam, 638; prisoners

of war from, 631; at Tehran, 637; at Yalta, 638,

644, 644–645, 651

All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque), 571

al-Qaeda, 713–714, 714, 737, 743, 767

Alsace, 481, 579

Amendments: to U.S. Constitution, 447, 498

American empire, 498–499

American Federation of Labor, 498

American Indians. See Indians (Native

Americans)

American Revolution, 447

Americas: Columbian Exchange and, 343, 344,

419; Columbus in, 341; crops from, 350;

Europeans in, 341–345, 345 (map); gold and

silver from, 443; slave trade and, 346–347,

347 (map); use of name, 341. See also speci c

colonizers and regions

Amherst (Lord), China trade and, 541

Amin, Idi, 731

Amin, Qassim, 534

Amritsar, 755

Amur River region, 545

Anatolia, 388, 395, 595. See also Turke y

Andes region, 341. See also Peru; South America

Andropov, Yuri, 676

Angkor, 351, 431

Anglican Church. See Church of England

Angola, 349, 665, 724

Ankara, 595

Anne (England), 379

Anschluss (union), 621

Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. See SALT

I and II

Anticolonialism, 533–536; in India, 592–593;

Lenin and, 599

Anti-Comintern Pact, 621

Antietam, Battle of, 498

Antiforeign sentiment: in France, 698–699

Anti-Semitism: in Germany, 618, 619, 628; in

late 19th century Europe, 509–510. See also

Holocaust; Jews and Judaism

ANZUS alliance, 775

Apartheid, in South Africa, 728

Aquino, Corazon, 761–762

Arabia, 526, 595

Arabian peninsula, 744

African Americans, 704–705

African Economic Community (AEC), 731

African National Congress (ANC),

724, 728

African Union, 731

Afrikaans dialect, 346

Afrika Korps, 626

Afrikaners, 528–529, 532

Afshar, Nadir Shah, 395–396

Age of Discovery, 335

Age of Exploration, 335–343, 340 (map);

Islam and, 385–386; warships in, 338

Aging. See Elderly

Agra, 399, 401, 405–406

Agricultural Involution:  e Processes of

Ecological Change in Indonesia (Geertz), 536

Agriculture: in Africa, 533, 723, 731; Americas

and, 343, 444–445; in China, 550–551, 686–

687; in Europe, 373, 443; in India, 400, 758;

in Japan, 555–556; Russian, 620; in Southeast

Asia, 355; in Soviet Union, 673; in Taiwan,

772; technology and, 717; in Turkey, 596.