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1、THESTORYOFCIVILIZATION(tm)Ver.4.8IndexandGlossaryDurant,Will&Ariel---------------------------------------------------------INDEXANDGLOSSARY-ThisisacumulativeindexandglossaryforallelevenvolumesofTheStoryofCivilization.Theelectronicversionofthisindexinc

2、ludesonlythoseentrieswhichwereoriginallyaccompaniedbypronunciationsand/ordates;entriesthatreferthereadertopagenumbershavebeendeleted.AlldatesareA.D.unlessotherwisenoted.-Mostentriesandabbreviationsareself-explanatory,butbecauseeachvolumeofTheStoryofCi

3、vilizationwaspublishedseparatelyoveraperiodoffortyyearsthereweremanyvariations.Theabbreviationca.isthesameastheabbreviationc.meaningcirca.Bothabbreviationsareusedthroughout.Datesareofbirthanddeathexceptforrulers,layandecclesiastical,wheretheyareofther

4、eign;regnaldatesareoften,butnotalways,precededbytheabbreviationr.Asingle,unaccompanieddateindicatesafloruit;asingledateprecededbyfl.alsoindicatesafloruit;iftwodatesconstituteafloruit,theyarealwaysprecededbyfl.-Thefollowingacknowledgmentsandinformation

5、regardingpronunciationsaretakenfromthetextprecedingtheindexesforthevolumesindicated:-VOLUME1:-GLOSSARY*01509offoreigntermsnotimmediatelydefinedinthetext.-IamindebtedforthisindextothecarefulandscholarlyworkofMr.WallaceBrockway.Datesaregivenwhereobtaina

6、ble,exceptinthecaseoflivingpersonswhoareonlyincidentallymentionedinthetext.ThepronunciationofOrientalwordsisindicatedbythesystemofdiacriticalmarksusedintheMerriam-WebsterDictionary,buthereconsiderablysimplified.*01512TheIndianpronunciationshavebeensup

7、pliedbyDr.A.K.Coomaraswamy;ChinesewordsfollowforthemostpartthepronunciationsgiveninGowenandHall'sOutlineHistoryofChina.Japanesewords,andmostChinesewords,havenoaccent.InthecaseofancientEgyptianandNearEasternwordsthereisnoagreementamongthelearned;andthe

8、pronunciationshereofferedaremerelythepresentwriter'sunauthoritativesuggestions.W.D.-VOLUME2:-IamindebtedforthisindextothecarefulscholarshipofMr.HerbertWiner.ThediacriticalmarksfollowWebster'sDictionary.*02335W.D.-VOLUME3:-Iamindebtedforthisind