Why the West Rules--For Now (134 page)

in Soviet Union,
520

of steppes,
292
,
294
,
389
,
459

transition from foraging to,
107
–14,
116
,
122
,
127
–29,
131
,
184
,
368
,
430
,
559
,
596
–97

in United States,
509
,
529
,
537
–38

Fatherland
(Harris),
579

Fatimids,
364
,
366
,
367

Feminine Mystique, The
(Friedan),
540

Ferguson, Niall,
509
,
585

Fermi, Enrico,
613
,
614

55 Days in Peking
(film),
525

Five Classics, Chinese,
137

“Five Pecks of Grain” movement,
302

Five Year Plans,
543

Flagellants,
399

Florence,
396
,
419
–20,
438
–39,
501
,
502

Flores,
52
–54,
55
n
,
60
n

“Flow of Energy in an Industrial Society, The” (Cook),
154

Flowers in the Mirror
(Li Ruzhen),
514

Flynn Effect,
570

Fogel, Robert,
583
,
588

footbinding,
424
–25

foraging,
80
,
89
,
101
,
104
–107,
118
,
131
,
191

global warming and,
84
–85

Ice Age,
88
,
100

transition to farming from,
107
–14,
116
,
127
–29,
131
,
184
,
368
,
559
,
596
–97

Younger Dryas,
94
,
629
;
see also
hunter-gatherers

fossil fuels,
35
,
168
,
216
,
385
,
388
,
504
,
507
,
560
,
564
,
599
,
627
;
see also
coal; oil

Foundation
novels (Asimov),
580
–81,
614

Founding Fathers,
260

1421: The Year China Discovered America
(Menzies),
408
,
410

1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
(Menzies),
420
n

Foxe, John,
436

FOXP2 gene,
58
–59

France,
20
,
353
,
403
–404,
437
,
452
,
608

American colonies of,
463

ancient,
33
,
159
,
287
,
290
(see
also
Gaul)

British wars against,
486
–89,
500

Catholic Church in,
370
,
398

China and,
10
,
518
,
523

Enlightenment in,
472
,
488

Habsburgs and,
447
,
448

industrialization of,
501
,
510
,
572

medieval,
362
–63,
370
,
371

prehistoric,
56
,
69
,
74
–75,
77

in World War I,
528
;
see also
French Revolution

France, Anatole,
55

Frank, Andre Gunder,
19
–21

French Revolution,
260
,
488
,
504

Freud, Sigmund,
261

Friedman, Thomas L.,
600
,
609

Fuchai, Viscount,
245

Fujian (China),
588

Gabriel, Archangel,
349
–50,
566

Galileo,
418
,
469
,
470
,
474

Gallup polls,
602

Gama, Vasco da,
430
–31

Gan Ying,
273

Gaodi, Emperor,
283
,
284
,
293

Gates, Bill,
542

Gaul,
311
,
314
,
315
,
347

Gaza,
218

Genghis Khan,
388
–90,
393
,
399
,
401
,
575
–76

Genoa,
371
,
372
,
392
,
402

Gerald of Wales,
367

Germanic peoples,
307
,
308
,
311
,
313
,
315
,
325
,
349
,
563

Germany,
160
,
187
,
437
,
455
,
486
,
526
,
528
,
530

Habsburgs in,
446

industrialization in,
510
,
512
,
521

medieval,
363
,
368
,
369

Mongol invasion of,
391

Nazi,
526
,
531
–33,
578
–79,
587

prehistoric,
54
,
58
,
78
–79

religious wars in,
454

in World War I,
526
,
616

Ghazali, al-,
367

Gherardi, Giovanni,
479

Gibbon, Edward,
307
,
326
–27,
353
,
403
,
490
,
574

Gilbert, W. S.,
522
–23