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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19246-0 — The Cambridge World History Part 2: Patterns of Change Index More Information Index Abbas i, Shah of Persia 41, 203, 255, 258 Agobardus, Bishop of Lyons 90 Abdul Hamid ii, Sultan 63 agriculture ‘Abdus Sattar, Maulana, historiographer 440 capitalist 269 Abu Dunana, Hamad 367 enclosures in Britain 303 Abu’l Fazl, Shaikh, Akbar Nama 428 European mixed farming 303 Acapulco, Mexico, port of 227 Hispaniola 125 acculturation 4 labor-intensive technology 303 Islam 370, 382 as main economic activity 287 shrines and 373 perception of work 299 Aceh, sultanate of 253, 256, 377 productivity 30, 295, 304 Acosta, José de 120, 318, 326 Akbar, Mughal emperor 64, 377 Afaq Khwaja, Sufi 380 Alenio, Giulio, Jesuit 443 Afghanistan 30, 44, 373 Alexandria 10 Afonso i, King of Kongo 74, 139 Alexis i, Tsar 351 Africa Algiers 358 Christianity in 137, 153 Alhazen (Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn conversion to Islam 375 al-Haytham) 67 demographic impact of slave trade 145 Altan Khan 51 enslavement in warfare 142 Alvares Botelho, Nuno 257 introduction of New World crops 119, Álvares, Domingos 75 133 ambassadors, and protocol 84 Islam in 153 Amboina, island 243, 247 migrations 8–10 American War of Independence 27, 35, 149 “national” origins of slaves 150–1 Americas population depleted by slave labor 16 African slaves in 149–50, 275 sale of slaves 140 Agricultural Revolution 103 slavery within 138, 274, 375 Amerindian population 128, 130 social effects of slave trade 146, 274 Christianity in 71–3, 353 societies 136 Columbian Exchange 103–33 spirit possession 375 Iberian voyages to 3 trade routes 193 interaction with Eurasia and Africa 50 traditional religions 153 migration to 103, 126–33 warfare in 146 migrations within 14–15 see also slave trade population collapse 3, 16 African diaspora 135 religious rituals and beliefs 315, 325–7 cultural movement 135 white immigrant superiority 22 Africans as slaves 3, 16, 20, 127 see also Brazil; diseases; Mexico; North numbers 128 America; United States agents 206 Amsterdam 242 merchants and 162, 174, 199 international market 166, 168 salaried 201 stock exchange 176, 178 474 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19246-0 — The Cambridge World History Part 2: Patterns of Change Index More Information Index Amsterdam, Bank of 177 religious rituals and beliefs 315 Anabaptists 341–2 slaves from, in Spanish America 21 anatomy, in Japan 61 state use of naval power 256 Angola 154 tea and coffee trade 183 as source of slaves 75, 140, 150, 267 trade with Europe 160–87, 283, 288 animals trading networks 251–6 American camelids 124 see also China; India; Japan; Korea; cattle 124 Philippines; Southeast Asia Columbian Exchange 124–6 astronomy horses 124 in China 56, 402 Old World 103, 124 in Ottoman Empire 67 origins 126 Atlantic Ocean pigs 124 crossing of 12 turkeys 124–5 foodstuffs for crossings 118 Antigua, slave rebellion (1736) 272 ships for 163 Antilles 107, 127 Triangular Trade 193 antiquarianism 329 Augsburg, Peace of (1555) 340, 343, 345 Antwerp, entrepôt 182 Aurangzeb, emperor 249, 258, 379 Anwar-ud-Din Khan, Arcot 426 Australia, white settlement 22 Arabs Aztec Empire 15 in Africa 9 smallpox 115 North Africa 10 Spaniards 71–2 in Southeast Asia 7 Arcot, history of 425 Babylonia, silver 213 armed migration, European 4, 16–17 Baghdad 432 armed trading 210, 242–6 Bahia 268 Armenia 11 Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de 127 Armenian Christianity 335 Baltic regions, “crusade” against old Catholic missions 356 Prussians 13 Armenian merchants of New Julfa 170–1, 174, Banda Islands 244, 260 179, 203, 255–6 Banian caste, India 207 in India 256 Bank of Amsterdam 177 regulatory regime 205 Bank of England 178 armies banks and banking 202, 206 China 34–5, 47 banker–brokers in India 251 large 33 capital markets 303 training 33 rise of 206 art, Italian and Ottoman cultural interaction see also credit markets 66, 68, 69, 71 Banten (Java) 241–2 artillery 33, 34 Barbados, plantation system 269–73 Austrian cannon 39 Barros, João de, Da Ásia 434–5 naval 43 Beijing Asia Buddhist scholars 390 American food crops in 129, 133, 229 Tibetan temples 52 changing patterns of trade with Europe Bellini, Gentile 66, 68 181–5 Ben-Israel, Menasseh 70 connections with Mediterranean 10 Bengal 241, 251 intellectual interest in Europe 440 conversion to Islam 371 legal systems 81 textiles 249–50 maritime law 90 Benin, Kingdom of 141 maritime technology 163 slaves from 150 migration and cultural exchange 6–8 Berlin, Ira 137, 272 migration to Americas 129 Bernard, Jean-François 328, 464 475 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19246-0 — The Cambridge World History Part 2: Patterns of Change Index More Information Index Bielski, Marcin, Kronika to iesth Historya governance forms 172 swiátá 437 see also partnerships bills of exchange 176, 206 Buxtorf, Johannes 331 al-Biruni, Abu Raihan, Kitab al-Hind 432 Byrd, William ii 272 Black Death 113, 114n Byzantium 335 Bloch, Marc 446, 461 and Russia 14 Bodin, Jean 325 Boemus, Iohannes 326 Ca’ da Mosto, Alvise 160 Bohemia, Hussite Revolt 338 Calcutta 249 Bologna, Concordat of (1516) 337 Calvin, John 340 Borri, Christophoro, Jesuit scholar 68 Calvinism 340, 345 Bossuet, J. B. 449 camelids, American 124 Both, Pieter, Dutch Governor General 244 Canton (Guangzhou), trading port 168, 180 Brahe, Tycho 70 Cape of Good Hope Braudel, Fernand 104, 166, 190 Calvinism in 355 Brazil 118 trade route around 182 abolition of slavery 269 capital cultural interaction with Congo 73–6 access to 267–8, 270 decline of 268 dowries as 175, 199 plantation model 266–9 markets 303 Portuguese imposition of Christianity 353 see also silver role of African culture 137 Capuchin monastic order 347 slaves 20, 75, 118, 150 caravan routes 165, 182, 192 revolt of 1835 138 disruption 241 Britain see Great Britain trans-Saharan 193 British Empire 187 Caribbean 17 “white” colonies 23 Barbados plantation system 269–73 Buddhism 6 Old World plants in 115 in China 53, 388, 393 slave origins 150 Ming period 389–91 see also Haiti; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Saint Qing period 391–2 Domingue convents 414 Cartari, Vincenzo 325 in Japan 59, 410–15 cartography 425, 442 Nichiren School 410–15 Casaubon, Isaac 324 Pure Land School 412, 413 Castellio, Sebastian 342 in Korea 57, 404–8 Cathars (Albigensians) 13 monasteries 389–90, 408 Catherine de Medici, Queen Regent Buddhism, Chan (Zen in Japan) of France 342 390, 410 Catherine ii, Empress of Russia 352 in Qing period 391 Caucasus, trading routes across 11 Rinzai school 410 Çelebi, Katib, Cihan Numa 438 Shingon school 411 Çelebi, Seyfi 438 Sōtō school 411 Central Asia, Tendai school 411 Sufi in 373 Buddhism, Tibetan 50, 388, 391 trade circuits 192 Burhan Khan ibn Hasan Handi, Sayyid, Central Europe, silver mines 182, 214, 225, 229 Tuzak-i Walajahi 425–7 Ceylon 98 Burma 30 Champlain, Samuel 87 business organization Chanca, Dr. Alvarez 120 commenda contracts 173, 199, 201 chartered companies 170, 175 commission agents 174 diplomatic protocol 85 formality in 172 merchants and 201–10 forms of 169–74 protection costs 258 476 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-19246-0 — The Cambridge World History Part 2: Patterns of Change Index More Information Index see also Dutch East India Company; East political economy 306 India Company popular religious cults and movements Child, Josiah 249, 256 396–8 Chile 353 local temples and shrines 396 Chimalpáhin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo private commerce 290 Francisco de San Antón Muñón Qing dynasty 52, 56, 391–2, 402 439 religion in 387–403 China 3 rural migration 25 agricultural productivity 295 shipping 163–4 armies 34–5, 47 silver bullion markets 232, 234–5 business organization 169, 176 silver coins 234 canal systems 15, 25, 166 silver exports 214–15, 224 centralized government 288 silver imports 181, 183, 219, 293 Christianity in 55–7, 334, 354, 401–3 silver mines 214, 225 state repression of 403 silver-price premium 230 consumer demand 291, 293 state relations with traders 179, 290 craft production 297 Taiping religious movement 398 credit instruments 177 technology 187 credit markets 207 Tibet 51–3 credit-ticket migrants from 21–2 trade networks 201, 206 cultural influences in 53–7 trade through Manila 129 demand for silver 215, 226, 227 trade with Europe 217, 233 elites 291 tribute system 95, 179 expansion and migration 6, 46, 160 White Lotus rebellion 47 failure of paper money 214, 225 and Zungars of Xinjiang 44, 46, 52 fall in price of silver 228, 229 see also Buddhism; Daoism fiscal revenues 180 Chinese Rites Controversy 403 foreign traders 179 Chinggis Khan 358 geographical knowledge 442 and Tibetan Buddhism 50 household allocation of labor 301 Christianity 26, 334–56 “industrious revolution” 285 in Africa 137, 153 inland trade 161 Africanized 73 interest rates 175 in China 55–7, 334, 354, 401–3 Islam in 398–401 comparative religion 313, 322–7 Hui Muslims 373, 379, 399 concept of religion 320 Sufi brotherhoods in 363, 401 “Confucian” 402 Islamic sharia 379 in Congo 74 and Japan 59 global expansion 353–6 Jesuit missionaries 55, 334, 354, 401–2 in India 64 labor markets 297 Korea 409 land markets 298 missionaries 9, 17, 71 legal pluralism 90 monophysite 335 legal trade contracts 172 relationship with Judaism 471 market economy 301 slaves in Brazil 75 market networks 292 syncretism in Americas 71–3 merchants’ institutions 206 view of Islam 317 millenarian rebellions 398 see
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