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For problems of organization, see Franz Schurmann, _Ideology and
Organization in Communist China_, Berkeley 1966. For cultural and
political problems, see Ho Ping-ti, _China in Crisis_, vol. 1, _China's
Heritage and the Communist Political System_, Chicago 1968. For a
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Change_, Berkeley 1966.

INDEX

Abahai, ruler, 269

Abdication, 92-3, 182, 227, 302

Aborigines, 323

Absolutism, 196, 208, 210, 232 ff., 247
(_see_ Despotism, Dictator, Emperor,
Monarchy)

Academia Sinica, 307

Academies, 221, 255, 267-8, 272

Administration, 64, 82-4, 138 ff, 142, 144, 154, 170, 173-4, 210;
provincial, 85
(_see_ Army, Feudalism, Bureaucracy)

Adobe (Mud bricks), 16, 19, 32

Adoptions, 204

Afghanistan, 146-7

Africa, 201, 259

Agriculture, development, 54, 198 ff., 249-50, 275;
Origin of, 10, 11;
of Shang, 21;
shifting (denshiring), 32
(_see_ Wheat, Millet, Rice, Plough, Irrigation, Manure, Canals,
Fallow)

An Ti, ruler of Han, 92

Ainu, tribes, 9

Ala-shan mountain range, 88

Alchemy, 49, 104
(_see_) Elixir

Alexander the Great, 146-7

America, 276, 300
(_see_) United States

Amithabha, god, 188

Amur, river, 278

An Chi-yeh, rebel, 293

An Lu-shan, rebel, 184 ff., 189, 195

Analphabetism, 65

Anarchists, 47

Ancestor, cult, 24, 32

Aniko, sculptor, 243

Animal style, 17

Annam (Vietnam), 97, 160, 209, 219, 234, 258, 265, 295, 330

Anyang (Yin-ch'ue), 19, 22

Arabia, 258; Arabs, 104, 178, 183, 185, 266

Architecture, 147, 256

Aristocracy, 25, 26, 36, 122, 195
(_see_ Nobility, Feudalism)

Army, cost of, 211;
organization of, 24, 118, 174, 236;
size of, 53;
Tibetan, 127
(_see_ War, Militia, tu-tu, pu-ch'ue)

Art, Buddhist, 146-7
(_see_ Animal style, Architecture, Pottery, Painting, Sculpture,
Wood-cut)

Arthashastra, book, attributed to Kautilya, 59

Artisans, 19, 26, 31, 33, 56, 79;
Organizations of, 58
(_see_ Guilds, Craftsmen)

Assimilation, 144, 152, 166, 244
(_see_ Colonization)

Astronomy, 266

Austroasiats, 10, 12

Austronesians, 12

Avars, tribe, 140
(_see_ Juan-juan)

Axes, prehistoric, 10

Axis, policy, 51

Babylon, 65

Baghdad, cit