The Great Divide

182, 183, 187, 313, 385, 487, 512, 539, 543
    Lloyd, Geoffrey, 370–1, 376, 447
    Locke, John, 526
    Locmariaquer, 151–2
    Logan, chief of the Mingoes, 535
    Logan, Robert K., 368–9
    logic, 368, 369
    Logos , 360
    Loma Alta, 186
    ‘long count’, 434–5
    Longhena, Maria, 437
    Longshan culture, 88
    looms, 148, 454, 456
    Lopez, Robert, 454, 455, 459
    Lophophora williamsii s ee peyote
    Lord of the Storm/Master of Lightning, 306, 513
    Löwenmensch , 117
    Lower Casma Valley, 310
    Lu, 335, 336
    Lucca, 451
    Lucian of Samosata, 351
    Luisen˜o Indians, 203
    Lumbreras, Luis, 318
    Lupaca, 488
    Lurín River, 320
    Lydia, 360, 377–8
    Lyell, Charles, 159
     
    Maapitz, 44
    Machu Picchu, 541
    McCormick, Michael, 454
    Macedonia/Macedonians, 347, 364
    Mackenzie River, 60
    McManus, Dean, 63
    McNeill, William, 463, 542, 543
    Madagascar, 34, 213, 389
    Madrid Codex, 217
    Magadha, 331
    Magdalena River, 103, 227, 229
    Magdalénian culture, 77–8
    ‘magic mushrooms’, 173, 199–201, 400
    maguey plant, 400
    Mahabharata , 282, 296
    Mahakam delta, 31, 104
    Maine, University of: Climate Change Institution, 269
    Mair, John, 530
    maize/corn, 101, 105, 106, 107, 108, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184–91, 221, 222, 223, 300, 303, 307, 308, 309, 311, 313, 323, 384, 399, 403, 404, 409–10, 419, 437, 469, 470–1, 487, 505–6, 543
    maize god, 222, 307, 403, 419
    Majiayao culture, 88
    Makara, 97
    Makú, 228
    Malacca, 462
    malaria, 129, 542
    Malay peninsula, 34, 44
    Malaysia, 25, 37, 44
    male role, growing importance of, 144, 148, 174, 285, 297
    Malinalco, 233
    Mal’ta, 7, 119
    Malta, 149
    mammoths, 59–60, 63, 65, 67, 71–2, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 122–3, 535
    management system, meritocratic, 448
    Manasseh, 343
    Manchuria, 286
    Manchus, 294
    Mandan, 196
    Mandarin Chinese language, 459
    Mandragora (mandrake), 211
    manioc, 303
    Manu, 161
    manzanita, 219
    Marathon, 362
    Marcus, Joyce, 233, 399, 438–40, 502
    Marduk, 285, 297, 347
    maritime hypothesis, 254–9
    markets, 377, 378, 379
    marriage, 135, 148, 398–9
    Mars, 155
    Martin, Paul, 74, 75
    martyrdom, 355
    Massachusetts, 78
    Masse, Bruce, 156
    Master M (Mozi), 338
    ‘Master of the Animals’, 51–2, 227
    Master of Lightning/Lord of the Storm, 306, 513
    Master Yang, 339
    mastodons, 67, 71–2, 73, 75
    mathematics, 368, 373
    Matimbamba, 317
    Mato Grosso, 186
    Matthews, W.D.,62
    Mauss, Marcel, 441
    Maya civilisation, xxxi, 99, 101, 112, 186, 188, 190, 191, 196, 199–200, 206, 216, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 229, 232–3, 301, 304, 389–97, 401, 413–14, 415–22, 425, 426–8, 432, 433, 434–6, 437–8, 470–1, 502, 513, 514, 515, 531, 545
    Mayahuel, 479
    maygrass, 108
    Mazda see Ahura Mazda
    Mazatecs, 198, 207
    Meacham, William, 32
    mead, 172
    measles, 463, 542, 543
    Medio Mundo, 269
    Mediterranean region, 27, 29, 44, 46, 82, 83, 92, 93, 98–9, 107, 143, 148, 150, 165, 172, 173–4, 178, 260, 291, 296, 347, 350, 351, 365, 367, 378, 379, 381, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 501, 511 see also names of places
    Mediterranean Sea, 102–3
    megaliths, 149–54, 156, 158–9, 167, 180, 286
    mega-mammals, 66–7, 68, 73, 74–6, 78, 127, 129 see also names of animals
    Megaros, 161
    Megiddo, 281
    Mehrgarh Culture, 86–7
    Melanesia, 143, 178, 518
    Mellart, James, 131
    Melos, 103
    Mencius (Meng Ke), 324, 339
    menhirs, 149, 153
    Menominees, 218
    menstruation, 132
    Mercado, Fray Tomásde, 529
    Mercury, 373–4
    Merlin, Mark, 175
    Mesa Verde, 406
    mescal bean ( Sophora secundiflora ), 194–5, 207
    mescaline, 201–2, 315, 317
    Meshwesh, 359
    Mesoamerica/Central America, 9, 18, 41, 53, 92, 93, 95–6, 97, 100, 101, 107, 110, 112, 124, 125, 147, 156, 181, 186, 188, 191, 192, 194, 198–9, 200–1, 204, 221, 222, 226, 227, 228, 234, 300–10, 381, 389–403, 407, 411, 413–28, 429–30, 431–40, 442, 467–87, 502, 505, 506, 513, 514, 517 see also names of civilisations; names of countries
    Mesopotamia, 27, 29, 30, 33, 44, 85–6, 102, 104, 124, 141, 143, 144, 156, 160, 173, 174, 255, 259, 260–2, 263–4, 265–6, 274, 275, 276, 280, 284, 289, 295, 300, 350, 377, 438, 440 see also names of places
    metals/metallurgy, 113, 114, 115, 141, 174, 277–80, 386, 387, 459 see also names of metals
    meteorites, 75, 155, 156, 157, 161, 374
    meteor storms, 155, 158
    Mexica, 532
    Mexico, 56, 83, 92, 95, 100, 101, 108, 124, 172, 185, 186, 188, 189, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 205, 206, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223–4, 230, 255, 259, 302, 304, 390, 402, 407, 411, 423, 429, 436, 467–8, 476, 486, 524, 530, 539, 540, 541 see also