The Great Divide

names of civilisations; names of places
    Mexico City, 95
    Miahuatlán, 399
    microcephalin, 12, 13
    Micronesia, 518
    Middle Ages, 446, 453, 454–5, 455–6
    Middle East, 12, 28, 34, 43, 46, 98, 100–1, 107, 110, 111, 122, 124, 125, 126, 129–30, 131, 132–3, 147, 164, 249, 264, 278, 286, 289, 348, 463, 464 500 see also names of places
    Middle Senegal Valley, 146
    Midwest, 408, 411
    midwinter solstice, 153, 154
    Milan, 451
    Miletus, 362
    milk, 111, 113, 143, 144, 145, 148, 289, 290, 294
    Milky Way, 210, 390–1, 435
    Miller, Mary Ellen, 416, 417, 420, 421, 422, 427
    millet, 105, 107, 113, 115
    Milpa cultivation, 105–6
    Mimbres people, 406
    mimosa, 204
    Ming, 462
    Minoa/Minoans, 174, 282, 283
    Minotaur, 284
    mirrors, 279
    Mississipian culture, 410–11
    Mississippi drainage, 242–3
    Mississippi River, 96, 101, 103, 410
    Mississippi Valley, 189, 410
    Missouri, 241
    mit’a tax, 493
    Mithra, 326
    Mithraism, 352–3
    mitochondrial DNA see mtDNA
    Mixe-Zoque language, 188
    Mixtecs, xxxi, 198, 218–19, 398–9, 400, 420, 437, 439, 440, 477, 484, 495, 502, 513, 515
    Mochanov, Yuri, 14
    Moche, 99, 200, 201, 216, 384, 386–9, 403, 420, 429, 513
    Moche Valley, 492
    Mochica, 229, 231
    Moctezuma I (Moctezuma Ilhuicamina), 477, 478, 514
    Moctezuma II, 476, 486
    Mogollon people, 406–7
    Mohave, 54
    Mohenjo-daro, 36, 87, 102, 103, 292, 328
    Mohists, 338
    Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 536
    Molina, Luis de, 530
    Moloch, 367
    Moluccan myth, 44
    Monardes, Nicolás, 528
    monasteries, 355, 448–9, 455
    money, 280, 360, 377–9, 449, 460
    Mongolia, 11, 52, 114, 123, 142, 286, 288, 293, 295
    Mongoloid peoples, 143
    Mongols, 294, 453, 461, 462, 463–4
    ‘Mongol spot’, 11
    Monk’s Mound, 410
    monogamy, 135
    monotheism, 98, 99, 324–50, 368, 369, 444, 510
    monsoon, xxi, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 97–9, 137, 180, 234, 260, 263, 269, 461, 504, 508, 509–10, 519
    Montana, 65
    Monte Albán, 397–8, 429, 484
    Monte Verde, 16, 68n, 181
    monumental architecture, 255–6, 265–8, 390 see also pyramids
    moon, 132, 155, 163
    ‘moon/lake tryst’ myths, 44
    Moors, 453
    moose, 60, 66, 75
    morality, 326, 332, 334
    Moravia, 77
    Morelos, 230, 304
    Morgan, Lewis H., 538–9
    Morning Glory, 198, 199 , 199, 219, 400, 425, 428
    Morpheus, 175
    Morris, Colin, 458
    mortars, 317, 321
    mortgages, 449
    Mortimer, W. Golden, 213
    Moseley, Michael, 255, 256, 257, 258, 265, 268, 269, 318, 386, 389
    Moses, 341, 368, 445
    Mosna River, 319
    Mother Goddess, 120, 198–9, 199 , 205, 206, 284, 285, 297 see also Great Goddess
    mounds, 408–9, 410, 411
    Moundville, 411
    Mount Tlaloc, 478
    Mozi (Master Mo), 338
    mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA), 3–4, 8, 65
    mucus, nasal, 316
    Muhammad, 445
    Muisca, 316
    mules, 142
    mummification/mummies, 250–4, 268, 492, 493, 495, 515
    Mundaic tribes, 34, 38
    mushrooms s ee ‘magic mushrooms’
    music, 373
    Muslims, 161, 447, 453, 499, 500 see also Islam
    Mycenae/Mycenaeans, 174, 282, 283
    Myers, T.P., 189
    myths, 21–2, 23–4, 25, 26–7, 32, 35–6, 37–47, 102, 114, 121, 134–5, 156, 160–1, 205–6, 227–8, 262, 285, 375, 404, 426, 438, 440, 480
     
    Na-Dene language, 9, 11, 18, 19, 38
    Na-Dene speakers, 9, 12, 21, 37, 38, 39
    nahualism, 414
    Nahuatl/Nahua, 220, 425, 468, 527
    Nammu, 284
    Namu, 241
    Nanaboush, 161
    Nanna, 85
    Napier, W.M., 155
    Naranjo, Claudio, 210, 506
    narcotics see drugs/narcotics/hallucinogens
    NASA, 36
    Natal Province, 100
    Natchez, 408
    natema¨ , 208–9, 211, 212
    National Geographic, 8
    Native American Church, 201
    Natufian culture, 130, 131, 132, 164, 249
    natural/environmental factors, xxx, 79–245, 502–3, 504–5, 519
    ‘natural slaves’, 529–30
    Nature , 74–5
    nature, concept of, 369–70, 376, 377, 458, 510
    Navajo, 54
    naval warfare, 362
    Naxos, 362
    Nazca culture, 201, 231, 381–4
    Nazca lines, 382–3
    Nazca Plate, 97
    Neanderthals, 68, 69
    Near East, 130, 142, 172, 272, 282, 291, 341, 348, 349, 350, 351, 361, 379, 381, 460 see also names of places
    Nebraska, 156, 157
    Nebuchadnezzar, King, 344
    Nectandra ( espingo ), 387
    Needham, Joseph, 446, 447
    Negroid peoples, 143, 303
    Nenana culture, 71
    Neo-Assyrian period, 174
    Neolithic period, 28–9, 32, 133, 137, 149, 150, 165, 166, 167, 175, 194, 289, 507–8
    Nepena Valley, 386
    Nephthys, 284
    Neptunea , 61
    Netherlands, 157, 501
    Netiv Hagdud, 126
    Nettle, Daniel, 17
    Newark, Ohio, 409
    New Britain, 44
    Newgrange, 154
    New Guinea, 13–14, 20, 33, 39, 41, 44, 93, 100, 124, 518
    New Mexico, 70, 73, 189, 404, 406
    New