The Great Divide
maize/corn
zebras, 142
zebu cattle, 291
Zeno, 347
Zeus, 99, 346, 347
Zhou dynasty, 334, 335, 336
Zhuangzi, 339
ziggurats, 266
Ziusudra, 160
zone of turbulence, 294–6, 459–63
Zoroaster, 327
Zoroastrianism, 176–7
Zunĩ, 203, 207
Zurich, 280
S OURCES FOR F IGURES
Anne Baring and Jules Cashford, The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image , Viking Arkana, 1991, p. 33.
Juliet Clutton-Brock (editor), The Walking Larder: Patterns of Domestication, Pastoralism, and Predation , Unwin Hyman, 1989, p.285.
Anne Baring and Jules Cashford, The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image , Viking Arkana, 1991, p. 34.
Benny J. Peiser et al. (editors), ‘Natural Catastrophes during Bronze Age Civilizations: Archaeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives’, British Archaeological Reports, International Series , 1998, p. 51.
Benny J. Peiser et al . (editors), Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilizations: Archaeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives , British Archaeological Reports, 728, 1998, p. 61.
Benny J. Peiser et al . (editors), Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilizations: Archaeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives , British Archaeological Reports, 728, 1998, p. 61.
Andrew Sherratt, ‘Alcohol and Its Alternatives’, in Jordan Goodman et al . (editors), Consuming Habits: Drugs in History and Anthropology , Routledge, 1995, p. 414.
Mark David Merlin, On the Trail of the Ancient Opium Poppy , Associated Universities Press, 1984, p. 233.
Peter T. Furst, Hallucinogens and Culture , Chandler & Sharp, 1976, p. 71.
Nicholas J. Saunders, The People of the Jaguar, The Living Spirit of Ancient America , Souvenir Press, 1989, p. 74.
Nicholas J. Saunders, The People of the Jaguar, The Living Spirit of Ancient America , Souvenir Press, 1989, p. 72.
Richard L. Burger, Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization , 1995, p. 157.
Brian Fagan, Kingdoms of Gold, Kingdoms of Jade , 1991, p. 119; and/or Linda Schele and David Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya , 1990, p. 267.
Heather Orr and Rex Koontz (editors), Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America , The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California at Los Angeles, 2009, p. 108.
Heather Orr and Rex Koontz (editors), Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America , The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California at Los Angeles, 2009, p. 129.
Heather Orr and Rex Koontz (editors), Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America , The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California at Los Angeles, 2009, p. 271.
Heather Orr and Rex Koontz (editors), Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America , The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California at Los Angeles, 2009, p. 199.
Heather Orr and Rex Koontz (editors), Blood and Beauty: Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America ,The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California at Los Angeles, 2009, p. 274.
Enrique Florescano, The Myth of Quetzalcoatl , 1999, pp. 166, 169 and 170 respectively.
ALSO BY PETER WATSON
The German Genius: Europe’s Third Renaissance,
the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities
From Italy’s Tomb Raiders to the World’s Greatest Museums
Sotheby’s: The Inside Story
The Death of Hitler
From Manet to Manhattan: The Rise of the Modern Art Market
Wisdom and Strength: The Biography of a Renaissance Masterpiece
The Caravaggio Conspiracy
Credits
Cover illustration © Tom Grill/Getty Images
Cover design by Chris Sergio
Maps copyright © 2012 Technical Art Services
Copyright
THE GREAT DIVIDE . Copyright © 2011 by Peter Watson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled,
Weitere Kostenlose Bücher