McLuhan, Marshall. 1911-80. Canadian author on effect of media on society. Gutenberg Galaxy. -“Global Village”.-“Medium is the message”.

Mecca. Holy city of Islam. Muhammad’s birthplace. Captured by Muhammad 630. Ka’bah.

Medway, Battle. 1667. Dutch destroy British fleet. Breda Treaty.

Megiddo, Battle. 1918. British defeat Turks in Palestine.

Meisenbach. Half tone engraving 1881.

Melba, Nellie. 1861-1931. Australian operatic soprano.

Melfi, Constitution of. 1231. Administrative law code of Sicily. Basis of later law codes.

Mendelssohn-(Bartholdy), Felix. 1809-47. German Classical Romantic melodic composer. Hebrides 1829.

Menelaus. King of Sparta. Husband of Helen of Troy.

Mennonites. 1536. Christian pacifist congregationalist sect based on Anabaptists but teaching conservatism.

Merrimack. 1862. Fought Monitor in first battle of iron-clad ships. American Civil War.

Mersen, Treaty. 870. Divided Lotharingia. Charles II and Louis the German establish French/German frontier.

Mesopotamia. 5000BC. Tigris-Euphrates river plain where civilization began. 550BC Persia. 331BC Alexander. 115 Rome. 637 Moslem. 13C Mongol. 1534 Ottoman. Babylon. Akkad. Ur. Iraq.

Mesopotamia, Battle. 1914-16. WWI. British advance from Basra to Babylon.

Metaurus, Battle. 207BC. Rome defeats Carthaginian invasion in 2nd Punic War.

Michael. Christian/Jewish/Moslem archangel. Leads battle vs evil spirits.

Midway, Battle. 1942. US navy defeats Japan. WWII turning point.

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig. 1886-1969. German/US Bauhaus architect. Glass and steel. Glass Skyscraper 1921. -“less is more”.

Mile. 1593. English statute mile based on Roman Mille Passus, 1000 paces.

Miller, Henry. 1891-1980. US autobiographical novelist. Tropic of Cancer 1934. Tropic of Capricorn 1939. Works banned in US for sexual content until 1964.

Miltriades. c540-489BC. Victorious commander at Marathon.

Minden, Battle. 1759. Prussia and Britain defeat French. Seven Years War.

Minorca. Balearic Islands.

Miró, Joan. 1893-1974. Spanish surrealist painter. Pure colors, abstract shapes. Bird, star themes. Dog Barking at the Moon.

Missouri Comromise. 1820-54. Simultaneous admission to US of Maine, Missouri, maintaining balance of free, slave states.

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