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Mindon Min. 1814-78. Burmese king 1853-. Founded Mandalay. Golden age. Ceded lower Burma to British.
Mindszenty, József. 1892-1975. Hungarian cardinal. Anti-Nazi, anti-communist. Jailed by both. Spent 1956-71 in US consulate.
Ming. 1368-1644. Chinese dynasty. Expanded empire. Arts flourished.
Minoans. 3000-1100BC. Cretan civilization. Maritime power. Minos.
Minos. Legendary King of Crete. Kept Minotaur, controlled Aegean islands.
Minotaur. Half-man, half-bull killed by Theseus in the Labyrinth on Crete. Fed tribute of children.
Minstrel. 4-17C Medieval entertainer, often itinerant.
Minuit, Peter. 1580-1638. Dutch purchaser of Manhattan for $24, 1626.
Minutemen. American Revolution soldiers pledged to take the field on a minute’s notice.
Mir. 17C-1906. Russian system of communal landholding and taxation. Serfdom abolished 1861.
Mirabeau, Comte de. 1749-91. French revolutionary writer. Physiocrat. Dominated National Assembly 1789-.
Miramon, Miguel. 1832-67. Mexican general. Grand Marshal to Maximilian.
Miranda, Francisco de. 1750-1816. Venezuelan rebel. Dictator 1811-12.
Miranda Decision. 1966. US Supreme Court protects rights vs self-incrimination. Required police warning, “You have the right to remain silent...”.
Miriam. Biblical sister of Moses, Aaron.
Miró, Joan. 1893-1974. Spanish surrealist painter. Pure colors, abstract shapes. Bird, star themes. Dog Barking at the Moon.
Mishna. 3C. Collection of Jewish oral laws in the Talmud.
Mississippi Scheme. 1717-20. Law’s attempt to develop Louisiana. Speculation led to financial disaster.
Missouri Comromise. 1820-54. Simultaneous admission to US of Maine, Missouri, maintaining balance of free, slave states.
Mistral, Frédéric. 1830-1914. French Provençale revival poet. Mirèi 1859. Félibrige 1878.
Mitchell, Margaret. 1900-49. US novelist. Gone with the Wind 1936.
Mitchell, Reginald. 1895-1937. English designer of Spitfire aircraft.
Mithradatic Wars. 88~63BC. Mithradates defeated. Romans annex Pontus.