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Mozambique. 1489 DaGama discovers. 1498 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent People’s Republic.
Mozarabs. 8-11C. Christians who adopted Moslem language and culture in Spain but remained Catholic.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-91. Viennese Classical composer. European tour at age 6. Seemingly effortless compositions of symmetry and melody with emotional feeling. Marriage of Figaro 1786. Don Juan 1787. Magic Flute 1791.
Muawiya. c602-680. Muhammad’s disciple, founded Umayyad dynasty.
Muckrakers. 1906-12. US reporters expose corruption. Sinclair. Collier. McClure.
Mufti. Moslem lawyers. Advise court in Islamic law.
Mugwumps. 1884. US Republican reform faction. In England, politically neutral voters.
Muhammad. c570-632. Arabian founder of Islam, 622. Koran author by divine revelation, 610. United Arabs. Badr. Hijrah. Caliphate Empire.
Muhammad ’Ali Pasha. 1769-1849. Egyptian Viceroy 1805-48. Killed Mameluks. Aided Ottomans vs Greeks. Dynasty ruled Egypt to 1952.
Muhammadan Era. Began 622 AD, AH 0 of Islamic Calendar. Dates from Hijrah. Christian Era.
Muhlenberg. German/US family. Founded US Lutheranism 18-19C.
Mujahideen. 1978. Afghan guerilla militia. Supported by US vs Soviet occupation.
Mukden Incident. 1931. Japan takes over Manchuria on pretext of attempted railway sabotage.
Müller, Hermann. 1876-1931. German Weimar leader. Young Plan.
Müller, Paul. 1899-1965. Swiss chemist. DDT as insecticide 1939.
Mumford, Lewis. 1895-1990. US social critic. Must restore human moral values. The City in History 1961.
Munch, Edvard. 1863-1944. Norwegian painter. Expressive, symbolic, psychological. The Cry 1893.
Munda, Battle. 45BC. Caesar defeats Pompey in Spain to establish rule.
Munich Agreement. 1938. Recognition of Italian and German conquests by Chamberlain and Daladier. Dismembered Czechoslovakia. Appeasement Policy. Sudetenland.
Munich Olympics. 1972. 11 Israelis killed by PLO terrorists.
Munich Putsch. Beer Hall Putsch.
Muñoz Marin, Luis. 1898-1980. First elected governor of Puerto Rico 1948-63.
Münster, Sebastian. 1489-1552. German scholar. Hebrew Bible 1534-5. Geographica 1540. Cosmographia 1544.
Müntzer, Thomas. 1488-1525. Anabaptist founder 1520. Supremacy of inner light vs scripture. Peasant Revolt 1524. Executed.