Ming. 1368-1644. Chinese dynasty. Expanded empire. Arts flourished.

Minnehaha. Legendary wife of Hiawatha.

Minos. Legendary King of Crete. Kept Minotaur, controlled Aegean islands.

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.

Miramon, Miguel. 1832-67. Mexican general. Grand Marshal to Maximilian.

Miranda Decision. 1966. US Supreme Court protects rights vs self-incrimination. Required police warning, “You have the right to remain silent...”.

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.

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.

Mithraism. 5C BC-4C. Persian worship of Mithra, sun god of wisdom. Influenced Christianity. Adopted by Romans in Britain. Bull sacrifice.

Mitlosh. 1780-1860. Serbian prince. Led revolt against Turkey 1827.

Mitre, Bartolomé. 1821-1906. Argentine general, president 1862-68. Overthrew Rosas. Reunited Argentina.

M’Naghten Rule. 1843. US legal test of capacity to determine right from wrong.

Mnemosyne. Greek goddess of memory. Muses’ mother by Zeus.

Mnesicles. 5C BC. Greek architect of Propylae on Acropolis.

Modernism. 19C Movement to reinterpret Roman Catholicism based on science, psychology. Declared heretical, 1907. Loisy. Tyrrell.

Modigliani, Amadeo. 1884-1920. Italian/French artist. Elongated necks and simplified figures. Head 1911-12. Recining Nude 1919.

Mogadishu Raid. 1977. German commandos rescue hijack hostages.

Mogul. (Mughal). 1526-1857. Moslem dynasty in India.

Mohács, Battle. 1526. Suleiman I defeats Louis II. Turkey dominates Hungary to 17C.

Moholy-Nagy, László. 1895-1946. Hungarian Bauhaus painter, designer, photographer.

Moissan, Henri. 1852-1907. French. Isolated flourine 1886. Electric furnace 1897.

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