Masora. 6-10C. Hebrew reconstruction of Old Testament.

Matteotti Crisis. 1924. Italian Fascists kill Socialist, Matteotti for denouncing them. Aventine Secession.

Maurras, Charles. 1868-1952. French political theorist. Founded Action Française 1899.

Mavrokordátos, Aléxandros. 1791-1835. Greek revolutionary leader vs Turkey. Prime Minister 1833,44,54-55.

Maximilian I. 1756-1825. Bavarian king 1806-. Allied with Napoleon. Consolidated Bavaria. Opposed German unification.

Maxwell, James Clerk. 1831-79. Scottish physicist: theory of electromagnetic radiation, 1873.

May Demonstrations. 1968 Paris student uprising for more money to education, less to defence. General Strike brought 33% increase in minimum wage.

May Fourth Movement. 1915-21. Chinese intellectuals for modernization, westernization, freedom for women.

Maya. 3-17C Yucatan civilization.

Mayakovsky, Vladimir. 1893-1930. Russian Revolution poet. Backbone Flute 1915. Cloud in Trousers 1915.

Mayo, Charles. 1865-1939, William 1861-1939. Founded clinic, medical research foundation, 1915.

Mboya, Tom. 1930-69. Kenyan Nationalist leader. Assassinated.

McCormick, Cyrus. 1809-84. US inventor of reaper 1834. Founded International Harvester.

McNaughton, Andrew. 1887-1966. Canadian WWII commander in England. Invented direction finder.

Meiji. 1852-1912. Japanese Empire. 1867-. Modernization. New constitution. Abolished feudalism. Made Japan a world power. Ended isolationism. Tokugawa.

Meitner, Lise. 1878-1968. Austrian. First uranium fission 1938.

Melanchthon, Philip. 1497-1560. German Lutheran theologian educationist. Dogmatic Protestant 1521, introduced term. Augsburg Confession 1530. Ethics 1538.

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

Mellon, Andrew. 1855-1937. US financier. Donated art, money to found National Gallery.

Memling, Hans. c1433-94. Flemish painter. Passion Triptych 1491.

Mendeleyev, Dmitri. 1834-1907. Russian chemist: periodic classification of the elements 1869.

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

Mensheviks. 1903-22. Pacifist minority Social Democratic Workers Party members under Martov split from Bolsheviks. Sought gradual vs revolutionary socialism. Suppressed after October Revolution.

Mercantilism. 16-18C. Economic policy opposed to Adam Smith’s. Regulation of industry and trade. Large armies. Wealth of nation is its gold.

Mercator, Gerardus. 1512-94. Flemish cartographer. Projection of globe onto flat surface 1569. Atlas 1595.

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