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Mishna. 3C. Collection of Jewish oral laws in the Talmud.
Missouri Comromise. 1820-54. Simultaneous admission to US of Maine, Missouri, maintaining balance of free, slave states.
Mnemosyne. Greek goddess of memory. Muses’ mother by Zeus.
Mogul. (Mughal). 1526-1857. Moslem dynasty in India.
Mohammed. Persian equivalent of Muhammad.
Moltke, Helmuth von. 1800-91. Chief of Staff of Prussian army 1857-70, German 1870-88.
Momus. Greek personification of ridicule, humiliation.
Mongolia. 13C Empire. 1686 China (Manchu). Outer Mongolia: 1913 Independent. 1921 Communist revolution. 1924 People’s Republic. Inner Mongolia: «China.
Monts, Pierre du Ghast. 1568-1630. French explorer with Champlain. Founded Portugal Royal 1605.
Morley, Thomas. c1557-1603. English madrigal composer. Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Music 1597.
Morse, Samuel. 1791-1872. US inventor of electric telegraph 1835, code 1838.
Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.
Mosadeq, Mohammed. 1880-1967. Iran Prime Minister. Nationalized oil 1951. Briefly forced out Shah 1953. Pyjama speeches.
Moulin Rouge. 1889. Parisian music hall of Belle Epoque immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec.
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.
Mugabe, Robert. 1924-. Rebel leader with Nkomo. First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 1980-.
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 Ahmad. Founded Mahdism 1880.