Minerva. Roman goddess of wisdom and arts = Athena.

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

Minimalism. 1960s. US movement of simplified non-expressive art. Kelly. Stella.

Minnehaha. Legendary wife of Hiawatha.

Minoans. 3000-1100BC. Cretan civilization. Maritime power. Minos.

Minorca. Balearic Islands.

Minorites. Franciscans.

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.

Mishima Yukio. 1925-70. Japanese writer vs traditional Samurai values. Sea of Fertility 1970.

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.

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