Megalopolis. 370-222BC. Greek city destroyed by Spartan Cleomenes III.

Megarian. 4C BC. School of philosophy founded by Eucleides. Good is a single quality by many names.

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

Mendelssohn-(Bartholdy), Felix. 1809-47. German Classical Romantic melodic composer. Hebrides 1829.

Merton, Provision of. 1236. Oldest Act of English Parliament.

Messerschmidt, Willy. 1898-1978. German plane designer and manufacturer, WWII.

Milan. c400BC Celtic. 222BC Rome. 539 Goths destroy. 12C Independent. 1277 Visconti. 1450 Sforzas. 1535 Spain. 1713 Austria. 1797 Napoleon. 1815 Austria. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.

Miltriades. c540-489BC. Victorious commander at Marathon.

Minerva. Roman goddess of wisdom and arts = Athena.

Mitchell, Reginald. 1895-1937. English designer of Spitfire aircraft.

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

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

Monge, Gaspard. 1746-1818. French creator of descriptive geometry 1780.

Montecassino. 529. Oldest Benedictine Monastery.

More, Thomas. 1477-1535. English humanist, statesman. Utopia 1516, described ideal cooperative democracy. Executed by Henry VIII for opposing Act of Supremacy. Catholic saint.

Mussorgsky, Modest. 1839-81. Russian Nationalist composer. Boris Gudunov 1874. Pictures at an Exhibition 1874.

Nagasaki. Japanese city destroyed by 2nd A-bomb, Aug 9, 1945.

Namibia. Bushman. Nama, Dama. Ovambo, Herero. 1884 German protectorate. 1892 Colony = German South-West Africa. 1915 South Africa...League of Nations mandate. 1948 South Africa despite UN protest. 1990 Independent. SWAPO.

National Assembly. 1789-91. French legislature of Third Estate. 1946-. Lower house of French parliament. Rights of Man. Legislative Assembly.

Native Land Acts. 1862, 65-92. New Zealand abolishes tribal land ownership, destroying traditional Maori society.

Nebuchadnezzar II. c638-562BC. King of Babylon. 586 Destroyed Jerusalem and Temple. Babylonian Captivity. Built Hanging Gardens.

Nemesis. Greek goddess of retribution.

Neuilly, Treaty. 1919. Bulgaria and Allies. Bulgaria cedes land and pays WWI reparations, loses outlet to Mediterranean.

New Hebrides. Melanesians, Polynesians. 1606 de Quiros discovers. 1768 Bougainville rediscovers. 1774 Cook charts. 1887 Joint French/English admin. 1980 -Vanuatu.

Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727. English physicist. Calculus 1666. Reflecting telescope 1668. Binomial Theorem. 1676. Tides 1683. Law of Gravity and Acceleration 1684. Decomposition of light.Principia Mathematica 1687. Speed of sound 1698.Opticks 1704.

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