Maori. Polynesian people of New Zealand. Migrated before 800 AD (1150 by their legend).

Maori Wars. 1843-7. 1863-4. 1869-70. NZ settlers displace native Maori.

March on Rome. 1922. Mussolini’s planned Fascist insurrection. Facta resigned.

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of. 1650-1722. English general vs Louis XIV in War of Spanish Succession. Blenheim. Malplaquet. Ramillies.

Marquette, Jacques. 1637-75. French explorer of Mississippi, 1673. Joliet.

Marshall, George. 1880-1959. US general. Marshall Plan.

Marshall Plan. 1948-52. European Recovery Program. US supplied $12B goods, loans, grants. Rejected by COMECON as ’dollar imperialism’.

Marsilius of Padua. c1282-1343. Italian political philosopher. -“political power comes from the people”.

Mary Magdalene, St. Disciple, exorcised by Jesus. Saw him resurrected.

Massachussets Bay Co. 1620-84. English charter company established Theocracy in Mass. Charter annulled 1684. Plymouth Colony.

Mathura. Indian city sacred to Hindu as birthplace of Krsna.

Matsushita, Konosuke. 1894-1989. Japanese industrialist; began 5-day workweek, guaranteed lifetime employment.

Matthias, St. Replaced Judas as one of 12 Apostles.

Mayflower Compact. 1620. Basis of Plymouth gov’t.

McPherson, Aimee Semple.1890-1944. Controversial Canadian/US Pentacostal evangelist.

Mecca. Holy city of Islam. Muhammad’s birthplace. Captured by Muhammad 630. Ka’bah.

Medieval Music. 476-13C. Church oriented. Evolved from Plainsong to polyphonic.

Medusa. Gorgon. Hair of snakes. Gaze turned people to stone.

Mehmed II. 1432-81. Ottoman sultan 1451~. Captured Constantinople 1453, ending Byzantine Empire. Conquered Anatolia, Greece, Aegean, most of Syria. Re-established Ottoman Empire.

Mendoza, Pedro de. 1487-1537. Spanish explorer. Founded Buenos Aires 1536.

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

Mermaid Tavern. 15C-1666. London meeting place of Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne et al.

Merrick, Joseph. 1862-90. “Elephant Man”. Severely disfigured English cripple, subject of play and film.

Mesopotamia. 5000BC. Tigris-Euphrates river plain where civilization began. 550BC Persia. 331BC Alexander. 115 Rome. 637 Moslem. 13C Mongol. 1534 Ottoman. Babylon. Akkad. Ur. Iraq.

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

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