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.

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-.

Miranda Decision. 1966. US Supreme Court protects rights vs self-incrimination. Required police warning, “You have the right to remain silent...”.

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

Mithraism. 5C BC-4C. Persian worship of Mithra, sun god of wisdom. Influenced Christianity. Adopted by Romans in Britain. Bull sacrifice.

Mitlosh. 1780-1860. Serbian prince. Led revolt against Turkey 1827.

Mitterand, François. 1916-96. Socialist president of France, 1981-95. Promoted European unity.

M’Naghten Rule. 1843. US legal test of capacity to determine right from wrong.

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

Mnesicles. 5C BC. Greek architect of Propylae on Acropolis.

Mo-tzu. c470-391BC. Chinese philosopher. People should love each other universally. vs Confucianism: parents are more important.

Moabites. Palestinian Semites. Conquered by Babylon 582BC.

Mobutu Sese Seko. 1930-97. President of Zaire 1971- by coup.

Model Parliaments. 1265, 1295. Convened by Montfort, Edward I. Models for British representative parliament.

Modernism. 19C Movement to reinterpret Roman Catholicism based on science, psychology. Declared heretical, 1907. Loisy. Tyrrell.

Modernism. Early 20C literary movement. Lawrence. Eliot. Yeats.

Modernismo. 1888-. Spanish exotic poetry movement in wake of Symbolists. Darío.

Mogul. (Mughal). 1526-1857. Moslem dynasty in India.

Mohács, Battle. 1526. Suleiman I defeats Louis II. Turkey dominates Hungary to 17C.

Mohicans. -17C. North American Indian tribe dispersed by war.

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

Molay, Jacques de. 1243-1314. Last Grand Master of the Order of Templars. Burned.

Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.

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