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.

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...”.

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.

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.

Mithradatic Wars. 88~63BC. Mithradates defeated. Romans annex Pontus.

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.

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.

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

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

Modigliani, Amadeo. 1884-1920. Italian/French artist. Elongated necks and simplified figures. Head 1911-12. Recining Nude 1919.

Mogadishu Raid. 1977. German commandos rescue hijack hostages.

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

Mohammed. Persian equivalent of Muhammad.

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

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

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