Mboya, Tom. 1930-69. Kenyan Nationalist leader. Assassinated.

McAdam, John. 1756-1836. Scottish inventor of Macadam gravel road 1810...Tarmac.

McAdoo, William. 1863-1941. Founded US Federal Reserve Board 1913. Raised $18B for war effort.

McCarthy, Joseph. 1909-57. US senator, fanatical anti-Communist demagogue.

McClure, Robert. 1807-73. British naval commander. First Northwest Passage crossing by boat and sledge 1853-4.

McCormick, Cyrus. 1809-84. US inventor of reaper 1834. Founded International Harvester.

McCrae, John. 1872-1918. Canadian physician/poet. In Flanders Fields.

McKinley, William. 1843-1901. US President 1897-. Spanish American War. Gained Hawaii. Assassinated by anarchist.

McLuhan, Marshall. 1911-80. Canadian author on effect of media on society. Gutenberg Galaxy. -“Global Village”.-“Medium is the message”.

McNaughton, Andrew. 1887-1966. Canadian WWII commander in England. Invented direction finder.

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

Mead, Margaret. 1901-78. US anthropologist. Coming of Age in Samoa 1928.

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

Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.

Medieval Art. 10-13C. Religious Gothic.

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

Mediterranean Agreements. 1887-92. Britain, Spain, Italy, Austria-Hungary. To preserve status quo.

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

Medway, Battle. 1667. Dutch destroy British fleet. Breda Treaty.

Megaera. Megaeia. Fury of jealousy.

Megaliths. Neolithic monuments of very large stones. Stonehenge.

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.

Megiddo, Battle. 1918. British defeat Turks in Palestine.

Mehmed. Turkish equivalent of Muhammad.

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