Mehmed I. -1421. Ottoman sultan. Restored by Tamerlane; re-united Ottoman territory.

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

Mehmed VI. 1861-1926. Last Ottoman Sultan 1918-22. Deposed by Ataturk.

Meiji. 1852-1912. Japanese Empire. 1867-. Modernization. New constitution. Abolished feudalism. Made Japan a world power. Ended isolationism. Tokugawa.

Mein Kampf. 1925-27. Hitler’s manifesto. “Bible” of Nazism.

Meir, Golda. 1898-1978. Israeli Labour Prime Minister 1969-74.

Meisenbach. Half tone engraving 1881.

Meissner. Tube transmitter 1913.

Meitner, Lise. 1878-1968. Austrian. First uranium fission 1938.

Melanchthon, Philip. 1497-1560. German Lutheran theologian educationist. Dogmatic Protestant 1521, introduced term. Augsburg Confession 1530. Ethics 1538.

Melba, Nellie. 1861-1931. Australian operatic soprano.

Melchites. 451-. Middle Eastern Roman Catholic sect with rites in Arabic, affirming Christ’s dual human/divine nature.

Meleager. Greek hero. Killed Artemis’ boar.

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

Melilla. Spanish city on Moroccan coast conquered 1497. Berbers.

Mellon, Andrew. 1855-1937. US financier. Donated art, money to found National Gallery.

Melville, Herman. 1819-91. US novelist. Moby Dick 1851.

Melville, Lord. 1742-1811. British minister under Pitt. Impeached, 1805; acquitted.

Memel. (Klaipeda). 1253 founded. 1410 German. 1919 Lithuania. 1939 Germany. 1945 USSR. 1991 Lithuania.

Memling, Hans. c1433-94. Flemish painter. Passion Triptych 1491.

Memnon. Ethiopian king killed at Troy by Achilles.

Memphis. 2686-2160BC. Capital of Egyptian Old Kingdom.

Menander. 342-292BC. Greek comic dramatist. Dyscolus 316BC.

Mencius. c371-289BC. Chinese. “2nd” Confucian sage. Man is innately good.

Mencken, H.L. 1880-1956. US iconoclast critic. American Language. Prejudices 1919-27.

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