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.

Medea. Greek sorceress who helped Jason get fleece.

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.

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.

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.

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