Mexico.c1200-100BC Olmec. c300-900 Maya, Zapotec. c900-1200 Toltec. 14C Aztec. 1519-21 Cortes conquers = New Spain. 1821 Independent. 1822 Empire. 1824 Republic/Dictatorship. 1836 -Texas. 1848 -western US. 1863 French occupy. 1867 Independent republic. 1876-1911 Díaz dictator.

Micah. 8C BC. Old Testament prophet.

Milan. c400BC Celtic. 222BC Rome. 539 Goths destroy. 12C Independent. 1277 Visconti. 1450 Sforzas. 1535 Spain. 1713 Austria. 1797 Napoleon. 1815 Austria. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.

Milo. 6C BC. Greek Olympic wrestler. 6 Olympic, 6 Pythian championships.

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

Moabites. Palestinian Semites. Conquered by Babylon 582BC.

Moldavia (former). 14C Vlachs establish. 1349 Independent. 14C +Bessarabia. 16C Autonomous/Ottoman. 1774 Russian protectorate. 1774 -Bessarabia. 1859 +Walachia =Romania. 1940 Part ceded to MSSR.

Molinos, Miguel. 1628-96. Spanish priest. Quietism. Died in prison during Inquisition.

Mongol Empire. Asia. Established 1207 by Genghis Khan. Peak included Persia, China, Russia. 1260- Fragmented. Yuan. Golden Horde. Tamerlane.

Monophysitism. 4C- Heretical Christian doctrine. Jesus has single divine nature. Coptics. Monothelitism. Nestorianism. Dualism. Chalcedon.

Monroe Doctrine. 1823. No interference by Europe in Western Hemisphere. No US interference in Europe.

Monte di Pietà. 1463. Italian institute to lend money to poor at low interest.

Montecassino. 529. Oldest Benedictine Monastery.

Monticello. 1770. Federalist style Virginian estate of Jefferson.

Montreux Convention. 1936. Abolished 1923 Straits Convention. Straits Question.

Moore, George. 1852-1933. Irish novelist. Confessions of a Young Man 1888. Esther Waters 1894.

Moors. Moslems of northwest Africa. Invaded Spain 711. Dominated to 11C. Surrendered Grenada 1492. Exterminated by Inquisition. Expelled from Spain 1492.

Moravian Church. Unitas Fratrum. 1457-. Protestant Hussite sect. 1467 Split from Utraquists. 18C German Pietist revival.

Morelos, José. 1765-1815. Mexican priest, independence leader 1811-.

Morton, William. 1819-68. US dentist. Advocated ether anaesthesia 1846.

Moscow Olympics. 1980. Boycotted by Western nations opposed to Afghanistan invasion.

Moses. c14C BC. Hebrew leader who led his people from Egypt to Palestine. Received the Ten Commandments from God. Founded Israel.

Moulin, Jean. 1899-1943. French patriot, founder of National Council of Resistance 1943. Tortured to death by Gestapo.

Mumford, Lewis. 1895-1990. US social critic. Must restore human moral values. The City in History 1961.

Munda, Battle. 45BC. Caesar defeats Pompey in Spain to establish rule.

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