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Mortimer’s Cross, Battle. 1461. Yorks defeat Lancastrians. Edward IV declares himself king.
Mortmain. Land ownership by a corporation unable to die or provide services.
Mosadeq, Mohammed. 1880-1967. Iran Prime Minister. Nationalized oil 1951. Briefly forced out Shah 1953. Pyjama speeches.
Mosaic Law. Jewish law ascribed to Moses. Torah.
Moscow Declaration. 1943 Allies declare need for International peacekeeping organization...UN. 1956 Officially ends WWII between USSR and Japan.
Moscow School. 14-16C Icon painting. Curving planes, subtle colors.
Moulin Rouge. 1889. Parisian music hall of Belle Epoque immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec.
Mountbatten, Louis, First earl. 1900-79. British admiral and statesman. Allied commander SE Asia. Last Viceroy of India. Killed by IRA terrorists.
Mozarabs. 8-11C. Christians who adopted Moslem language and culture in Spain but remained Catholic.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-91. Viennese Classical composer. European tour at age 6. Seemingly effortless compositions of symmetry and melody with emotional feeling. Marriage of Figaro 1786. Don Juan 1787. Magic Flute 1791.
Muckrakers. 1906-12. US reporters expose corruption. Sinclair. Collier. McClure.
Mufti. Moslem lawyers. Advise court in Islamic law.
Mugwumps. 1884. US Republican reform faction. In England, politically neutral voters.
Muhammad. c570-632. Arabian founder of Islam, 622. Koran author by divine revelation, 610. United Arabs. Badr. Hijrah. Caliphate Empire.
Muhammadan Era. Began 622 AD, AH 0 of Islamic Calendar. Dates from Hijrah. Christian Era.
Mujahideen. 1978. Afghan guerilla militia. Supported by US vs Soviet occupation.
Müller, Hermann. 1876-1931. German Weimar leader. Young Plan.
Müller, Paul. 1899-1965. Swiss chemist. DDT as insecticide 1939.
Munich Agreement. 1938. Recognition of Italian and German conquests by Chamberlain and Daladier. Dismembered Czechoslovakia. Appeasement Policy. Sudetenland.
Münster, Sebastian. 1489-1552. German scholar. Hebrew Bible 1534-5. Geographica 1540. Cosmographia 1544.
Murasaki Shikibu. c978-1014. Japanese court lady, writer. Tales of the Genji 1001-5.
Murillo, Bartolomé. 1617-82. Spanish artist. Immaculate Conception 1652. Vision of St Antony 1656. Founded Seville Academy 1600.
Muslim League. 1906-71. Indian movement. 1940 Demanded Moslem state. Pakistan 1947.