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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.
Muhammad ’Ali Pasha. 1769-1849. Egyptian Viceroy 1805-48. Killed Mameluks. Aided Ottomans vs Greeks. Dynasty ruled Egypt to 1952.
Muhlenberg. German/US family. Founded US Lutheranism 18-19C.
Mukden Incident. 1931. Japan takes over Manchuria on pretext of attempted railway sabotage.
Müller, Hermann. 1876-1931. German Weimar leader. Young Plan.
Mumford, Lewis. 1895-1990. US social critic. Must restore human moral values. The City in History 1961.
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.
Murad I. 1326-89. Ottoman sultan 1360-. Extended empire. Founded Janissaries.
Mursa, Battle. 351. Roman civil wars. Rebel Magnentius defeated by Constantius II. 54,000 dead.
Muslim League. 1906-71. Indian movement. 1940 Demanded Moslem state. Pakistan 1947.
Mussolini, Benito. Il Duce. 1883-1945. Italian Fascist dictator 1922-. Seized Abyssinia 1935. Allied with Germany WWII. Shot.
Mylae, Battle. 260BC. Roman navy defeats Carthaginians in first Punic War.
Mysteries. Secret Roman/Greek religious cults. Orphic.
Nader Shah. 1688-1747. Severe ruler of Persia 1736-. Conquered Turks and northern India. Took Koh-i-noor diamond, Peacock Throne.
Naga. Hindu, Buddhist beings; ½ man, ½ serpent.
Nagyvarad, Peace. 1538. Divided Hungary between Hapsburg and Zápolya. Failure allowed Ottoman occupation of 2/3 of Hungary.
Namibia. Bushman. Nama, Dama. Ovambo, Herero. 1884 German protectorate. 1892 Colony = German South-West Africa. 1915 South Africa...League of Nations mandate. 1948 South Africa despite UN protest. 1990 Independent. SWAPO.
Namur, Sieges. Belgium. 1692 French capture. 1695 Dutch, English take French. 1914 Germans capture.
Nansen, Fridtjof. 1861-1930. Norwegian arctic explorer/statesman. Drifted in ship “Fram” 1895-6. Advocated independence from Sweden.
Naples. 758BC settled. 326BC Rome. 1072 Norman. 1130 +Sicily. 1282 -Sicily. 1443 +Sicily under Aragon= Two Sicilies. 1799-1806 Parthenopean Republic. 1861 Italy.
Nassau. German family which controlled the Rhine from 12C. One branch was House of Orange.
National Assembly. 1789-91. French legislature of Third Estate. 1946-. Lower house of French parliament. Rights of Man. Legislative Assembly.
National Socialism. Nazism. 1919-45. German master-race nationalist Fascist movement. Anti- semitic. Individual surrenders to State will. Hitler. Drexler.