Limon von Sanders, Otto. 1855-1929. German general. Led Turks at Galipoli.

Lippi, Fra Filippo. 1406-69. Florentine Renaissance painter. Madonna and Child 1437. Coronation of the Virgins.

Livius Andronicus. c284-204BC. Roman epic poet. Translated Greek plays, Odyssey.

Louis VII. The Young. 1120-80. French King 1137-. Second Crusade. Marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine annulled, consanguinity.

Louisiana. 1643 French LaSalle claims. 1719 Mississippi Company. 1762 England cedes to Spain. 1801 France (San Ildefonso Treaty). 1803 US purchase. 1812 18th State.

Lysander. -395BC. Spartan admiral. Captured Athens 404BC. Ended Peloponnesian War.

Maeterlinck, Maurice. 1862-1949. Belgian Symbolist poet/playwright. Pelléas et Mélisande 1892.

Mahabharata. 400BC-200 AD. Sanskrit historical and Hindu religious epic. Ramayana.

Manorial System. (Seignorial). 11-15C. Lord grants peasant rights to till land for fixed payment.

Mantegna, Andrea. 1431-1506. Mantuan. First Renaissance painter. Frescoes.

Manzoni, Alessandro. 1785-1873. Italian Romatic writer. The Betrothed 1825-7.

Masaccio, Tomaso. 1401-28. Florentine fresco painter. Introduced Humanism-man vs God central theme, proportion, perspective. Baptism of Peasants 1427.

Mata Hari. 1876-1917. Dutch dancer, courtesan. German spy WWI. Executed by French.

Maupassant, Guy de. 1850-93. French short story writer: Boule de Suif 1880.

Mauritania. Bafours. ~1C BC Sanhadja, Zenet, Teda. Ancient Ghana. 7/8C Moslem. 11C Almoravid. 13-17C Moqil invade. 15C = Shinqit. 19C «French West Africa. 1958 Autonomous. 1960 Independent.

Medici. Merchant family. Ruled Florence 1434~1737. Patron of Italian Renaissance arts. Catherine. Marie. Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Leo XI.

Menshikov, Aleksandr. c1672-1729. Ruled Russia for Catherine I.

Millet, Jean-François. 1814-75. French painter of peasants. Sower 1850. Gleaners 1857.

Moissan, Henri. 1852-1907. French. Isolated flourine 1886. Electric furnace 1897.

Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.

Moses, Anna. “Grandma”. 1860-1961. US folk artist. Began painting in her 70s.

Müntzer, Thomas. 1488-1525. Anabaptist founder 1520. Supremacy of inner light vs scripture. Peasant Revolt 1524. Executed.

Musset, Alfred. 1810-57. French poet. Sand lover. Confession.

Narodniki. 19C Russian Socialist movement advocating land for peasants. Assassinated Alexander II. Populism.

Neapolitan. 17-18 C School of Music. Elegant, stylized opera, often weak in drama. Scarlatti.

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