London Gazette. 1665. Oldest publishing newspaper. Official government organ.

London Naval Conference. 1930. US, Britain, France, Japan, Italy, USA agree to limit battleships to 1936.

Louis XIV. Sun King. 1638-1715. French King 1643-. Mazarin regent to 1661. Absolute reign signalled a flourishing of the arts. Built Versailles. Revoked Edict of Nantes. -“L’état c’est moi.”

Louis XV Style. 1715-74. Superior craftsmanship. Rococo decoration. Boucher.

Lusitania. 1915. British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat. Led to US joining WWI. 1198 lost.

Maastricht, Treaty. 1993. Established European Union. Common citizenship, currency and free trade.

Mahdi. Shi’ite messiah who will appear at end of the world. Several claimants have appeared.

Maine. 1898. US battleship destroyed at Havana. Excuse for Spanish American War.

Mandaeanism. Persian Gnostic sect revering John the Baptist. Fertility worship.

Mandate, League of Nations. Territory controlled by outside power. E.g. ex-German colonies, non-Turkish ex-Ottoman lands. 1946- UN Trusteeship.

March on Washington. 1963. 200,000 in civil rights march led by King-“I have a dream”.

Marryat, Frederick. 1792-1848. English adventure writer of energetic seafaring stories. Midshipman Easy 1836.

Matsushita, Konosuke. 1894-1989. Japanese industrialist; began 5-day workweek, guaranteed lifetime employment.

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.

Mayaguez Incident. 1975. Cambodia seizes US ship. 38 killed in rescue.

Mayflower. 1620. Pilgrims’ ship to Massachussets.

Menderes, Adnan. 1899-1961. Turkish Prime Minister 1950-60. Executed for dictatorship.

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

Merrimack. 1862. Fought Monitor in first battle of iron-clad ships. American Civil War.

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.

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

Mishima Yukio. 1925-70. Japanese writer vs traditional Samurai values. Sea of Fertility 1970.

Mithraism. 5C BC-4C. Persian worship of Mithra, sun god of wisdom. Influenced Christianity. Adopted by Romans in Britain. Bull sacrifice.

Mortmain. Land ownership by a corporation unable to die or provide services.

Murasaki Shikibu. c978-1014. Japanese court lady, writer. Tales of the Genji 1001-5.

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