- Melos
- 168, 174, 197.
- Melqart
- 108.
- Melupré
- 1407.
- Melville, Herman, writer
- 1563, 1582.
- Melville Island
- 1488.
- Memel
- 460, 460, 482, 550, 1784, 1794, 1827, 1837, 1992, 2089, 2089, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2124; Statute, 2089, 2091.
- Memling, Hans, Dutch artist
- 596.
- Memnon of Rhodes, Persian commander
- 206, 206.
- Memphis, Egypt
- 87, 89, 90, 91, 91, 92, 93, 93, 93, 95, 95, 95, 99, 110, 192, 192, 1594, 3415.
- Memphis, Tennessee
- 3390.
- Menaenum
- 191.
- Menahem, king of Israel
- 105.
- Menam River
- 1407.
- Menam Valley
- 330, 342.
- Menander, Greek playwright
- 186, 208.
- Menander, king of Bactria
- 217.
- Menander, warrior-philosopher
- 129, 129.
- Menchú, Rigoberta, writer
- 3655.
- Mencius, Chinese philosopher
- 142, 143, 144, 145, 854.
- Mendana de Neyra, Alvaro de, Spanish explorer
- 865, 865, 865.
- Mende
- 182.
- Mendel, Gregor, geneticist
- 1152, 1153, 1153, 3263.
- Mendeleev, Dmitri I., chemist
- 1152, 1260.
- Menderes, Adnan, Turkish leader
- 3788, 3790, 3792.
- Mendes
- 95.
- Mendes, Doña Gracia, aunt of Don Joseph Naxi
- 797.
- Mendès-France, Pierre, French leader
- 2714, 2847, 2847, 2848, 2992, 4256.
- Méndez, Aparicio, Uruguayan leader
- 3531.
- Méndez, Miguel Abadia, Colombian leader
- 2267.
- Méndez Montenegro, Julio César, Guatemalan leader
- 3652.
- Mendieta, Carlos, Cuban leader
- 2302, 2304, 2304, 2305.
- Mendoza, Chile
- 899, 1644, 1648.
- Mendoza, Antonio de, Spanish colonial administrator
- 899, 903, 903, 903.
- Mendoza, Pedro de, Spanish explorer
- 900, 900, 900, 900.
- Menelik I, emperor of Ethiopia
- 1220, 1222.
- Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia
- 1506, 1523, 1523, 1523, 1523, 1523, 1523, 2561.
- Menem, Carlos Saúl, Argentine leader
- 3499, 3499, 3499, 3500, 3500, 3502, 3502, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3505.
- Menéndez, Andrés I., El Salvadorian leader
- 2281, 2282.
- Menéndez, Francisco, Latin American leader
- 1682.
- Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, Spanish colonial administrator
- 905, 905.
- Menes, king of Egypt
- 43, 66, 91.
- Mengli Girai, khan of the Crimea
- 558.
- Mengzi, The Mencius
- 142.
- Menkaure, king of Egypt
- 91.
- Menocal, Mario García, Cuban leader
- 1693, 2303.
- Menon, V. K. Krishna, Indian leader
- 3964.
- Menou, Jacques François de, French soldier
- 1010.
- Mensheviks, Russian moderates
- 1262, 2064.
- Menshikov, Russian family
- 786.
- Mentana, battle of
- 1217.
- Menteshe Bey, Turkoman leader
- 305, 310, 312.
- Mentuhotep II, king of Egypt
- 92.
- Mentuhotep III, king of Egypt
- 92.
- Mentuhotep IV, king of Egypt
- 92.
- Menua, king of Urartu
- 118.
- Menzies, Robert G.
- 2549, 4295, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4303.
- Meos
- 4098, 4099.
- Mera, Martínez, Ecuadorian leader
- 2264.
- mercantilism
- 645, 711, 757, 761, 763, 939, 1053; France, 707; Switzerland, 748.
- Mercator, Isidorus
- 466.
- mercenaries
- 1226, 1417.
- Mercenary War
- 230.
- merchandising
- 1589, 1589, 1597, 1599, 1602.
- Merchant Marine Acts
- 2191, 3421.
- Mercia
- 421, 422, 422.
- Mercier, Honoré, Canadian leader
- 1635.
- Mercury
- 3408.
- Mercy, Franz von, Austrian general
- 622.
- Merenre I, king of Egypt
- 91.
- Merenre II, king of Egypt
- 91.
- Merezhkovsky, Dmitri, writer
- 1258.
- Mergenthaler, Ottmar, inventor of Linotype press
- 985.
- Mergentheim, battle of
- 622.
- Mergui
- 1402.
- Meri, Lennart, Estonian leader
- 3321, 3321, 3323.
- Merici of Brescia, Angela, founder of the Ursulines
- 609.
- Merida
- 419, 823, 2293.
- Merina, Madagascar
- 366, 893, 4492.
- Merina people
- 1561, 1562, 1562.
- Merkel, Angela, German leader
- 3027.
- Mermnadae, Lydian dynasty
- 114.
- Merneith, queen of Egypt
- 91.
- Merneptah, king of Egypt
- 93.
- Merneptah Stele
- 93, 104.
- Merodach-Baladan II, king of Babylon and the Chaldeans
- 87, 87, 87, 122.
- Meroë, Nubia
- 43, 43, 45, 74, 74, 96, 97, 99, 99, 99, 124, 346.
- Merovingians
- 405, 407, 407, 407, 407, 407, 407, 407.
- Merowech, Merovingian leader
- 407.
- Merrimac, Confederate ironclad
- 1587, 1587.
- Merrimac River
- 1572.
- Mersa Matruh
- 2611.
- Merseburg
- 416.
- Mers-el-Kebir, battle of
- 2586, 2605.
- Mersen, treaty of
- 415, 595.
- Mersin
- 1750.
- Merton College, Oxford
- 446, 513.
- Merv
- 271, 272, 275, 289, 812, 1261.
- Mesa Verde
- 40.
- Mesembria
- 440, 440.
- Mesene
- 272.
- Meshal, Khaled, Palestinian leader
- 3867.
- Meshan, Kuwait
- 271.
- Meshech
- See Mushki.
- Meshkov, Yuri A., Crimean leader
- 3383.
- Mesic, Stipe, Croatian leader
- 3192.
- Mesic, Stjepan, Balkan leader
- 3176, 3177.
- Mesilim of Lagash
- 84.
- Meskalamdug, Sumerian king
- 84.
- Mesoamerica
- 53, 54, 54, 54, 55, 63, 65, 65, 65, 276, 280, 281.
- Mesolithic period
- 14, 31.
- Mesopotamia
- 1, 4, 4, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 42, 43, 62, 62, 66, 67, 67, 70, 81, 82, 83, 83, 83, 83, 84, 84, 84, 84, 85, 85, 85, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 87, 87, 88, 88, 91, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 112, 113, 116, 121, 122, 122, 122, 124, 125, 206, 213, 214, 216, 245, 253, 255, 255, 256, 261, 264, 271, 271, 272, 272, 272, 272, 272, 273, 273, 274, 274, 275, 275, 287, 318, 334, 428, 429, 438, 2432, 2432, 2462; WWI, 1780, 1788.
- Mesozoic Era
- 1042.
- Hajj, Messali al-, Algerian leader
- 2423, 2424, 3925.
- Messalina, wife of Claudius
- 248.
- Messana
- 191, 196, 220, 220, 230.
- Messapii
- 184.
- Messene
- 168, 202, 210, 211.
- Messenia
- 174, 178, 179, 191, 202, 202, 211.
- Messenian Wars
- 178, 179, 191.
- Messiah
- 250; by Handel, 687.
- messianism
- 803.
- Messina
- 498, 1224, 2617.
- Messmer, Pierre, French leader
- 2863, 4081.
- Messmer Plan
- 2865.
- Messner, Zbigniew, Polish leader
- 3107, 3108, 3109.
- Mesta
- 1139.
- mestilços
- 918.
- mestizos
- 908, 908, 908, 909, 911, 911, 912, 913, 1653, 1670; Philippines, 1480, 1480, 1481.
- Meta, Ilir, Albanian leader
- 3206.
- Metacom, chief of the Wampanoags
- 933.
- metallurgy
- 14, 46, 46, 46, 58, 59, 62, 83, 637, 643, 984, 984, 1041.
- metaphysics
- 1146.
- Metaxas, Johannes (John), Greek Fascist leader
- 1704, 2155, 2155, 2156.
- Metaxas, Nicodemus, Greek printer in Istanbul
- 801.
- Metcalfe, Charles
- 1395.
- Metellus, Quintus Caecilius, Roman consul and general
- 234, 234, 235, 235.
- Metellus Scipio, Roman consul
- 241.
- Methodism
- 646, 687, 687, 688, 692.
- Methodists
- 1514, 1545; in U.S., 1563, 1565.
- Methodius, St., missionary to Slavs
- 409, 434, 440, 483, 483.
- Methone
- 182.
- Methuen-Alegrete agreement, between Britain and Portugal
- 728.
- Métis
- 1630, 1634; rebellion of, 1630.
- metric system
- 1008, 4306.
- Metropolitan Police Act, England
- 1047.
- Metternich, (later prince) Klemens von
- 1021, 1030, 1032, 1045, 1045, 1066, 1071, 1071, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1073, 1073, 1095, 1272, 1272.
- “Metternich System”
- 1071.
- Metz
- 402, 407, 411, 615, 624, 707, 713, 1185, 1185, 1738, 1781.
- Metz, Shirley, polar explorer
- 998.
- Meucci, Antonio, experimenter
- 990.
- Meuse River
- 407, 411, 425, 1789, 1800, 1801, 1888, 2585, 2620.
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