lta,马耳他43
Manchuria, Manchus,满洲里，满洲196,298,351-52,465
Mani,Manichean,摩尼，摩尼教204-5,221
Manzikert,battle of,曼兹克特战役241
Maoris,毛利人487
Mao Tse-tung,毛泽东460,533
Marathas,马拉地人393,395,396
Marathon,马拉松133
Marconi, Guglielmo,伽利尔摩·马可尼424
Marco Polo,马可·波罗255
Martel, Charles,查理·马特234
Marx, Karl,卡尔·马克思424,434,517,518
Marxism-Leninism.马克思列宁主义.See Communism,见共产主义
Masai,马赛275,472,484
Mathematics, 数学家37,155,185,219,228,302,324,369-70,437
Mauryan empire,孔雀帝国166-68
Mayas,玛雅人279
Mazdak,马兹达204
Mecca,麦加210-13
Medes,米底人56,58,62,117
Medicine,医学144,155,185,219,246,324,349,425,542-43,547.See also disease,也见疾病
Medina,麦地那211-13,216
Megalithic,巨石造成的，使用巨石的43-44,46,116
Meiji, Emperor,明治天皇464
MenelikII,孟尼利克二世482
Menes,美尼斯27,30
mercenaries,雇佣兵147-48
Merchants.商人.See trade,见贸易
Merovingians,墨洛温王朝230-31
Mesopotamia, 美索不达米亚4,13-21,27,30,34,35-40,48,50,52-53,66-67,160,202,203,206,210,224.See also Irag.也见伊拉克
Metallurgy，冶金54,103,105,118.See also bronze,Bronze Age,Iron Age,也见青铜，青铜时代，铁器时代
Methodists,卫理公会派371
Metternich, Prince Clemens von,克莱门斯·冯·梅特涅亲王431
Mexico,墨西哥46,113,278-80,304,381-82,540-41,544
Michelangelo Buonarroti,米开朗基罗·博那罗蒂318
Michelson,Albert,阿尔伯特·米歇尔森437