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by Will Durant

in Assyria, 275

  in Judea, 335-337

  in Persia, 374-375

  in India, 401, 489-490, 491-492

  in China, 790-792, 819

  in Japan, 924

  Marseilles, 293

  Marshall, Sir John, 394-395, 396, 442*, 508, 596

  Marston, Sir Charles, 173*

  Marston Expedition of the University of Liverpool, 302*

  Maruyami Okyo , Japanese painter (1733-1795), 906

  Marwar (mär-wär’), 454

  Mary, mother of Jesus, 247, 511

  Mary of Scotland, 889

  Mas-d’Azil, 98

  Maskarin Gosala , Indian sceptic, 417

  Mason, William A., 76-77

  Maspero, Gaston, French Egyptologist (1846-1916), 143, 145, 186-187, 188

  Mass (ritual), 62

  Massagetæ , 353, 355

  Masuda , Japanese statesman (fl. 1596), 843*

  Mathematics, in primitive societies, 78-79

  in Sumeria, 124

  in Egypt, 179-180

  in Babylonia, 256

  in India, 527-528

  in China, 781

  Mathura , 450, 460, 477, 593, 594

  Matsura Basho , Japanese poet (1643-1694), 881

  Maud, 891

  Maurya Dynasty, 441, 454

  May Day, 65, 66

  May King and Queen, 65

  Maya (mä’-yä), 540, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553

  Maya, Buddha’s mother (died 563 B.C.), 423, 424, 425*

  Mayas, 527*

  Mazzoth , 332

  Measurement, standards of, 80

  Mecca, 471

  Medes, 223, 283, 286*, 287, 350-352, 356, 363, 365, 397†

  Media , 269, 270, 350-352, 353, 354, 355

  Medici, 155, 751, 835

  Medici, Lorenzo de’, Florentine statesman and poet (1448-1492), 216, 756

  Medicine, origins of, 80-81

  in Sumeria, 125

  in Egypt, 182-184

  in Babylonia, 258-259

  in Assyria, 276

  in Persia, 377

  in India, 530-532

  in China, 782

  in Japan, 924

  Medinet-Habu , 185

  Mediterranean Signary, the, 105

  Mediums of exchange, in primitive societies, 15-16

  in Sumeria, 125

  in Egypt, 160-161

  in Babylonia, 228

  in Assyria, 274

  in Lydia, 289

  in Judea, 306, 337

  in Persia, 358

  in India, 400, 480, 481

  in China, 779-780

  in Japan, 854, 920

  Medum , 190

  Megasthenes , Greek geographer (ca. 300 B.C.), 391*, 441, 443, 445, 478, 480, 493, 596

  Mei Lan-fang (mā län-fäng’), Chinese actor (20th century), 723

  Meiji (mā-jē), see Mutsuhito

  Meiji Era (in Japan), 916

  Meissen, 759

  Melanesians, 11, 16, 31, 42, 81, 84

  Melkarth (měl-kärth), 294

  Melos, 293

  Melville, Herman, American novelist (1819-1891), 26

  Memnon, colossi of, 141, 188

  Memphis, 2, 140, 147, 151, 216, 248, 268, 353

  Menander, King of Bacteria (ca. 100 B.C.), 523

  Mencius , Chinese philosopher (372-289 B.C.), 646, 674, 677, 681, 682-686, 687, 688, 693, 697, 789, 843

  Mendes, 199

  Menes (mē’-nēz), possibly Egypt’s first king (ca. 3500 B.C.), 140, 147

  Menkaure (měn-kou’-rē), King of Egypt (3011-2988 B.C.), 150, 186

  Menstruation, 70

  Mephibosheth , Jewish pretender (ca. 900 B.C.), 305

  Mercury, 179*, 277*

  Mermaid Tavern, 880

  Merneptah , King of Egypt 1233-1223 B.C.), 301

  Mesha , King of Moab (ca. 840 B.C.), 295, 297

  Mesopotamia, 103, 105, 108, 109, 118, 119, 121, 124, 131, 133, 135, 136, 138, 179, 218-264, 295, 298, 299, 380, 395, 400, 578†, 641, 744, 779

  Messiah, 319, 320, 325-326

  Messianism, 195

  Metals, Age of, 102-104

  Metal work, Sumerian, 133-134

  Egyptian, 191, 192

  Babylonian, 227, 254

  Assyrian, 278

  Lydian, 289

  Indian, 585

  Chinese, 737-739

  Japanese, 896

  Method of Architecture, 740-741

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 143*, 150*, 188, 190*, 479*, 716*, 738, 740†, 758*, 906

  Mewar (mā-wär’), 454, 455, 465

  Mexico, 9, 66, 93, 292*, 329, 737

  Mi Fei (mē fā), Chinese painter (1051-1107), 751

  Michelangelo (Buanarotti), Italian artist (1474-1564), 751

  Micronesia, 32

  Midas , 288

  Middle Flowery Kingdom, 641

  Middle Flowery People’s Kingdom, 641

  Middle Kingdom (China), 643-644

  Middle Kingdom (Egypt), 151*, 152, 169, 174*, 176, 178, 190, 191, 195

  Mihiragula , Hunnish king (502-542), 452

  Mikado , 834

  Milan cathedral, 379

  Milcom , god of the Ammonites, 312, 321 Miletus, 218

  Milinda, 523

  see Menander

  Mill, James, British historian and political economist (1773-1836), 616

  Mill, John Stuart, English philosopher and economist (1806-1873), 924

  Millet, Jean-François, French painter (1815-1875), 912

  Milton, John, English poet (1608-1684), 712

  Minamoto (mé-nä-mô-tô) family, 835, 837, 838

  Minamoto Sanetomo (sä-nä-tō-mō), Japanese shogun (1203-1219), 835

  Ming Dynasty, 686, 724, 736, 738-739, 740. 742, 757, 758, 767, 782, 904, 912

  Ming Huang , Chinese emperor (713-756), 703-704, 705, 707-708, 711, 713, 714-715, 721, 723, 749, 795, 835*

  Mining, in primitive cultures, 100, 103-104

  in Egypt, 157-158

  in Babylonia, 227

  in Assyria, 274

  in the Hittite Empire, 286

  in Armenia, 287

  in India, 444, 478

  in China, 647, 781

  Minos, 90, 331‡

  Mir Jafar , Nawab of Bengal (1757-1760; 1763-1765), 614

  Miriam, sister of Moses, 333

  Mirzapur , 589

  Miserables, Les, 718

  Mississippi River, 99

  Mitanni , 266, 285-286†

  Mithra , 285, 365, 370, 371-372

  Mithridates , Persian soldier (ca. 400 B.C.), 362*

  Mitra , Hindu deity, 397†, 403

  Mitsubishi family, 920

  Mitsui family, 920

  Mitsu-kuni , Japanese scholar and historian (1622-1704), 886

  Mo Ti (mō dē), philosopher of universal love (ca. 450 B.C.), 677-679, 681, 682, 873

  Moab (mō’-äb), 295, 297, 311, 318, 324

  Moabites, 285, 298, 299, 303, 312

  Modesty, in primitive societies, 46-48

  Moeris Lake, 159-160

  Moguls (mō’-gŭlz), 391, 442, 464, 476, 480, 591, 611

  Mohammed (mō-hăm’-ěd), Arabian religious leader (571-632), 39, 291

  Mohamudgara , 551

  Mohenjo-daro (mō-hān’-jō-dä’-rō), 90, 289*, 391, 394-396, 478, 508, 584, 593, 596

  Mohism, 678-679

  Molière (assumed name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), French dramatist (1622-1673), 873

  Moloch , 66, 295, 312, 321

  Molucca Islands, 60

  Mommu , Emperor of Japan (697-707), 850, 877

  Momoyama , 895

  Mona Lisa, 186

  Monaco, 400

  Monet, Claude, French painter (1840-1926), 912

  Money, see Mediums of exchange

  Mongol Dynasty, 757, 764, 766

  Mongolia, 94, 140, 449, 504, 602, 606, 641, 767.

  Mongols, 60, 119, 152, 763, 764-766, 798, 831

  Monier-Williams, Sir Monier, English Orientalist (1819-1899), 397*
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  Monitor and Merrimac, 839

  Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, French essayist and philosopher (1533-1592), 11

  Montesquieu, Charles de Secondät, Baron de, French man of letters (1689-1755), 299

  Montmartre, 748

  Moon worship, 59, 60

  in Egypt, 198

  Moors, 216

  Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, 629

  Moplah , 628

  Morality, 935

  defined, 47

  in primitive societies, 44-56

  in Sumeria, 129-130

  in Egypt, 166-167

  in Babylonia, 244-248

  in Assyria, 275

  in Judea, 331-339

  in Persia, 374

  in India, 401, 488-497

  in China, 788-795

  in Japan, 923, 924

  Morbihan, 102

  Morgan, John Pierpont, 479*

  Morgan, Lewis Henry, American ethnologist (1818-1881), 73

  Mori Zozen (môr-ē zō-zěn), Japanese painter (1747-1821), 906

  Morocco, 140

  Morris, William, English poet and artist (1834-1896), 906

  Mosaic Code, 219, 220*, 330-339, 374

  Moscow, 693, 817

  Moses, 12, 28, 219, 300, 301, 302, 303, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 321, 340, 348, 374

  Moslems, 392, 453, 455, 456, 458, 460, 463, 471, 508*, 584, 599-600, 603

  Mosul, , 265, 478

  Mother, the, in primitive societies, 30-32

  Mother of God, 200, 201, 235

  Moti Masjid , 608, 609

  Moto-ori Norinaga , (1730-1801), Japanese historian of Shinto legends, 830*, 865, 874-875, 914

  Mouhot, Henri, French Orientalist (ca. 1858), 604

  Mound Builders, 99, 103, 104

  Mount Abu , 598-599

  Mousterian Culture, 93, 94, 300

  Mridanga , 586

  Mu-ch’i , Chinese painter (10th century), 751

  Mudhera , 599

  Muhammad bin Tughlak , Sultan of Delhi (1325-1351), 461

  Mukden , 918

  Müller, Friedrich Max, English philologist (1823-1900), 164, 312, 391*

  Multan , 459, 465

  Mummification, 150

  Mumtaz Mahal , Shah Jehan’s wife (died 1631), 473, 474, 609

  Münchausen, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Baron, German teller of tale tales (1720-1797), 294

  Munro, Sir Thomas, British general and Colonial administrator (1761-1827), 614

  Murasaki no-Shikibu , Lady, Japanese novelist (978-1031?), 882, 883, 884, 891

  Murdoch, James, 703, 865*

  Muro Kyuso , Japanese philosopher (fl. 1700), 867-868

  Murray Islands, 45

  Murray River tribes, 33

  Murshidabad , 481

  Musa, Ibn , Arabian mathematician (died ca. 850 B.C.), 527

  Music, origins of, 88

  in Egypt, 192

  in Babylonia, 254

  in Persia, 378

  in India, 586-588

  in China, 723

  in Japan, 892-893

  Mussolini, Benito, Italian statesman (1883-), 69

  Mutsuhito , Emperor of Japan (1868-1912), 846, 916, 919, 923, 927

  Muttu Virappa Nayyak , Prince of Madura (early 17th century), 602

  My Reminiscences (Tagore), 620*

  Mycerinus , see Menkaure

  Mylitta , 37, 245*, 295; see Ishtar

  Mysians, 285

  Mysore (mī-sôr’) (city), 393, 456

  Mysore (state), 396, 457, 510, 601

  N

  Nabonidus (năb-ō-nī’-dŭs), King of Babylon (556-539 B.C), 263

  Nabopolassar (năb-ō-pō-lăs’ēr), King of Babylonia (ca. 625-605 B.C.), 223, 224, 283

  Nabu , 256, 277

  Nadir Shah (nä’-dēr shä), Persian conqueror and ruler (1734-1747), 473*

  Naga (dragon god), 395,* 402, 604, 605

  Nagaoka , 834

  Nagarjuna , Indian scientist (2nd century B.C.), 450, 529

  Nagas (tribe), 396, 398

  Nagasaki , 840

  Nagasena , Indian sage (ca. 100 B.C.), 523

  Naharina , 164

  Naiki (nī-kē), Japanese hero (ca. 1615), 849

  Nakaye Toju , Japanese philosopher (1608-1648), 871

  Naksh-i-Rustam , 356, 378

  Nala , 491, 564

  Nalanda , 454, 557-558

  Nambudri Brahmans, 486*

  Namikawa Tenjin , Japanese philosopher (ca. 1700), 873

  Nana, 288†

  Nanak , founder of the Sikhs (ca. 1468-1539), 583

  Nanda (family), 441

  Nanda, Magadhan prince (ca. 523 B.C.), 437

  Nandi , 402

  Nanking , 659, 722, 739, 742, 747, 764, 805

  Nanking, Treaty of, 804-805

  Nanking Government, 812*, 814

  Nannar , 133, 234

  Naomi , 312

  Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1804-1815), 69, 91, 139, 141, 144, 145, 154*, 163, 164, 246, 270, 353, 466, 467, 695

  Nara , 738, 757, 834, 835, 851, 855, 865*, 876, 878, 879, 880, 892, 897-898

  Narada , 588

  Naram-sin , King of Sumeria and Akkad (2795-2739 B.C.), 122, 133, 255

  Narbada River, 397‡

  Nasik , 597

  Nasiru-d-din , Sultan of Delhi (fl. 1510), 483*

  Nastika , philodophies, 534

  Nastiks, 416-417

  Nationalists (Indian), 621, 626, 629-630, 632

  Naucratis , 138

  Nautch (nôch) girls, 490

  Neanderthal Man, 92, 93, 94, 95, 300

  Near East, 93, 105, 116, 118*, 120, 132, 134-135, 154-160, 174, 181, 212, 215, 223, 224, 226, 227, 255, 263, 265, 268, 270, 271, 273, 281, 284, 285, 288, 290, 292, 293, 295, 298, 303, 306, 326, 329, 335, 337, 339, 353, 356, 357, 362, 478, 728, 755†

  Nebo (nē’-bō), 235

  Nebraska, 94

  Neb-sent (něb’-sěnt), Egyptian lady (ca. 3100 B.C.), 165

  Nebuchadrezzar II, King of Babylon (605-562 B.C.), 223-224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 233, 241, 257, 262, 285, 298, 321, 322, 324, 327, 666

  Necho (nē-kō), see Niku II

  Negroes, American, 6

  Neo-Confucianism, 675

  Neolithic man, 98-102, 106, 117

  Neo-Platonism, 553

  Nepal (nê-pôl’), 451, 506

  Nephthys , 201

  Nergal , 240, 256

  Nero, Lucius Domitius, Roman emperor 54-68), 269

  Nestorianism, 702, 787-788

  Netherlands, 753

  Netsuke , 893, 898

  New Britain, 10, 46, 49, 57, 84

  New Caledonia, 35, 77, 84

  New Georgia, 45

  New Guinea, 15, 32, 34, 42, 43, 45, 84, 99*

  New Hanover, 84

  New Hebrides, 34

  New Holland, 79

  “New Life” movement, 818*

  New Mexico, 94

  New South Wales, 14

  New Testament, 415, 416, 616

  “New Tide” movement, 821-822

  New York, 133*, 393, 703

  New Zealand, 29, 84

  Newton, Sir Isaac, English scientist (1642-1727), 529

  Nichiren , founder of the Lotus Sect (1222-1282), 864

  Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, German philosopher (1844-1900), 23, 177, 376, 457*, 539*, 554, 657, 659, 723, 734, 819

  Nigeria, 45, 75

  Nihongi , 886

  Nikko , 894

  Nikon Bashi (Tokyo bridge), 847

  Niku II, King of Egypt (609-593 B.C.), 321

  Nile River, 94*, 109, 135, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 152, 156, 160, 161, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 190, 197, 200, 202, 214, 218, 299, 300, 358, 396

  Nimrud , see Kalakh

  Nina (ně’-na), 266

  Nineveh , 1, 14, 117, 135, 218, 223, 237*, 256, 265, 266, 268, 269, 274, 276, 278, 279, 281-282, 283, 284, 290, 303, 306, 307, 317, 321, 351, 380

  Ning Tsung , Emperor of China (ca. 1212), 763

  Ningirsu 117

  N
ingpo , 805

  Ninigi , 830

  Ninil , 256

  Ninkarsag , 127

  Ninlil , 127

  Ninsei , Japanese potter (ca. 1655), 900

  Nippon , 830†

  see Japan

  Nippur , 118, 120, 121, 123, 127, 132

  Nirvana , 394, 428, 435-436, 504, 517, 518, 535, 541, 549, 564

  Nishi-Hongwan Temple, 894, 895

  Nisin , 118

  Niyama (nē-yä-mä), 543

  No plays, 841, 889-890

  Noah, 290*, 330

  Nobel prizes, 391, 619, 621

  Nobunaga , Japanese shogun (1573-1582), 838, 839, 889, 900

  Nofretete (nō-frā-tā’-tā), wife of Amenhotep IV (fl. 1380-1362 B.C.), 118, 212

  Nofrit , wife of Rahotep, 187

  Nogi, Count Maresuke , Japanese general (1849-1912), 846, 918

  Noguchi, Hideyo , Japanese scientist (1876-1928), 924-925

  Noguchi, Yone (yō-nā), Japanese poet, 881

  Nomarchs, 146

  Nomes, 146-147

  North America, 99*, 103, 108, 391

  North Star, 293

  Nubia , 46, 140, 158, 213

  Numa Pompilius, 647

  Nur Jehan , Jehangir’s wife (ca. 1625), 472-473, 609

  Nut , 198, 201

  Nutmose , Egyptian artist (ca. 1370 B.C.), 211

  Nyaya philosophy, 535-536

  Nyaya Sutra , 533

  O

  Oannes (ō-ăn’-ās), 118*, 237

  Ocean of Music, 529*

  Oceania, 14, 87, 104; also see Melanesians, Polynesians

  Ochus (ō’-kŭs), see Artaxerxes III Ochus

  O’Connell, Daniel, Irish orator and politician (1775-1847), 673*

  Odyssey, 561, 564, 567

  Ogodai (ō-gō-dī), Grand Khan of the Mongols (1229-1241), 763

  Ogyu Sorai , Japanese philosopher (1666-1728), 872, 873-874

  Ojeda, Alonso de, Spanish explorer (ca. 1470-1508), 99*

  Ojibwa Indians, 61

  Oklahoma, 94

  Old Kingdom (Egypt), 142, 150*, 169, 176, 178, 184, 187, 189, 190, 194

  Old Persian, 249, 356-357

  Old Testament, 313, 318, 328, 329, 334, 339, 341, 510, 616

  Omaha Indians, 16, 22, 75

  Omar (ō’-mär), mosque of, Jerusalem, 607

  Omura , Lord of Nagasaki (16th century), 840

  Onan (ō’-năn), biblical character, 39

  Onna Daikaku , 869-870

  Ono Goroyemon , Japanese sculptor (ca. 1252), 898

  Onomatopoeia, 73

  “Open Door,” 806, 929

  Open Door to the Hidden Heathendom, 391*

  Ophelia, 518

  Ophir , 306

  Opium War, first, 804, 805

  Opium War, second, 805

  Oppenheim, Baron von, 286†

  Oppenheimer, Franz, 23

  Oppert, Julius, German Orientalist (1825-1905), 118-119*

  Orang Sakai, 38

  Ordeal, in primitive societies, 28

  Oriental Museum (University of Chicago) Expedition, 378†

  Orinoco Indians, 42, 86

 

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