See also weights and measures numbers and counting 797 science 927, 929 meat.
Trang 1Index 1263
Masinissa 509
masks
art 120
craft s 285
death and burial practices
320
drama and theater 335,
337f
masons 808
massacres 731
Massalia 219
mass burials 315
mass graves 318
mastabas
building techniques and
materials 153
death and burial practices
314
empires and dynasties 392
masturbation 498
mathematics
education 377, 379
numbers and counting
798–806
science 927–930, 934, 935,
938, 944, 947–948
sports and recreation
1047–1048
weights and measures
1178
mats
craft s 287–288
household goods 563, 570
occupations 811
Mauretania
government organization
509–510
money and coinage 752
Maurya Dynasty
art 101, 102
borders and frontiers 144
economy 355, 358–359
empires and dynasties 402
employment and labor 430
government organization
523
inventions 598
money and coinage 757
numbers and counting
802
resistance and dissent 875
roads and bridges 887
war and conquest 1139
weights and measures 1176
mausoleums 317, 321
Maximian (emperor of Rome)
417
Maya civilization
agriculture 46–47
architecture 84–85
art 120
calendars and clocks
172–173
ceramics and pottery 186
children 198
cities 202
climate and geography
266, 267 clothing and footwear 283 drama and theater 339 economy 373–375 empires and dynasties 420–421
employment and labor 434–435
family 458 government organization 537
health and disease 555–
556 household goods 570 language 620 laws and legal codes 630–631
literature 666 military 736 mining, quarrying, and salt making 750 music and musical instru-ments 773
occupations 818 religion and cosmology 864–865
resistance and dissent 881–882
roads and bridges 892 scandals and corruption 918–919
slaves and slavery 994–995 social organization 1043 sports and recreation 1057 storage and preservation 1071
towns and villages 1095 war and conquest 1154 weaponry and armor 1171–1172
weights and measures 1182
Ma Yuan 441
measurements, accurate See
also weights and measures
numbers and counting 797
science 927, 929
meat See also organ meats
food and diet 473, 475,
476, 479, 481 hunting, fi shing, and gath-ering 571
storage and preservation 1068
mechanics 940 Medes people empires and dynasties 400 migration and population movements 702 medical instruments 601 medical sects 943 medical texts adornment 13 health and disease 549
pandemics and epidem-ics 821
science 931 medical training 944
medicine See also health and
disease education 377 inventions 594 pandemics and epidemics 827–828
science 924, 926, 930–931,
936, 940–942, 949 medicine men 545 medicine wheels 134 Medijay people 727 Medinet Habu cities 208 settlement patterns 964 Mediterranean climate zone
261, 264 Mediterranean evergreen zone 252
Mediterranean Sea and region borders and frontiers 141 climate and geography 262–264
exploration 436 seafaring and navigation 952
trade and exchange 1097,
1102–1103, 1104f
Medjay people 789 Medūm 314 megalith astronomy 124 inventions 594 sacred sites 898, 902 megalithic construction building techniques and materials 158
calendars and clocks 169 mining, quarrying, and salt making 746 religion and cosmology 849
megalithic culture 145 megalithic sculptures 864 megalithic tombs 318 Megiddo, battle of 1129
mehen 1049–1050
Mehrgarh 218
Mehturt See Hathor Temple
Mekong River climate and geography 250 settlement patterns 968 Melanesia 251
Memphis cities 206–207 climate and geography
239, 241–242 Memphite Drama 330 men
clothing and footwear 272,
274, 279 crime and punishment 298
drama and theater 335 family 448–450, 454 food and diet 481 gender structures and roles
493, 494, 496, 497, 499,
501, 502 government organization 531
hunting, fi shing, and gath-ering 573, 578, 581 music and musical instru-ments 764
occupations 808, 809, 812, 816
social organization 1016,
1017, 1020, 1030, 1040 sports and recreation 1056
men (board game) 1049
Menander drama and theater 334, 335
literature 659 Mende people 189 Menengai, Mount 776 Menes (king of Egypt) cities 206
crime and punishment 297
empires and dynasties 392 writing 1183
Mengwe people 1153–1154 menhirs 902
Mentuhotep I (king of Egypt) 393
Mentuhotep II (king of Egypt) art 94
empires and dynasties 393 mercenaries
foreigners and barbarians 485
government organization 509
migration and population movements 714 military 727, 733 occupations 815 war and conquest 1149 Mercenary Revolt 871 merchants
economy 355, 356 employment and labor 429 foreigners and barbarians 484
occupations 815, 817 trade and exchange 1099
merchant ships 977–978, 978f,
982, 983 Merenre (king of Egypt) 485
meret 986
Merneptah (king of Egypt) 427
Merneptah stela 789 Meroë
architecture 55 art 91
cities 204
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