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mnvbie, 7s, 189 217-18, 220, 230, 236, 237, 242
Marduk, 114, 119, 343, 351
252-3, 259, 261, 267-8, 271, 305’
Mari, 78, 80, 110—12, 113, 117, 119, 309, 311, 348, 349, 352, 357;
122, 123, 129 also Hurrians, Hanigalbat see
Marrili, 362 Mithra, 115
Marut, 115 Moabites, 294, 307
mastodon, 3g Mohenjo-daro, 16-17, 147, 190-1, 196,
Maxyas, 338; see also Meshwesh 283
Medes, 344, 367 Mongolia, 286
Medinat Habu, 333 Mongols, 16
megalith, see dolmen, passage-grave Monte Bego, 383
Megiddo, 219, 314, 393 Moses, vii, 296-7, 303, 306, 307, 308,
Meluhha, see Indus civilization 309. 314, 391
Memphis, 4, 6-7, 16, 130-1, 133, 134, Moski, 324, 328, 330, 336, 338, 343,
135, 137, 181, 196, 234-5, 249, 250, 346, 353, 369, 374
265, 284, 333 mother of pearl, 204, 210
Mena, pharaoh, 4, 5, 6 mule, 371
Menelaus, king of Sparta, 316-40 Mursilis I, king of Hittites, 162-73,
Menkheperre, high priest, 389 192, 217, 230-1, 343
Menkure, pharaoh, 5 Mursilis II, king of Hittites, 268, 270
Mentuhotep I, 6 Muscat, see Makan
Mentuhotep II, 7 Mutakkil-Nusku, king of Assyria, 347,
Mentuhotep III, 7 350
Mentuhotep V, 7, 67 Mutenwiya, queen of Egypt, 237
Merenptah, pharaoh, 312, 315, 317, Mutnesmet, queen of Egypt, 265
324, 339 Muwatallis, king of Hittites, 271, 298,
Merit-Amon I, queen of Egypt, 186 300, 304
Merit-Amon II, queen of Egypt, 234 Mycenae, 229, 234, 235, 241, 282, 312,
Merit-Aten, princess of Egypt, 248, 255 316, 319, 321, 323, 324. 325-7>
Merom, lake, 312 333-4, 336, 337, 34°, 368, 375,

Meshwesh, 338; see also Maxyas 396
Mesopotamia, 7-15, 18, 22, 44-8, 55, myrrh, 48
64, 67, 78, 79, 82, 83, 85-7, 109,
110-11, 113, 117, 118-19, 120, 122,
123, 125, 139, 140, 142, 145, 15O> Nahor, 74
167, 172, 185, 190, 218, 230-1, 244, Na’iru, see Urartu
277, 284, 341, 349, 351, 356, 360, Nakuru, 225, 278
362, 366, 372, 395 Napata, 193
Mexico, 278-9, 280 Naplanum, king of Larsa, 67
Midianites, 294 Naram-Sin, king of Akkad, 13, *4, 160
Miletus, 234, 321, 322 Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylon,
millet, 3, 20, 27, 30, 31, 68, 146, 148, 346, 347, 349-51, 352, 364
155, 160, 180, 181, 285, 346, 386, Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon,
389 364
Minoan A and B script, see writing Nefertari, queen of Egypt, *79f
Minoan civilization, see Crete 182, 186, 192, 195