movements)
  Malacca, state
  Malaria
  Managers
  Manchu, tribal federation and dynasty
  Manchuria
  Manichaeism, Iranian religion
  Manors (chuang, see Estates)
  Mao Tun, Hsiung-nu ruler
  Mao Tse-tung, party leader
  Marco Polo, businessman
  Market
    Market control
  Marriage systems
  Marxism
    Marxist theory of history
    (see Materialism, Communism, Lenin, Mao Tse-tung)
  Materialism
  Mathematics
  Matrilinear societies
  Mazdaism, Iranian religion
  May Fourth Movement
  Medicine
    Medical doctors
  Meditation (see Ch’an)
  Megalithic culture
  Meiji, Japanese ruler
  Melanesia
  Mencius (Meng Tz[)u]), philosopher
  Merchants
    foreign merchants
    (see Trade, Salt, Caravans, Businessmen)
  Messianic movements
  Metal (see Bronze, Copper, Iron)
  Mi Fei, painter
  Middle Class (see Burgher, Merchant, Craftsmen, Artisans)
  Middle East (see Near East)
  Migrations
    forced migrations
    (see Colonization, Assimilation, Settlement)
  Militarism
  Militia
  Millet
  Mills
  Min, state in Fukien
  Ming dynasty
  Ming Jui, general
  Min Ti, Chin ruler
  Ming Ti, Han ruler
    Wei ruler
    Later T’ang ruler
  Minorate
  Missionaries, Christian (see Jesuits)
  Mo Ti, philosopher
  Modernization
  Mohammedan rebellions (see Muslim)
  Mon-Khmer tribes
  Monarchy (see King, Emperor, Absolutism, Despotism)
  Monasteries, Buddhist
    economic importance
  Money
    Money economy
    Origin of money
    paper money
    (see Coins, Paper, Silver)
  Mongolia
  Mongols, tribes, tribal federation, dynasty (see Yuean dynasty,
    Kalmuk, Tuemet, Oirat, Oeloet, Naiman, Turgut, Timur, Genghiz, Kublai)
  Monks, Buddhist
  Monopolies
  Mound-dwellers
  Mu-jung, tribes
  Mu Ti, East Chin ruler
  Mu Tsung, Manchu ruler
  Mulberries
  Munda tribes
  Music (see Theatre, Dance, Geisha)
  Muslims
    Muslim rebellions
    (see Islam, Mohammedans)
  Mysticism

  Naiman, Mongol tribe
  Nan-chao, state
  Nanyang, city
  Nanking (Nan-ching), capital of China
    Nanking regime
  Nationalism (see Kuomintang)
  Nature
    Nature philosophers
  Navy
  Near East (see Arabs, Iran, etc.)
  Neo-Confucianism
  Neolithicum
  Nepal
  Nerchinsk, place
  Nestorian Christianity
  Ni Tsan, painter
  Nien Fei, rebels
  Niu Seng-yu, politician
  Nobility
    Nomadic nobility
    (see Aristocracy)
  Nomadism
    Economy of nomads
    Nomadic society structure
  Novels