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Mohammed V of MoroccoPersonMohammed V of Morocco was sultan from 1927 and the first king of independent Morocco.- Mohammed VI of MoroccoPersonMohammed VI of Morocco has been king since 1999, succeeding his father Hassan II.
Mohamoud Ali ShirePersonMohamoud Ali Shire was sultan of the Warsangali in the Sanaag region of northern Somalia in the early 20th century.
Mohawk RiverPlaceThe Mohawk River is a river of New York State that flows east for about 240 kilometres to join the Hudson north of Albany.- MohePeople / groupThe Mohe were a group of Tungusic tribes of Manchuria, recorded in Chinese sources from the 6th century as successors of the earlier Sushen and Wuji.
MoheganPeople / groupThe Mohegan are an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of south-eastern Connecticut.
MohéliPlaceMohéli, or Mwali, is the smallest of the four main islands of the Comoros, between Grande Comore and Anjouan.
Mòine MhòrPlaceMòine Mhòr, Gaelic for 'great moss', is a raised bog in Kilmartin Glen in Argyll, one of the largest remaining in Britain and a national nature reserve.
Moiwana massacreEventThe Moiwana massacre was the killing of at least 39 inhabitants of the Ndyuka Maroon village of Moiwana in eastern Suriname, most of them women and children, by…
Mojmír IPersonMojmír I was the first known ruler of the Moravian Slavs, regarded as the founder of Great Moravia, ruling from about 830 to 846.- Mokjong of GoryeoPersonMokjong of Goryeo was king of Goryeo from 997 to 1009.
Moktar Ould DaddahPersonMoktar Ould Daddah was the first president of Mauritania, from independence on 28 November 1960 until 1978.
Mokvi CathedralWork / monumentMokvi Cathedral is a medieval church in the Ochamchire district of Abkhazia, built in the 950s or 960s by Leon III, king of the Abkhazians, as the seat of a bishopric.
MoldovaPlaceMoldova is a landlocked country in eastern Europe between Romania and Ukraine, with its capital at Chișinău.
Moldova RiverPlaceThe Moldova River is a river of north-eastern Romania, about 210 km long, which rises in the Eastern Carpathians of Bukovina and flows south-east to join the Siret near…
Moldovița MonasteryWork / monumentMoldovița Monastery is an Orthodox convent in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania, whose church was built in 1532 by Prince Petru Rareș of Moldavia.
Môle Saint-NicolasPlaceMôle Saint-Nicolas is a town and harbour at the north-western tip of Haiti, on the Windward Passage.- Mole-DagbaniPeople / groupThe Mole-Dagbani are a group of related peoples of northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, including the Mamprusi, Dagomba, Nanumba and Mossi, who speak closely related Gur…
MolepololePlaceMolepolole is a large village in south-eastern Botswana, about 50 kilometres north-west of Gaborone, and the administrative centre of Kweneng District.
MolièrePersonMolière, the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was a French playwright and actor, regarded as the greatest master of French comedy.
Molina de AragónPlaceMolina de Aragón is a town on the Gallo river in the province of Guadalajara, Spain, dominated by one of the largest castles in the country.
MolisePlaceMolise is a region of southern Italy, between Abruzzo, Lazio, Campania and Apulia, with its capital at Campobasso.
Molla Panah VagifPersonMolla Panah Vagif was an Azerbaijani poet and statesman who served as vizier of the Karabakh Khanate under Ibrahim Khalil Khan.- Molly BrantPersonMolly Brant was a Mohawk leader of the 18th century, the consort of the British Indian superintendent Sir William Johnson and the elder sister of Joseph Brant.
MolokansPeople / groupThe Molokans are a Russian Spiritual Christian sect that emerged in the 18th century and rejects the Orthodox Church's priesthood, icons and sacraments.
MolokaʻiPlaceMolokaʻi is one of the main Hawaiian Islands, lying between Oʻahu and Maui.- Moloku Kie RahaPeople / groupMoloku Kie Raha, the "four mountains of Maluku", was the traditional name for the four Muslim kingdoms of the North Moluccas: Ternate, Tidore, Bacan and Jailolo.
- Molopo RiverPlaceThe Molopo River is a mostly dry river of southern Africa that rises near Mahikeng and flows west towards the Orange River.
MolossiansPeople / groupThe Molossians were the leading tribe of ancient Epirus, in north-western Greece, around Dodona and the Ioannina basin.
Molotov–Ribbentrop PactTreaty · 1939The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was the non-aggression treaty signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Moscow on 23 August 1939.- MolpoiPeople / groupThe Molpoi were a guild of singers at Miletus devoted to the cult of Apollo Delphinios.
MolyvosPlaceMolyvos, officially Mithymna, is a small town on the northern coast of the Greek island of Lesbos, on the site of the ancient city of Methymna.
Momai Tamuli BorbaruaPersonMomai Tamuli Borbarua was a senior official of the Ahom kingdom of Assam in the reign of Pratap Singha (1603–1641) and the first holder of the office of Borbarua.- Momin Khan IPersonMomin Khan I, born Mirza Ja'far Najm-ud-daula, was a Mughal official of Persian descent who founded the state of Cambay, now Khambhat, in Gujarat.
Momine Khatun MausoleumWork / monumentThe Momine Khatun Mausoleum is a ten-sided brick tomb tower in Nakhchivan, completed in 1186 by the architect Ajami Nakhchivani for Momine Khatun, wife of the atabeg…
MomotomboPlaceMomotombo is a conical stratovolcano rising to about 1,300 metres on the northern shore of Lake Managua in western Nicaragua.
Mon peoplePeople / groupThe Mon are a people of Lower Myanmar and central and western Thailand who speak a Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic) language.
Mona PassagePlaceThe Mona Passage is the strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea.
MonasterboicePlaceMonasterboice is a ruined early medieval monastery in County Louth, Ireland, north of Drogheda, founded according to tradition by St Buite in the late 5th century.
Monastery of IrachePlaceThe Monastery of Irache is a Benedictine abbey near Estella in Navarre, one of the oldest monasteries of the kingdom, documented from the early eleventh century.
Monastery of LeyrePlaceThe Monastery of Leyre (San Salvador de Leyre) is a monastery in eastern Navarre near Yesa, one of the oldest and most important in Spain.- Monastery of Saint John VladimirWork / monumentThe Monastery of Saint John Vladimir (Shën Gjon Vladimir) is an Orthodox monastery near Elbasan in central Albania.
Monastery of San Juan de la PeñaInstitutionSan Juan de la Peña is a monastery in the Pyrenees south-west of Jaca, in Aragon, built beneath a great overhanging rock.
Monastery of San Pedro de SiresaInstitutionSan Pedro de Siresa is a monastery church in the Hecho valley of the Aragonese Pyrenees, documented from the 9th century and among the oldest religious foundations of…
Monastery of Sant Joan de les AbadessesWork / monumentThe Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses is a religious house in the Ripollès district of Catalonia, founded around 887 by Wilfred the Hairy for his daughter Emma…
Monastery of Santa Maria de GerriWork / monumentThe Monastery of Santa Maria de Gerri is a Benedictine abbey at Gerri de la Sal in the Noguera Pallaresa valley of the Catalan Pyrenees.
Monastery of Santa Maria de RipollWork / monumentThe Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll is a Benedictine abbey in the Catalan Pyrenees, founded around 880 by Wilfred the Hairy, who was buried there.
Monastery of the CrossWork / monumentThe Monastery of the Cross is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, built in the eleventh century by the Georgian monk Giorgi-Prokhore on the traditional site…
Moncayo MassifPlaceThe Moncayo Massif is a mountain range on the border of Aragon and Castile and León in Spain, whose highest summit, at 2,314 metres, is the highest point of the Iberian…
Moncef BeyPersonMoncef Bey (Muhammad VII al-Munsif) was bey of Tunis from June 1942 to May 1943.
Monckton CommissionInstitutionThe Monckton Commission was a British advisory commission chaired by Lord Monckton that reviewed the future of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1960.- MondegoPlaceThe Mondego is the longest river lying entirely within Portugal, about 230 kilometres long, rising in the Serra da Estrela and flowing past Coimbra to the Atlantic at…
MonemvasiaPlaceMonemvasia is a fortified town on a rocky island off the south-eastern coast of the Peloponnese, joined to the mainland by a causeway.
Móng CáiPlaceMóng Cái is a city in Quảng Ninh province in north-eastern Vietnam, on the border with Dongxing in China's Guangxi region.
Mongchon ToseongPlaceMongchon Toseong is an earthen-walled fortification in the Songpa district of south-eastern Seoul, dating from the early Baekje period, around the third century CE.
MöngkePersonMongke was Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259, a grandson of Genghis Khan.- Möngke Temür (son of Hulagu)PersonMöngke Temür was a Mongol prince of the Ilkhanate, a son of Hulagu Khan.
MongkutPersonMongkut, King Rama IV of Siam, reigned from 1851 to 1868.- Mongol conquest of DaliCampaign · 1253The Mongol conquest of Dali was the campaign of 1253 in which Mongol forces under Kublai overran the kingdom of Dali in present-day Yunnan.
Mongol conquest of the Jin dynastyWar · from 1211The Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty was the series of campaigns from 1211 in which Genghis Khan and his successors destroyed the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.
Mongol conquest of the Song dynastyWar · 1235–1279The Mongol conquest of the Song Dynasty was a long series of campaigns from 1235 to 1279.
Mongol EmpireStateThe Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 and became the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching from Korea to eastern Europe.- Mongol invasion of Central AsiaCampaign · 1220The Mongol invasion of Central Asia was Genghis Khan's campaign against the Khwarazmian Empire, which devastated the cities of Transoxiana and Khorasan around 1220.
Mongol invasion of EuropeCampaign · 1236–1242The Mongol invasion of Europe was the campaign of 1236–1242 in which Mongol armies under Batu Khan and Subutai conquered the Volga Bulgars and the principalities of…
Mongol invasion of JavaCampaign · 1292–1293The Mongol invasion of Java was a naval expedition sent by Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty in 1292 to 1293.
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'War · 1223–1242The Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' began with a raid that defeated the Rus' princes at the Kalka River in 1223 and became a full conquest under Batu Khan in 1237–1240.- Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian EmpireCampaign · 1219–1221The Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire was the campaign of 1219 to 1221 launched by Genghis Khan after the Khwarazm Shah's governor killed Mongol envoys and…
- Mongol invasion of the LevantCampaign · 1258–1260The Mongol invasion of the Levant was the campaign of 1258 to 1260 in which Hulagu's forces, after sacking Baghdad, invaded Syria.
- Mongol invasion of Volga BulgariaWar · 1223–1236The Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria was the series of campaigns from 1223 to 1236 against the Bulgar state on the middle Volga.
Mongol invasions of AnatoliaWar · 13th centuryThe Mongol invasions of Anatolia were the campaigns by which the Mongol Empire subdued the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in the mid-13th century.
Mongol invasions of GeorgiaWar · 1220–1243The Mongol invasions of Georgia began with raids by the generals Jebe and Subutai in 1220–1222, which defeated the Georgian armies of King George IV.- Mongol invasions of IndiaCampaign · 1297–1306The Mongol invasions of India were a series of attacks on the Delhi Sultanate by Mongols of the Chagatai realm, peaking between 1297 and 1306.
Mongol invasions of JapanCampaign · 1274; 1281The Mongol invasions of Japan were two attempts by Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty to conquer Japan, in 1274 and 1281.
Mongol invasions of the LevantWar · 1240–1312The Mongol invasions of the Levant were the attacks on Syria and Palestine by the Mongol Empire and its successor, the Ilkhanate, from the 1240s to the early 14th…- Mongol-Oirat CodeWork / monumentThe Mongol-Oirat Code was a law code agreed in 1640 at an assembly of Oirat and Khalkha Mongol princes, at which Erdeni Batur of the Dzungars played a leading part.
MongoliaPlaceMongolia is a region of steppe, mountains and desert in north-east Asia.
Mongolian People's PartyPeople / groupThe Mongolian People's Party is a political party founded in 1920 by Mongolian revolutionaries, among them Damdin Sükhbaatar.- MongolsPeople / groupThe Mongols are a nomadic people of the Mongolian steppe who were united under Genghis Khan in 1206.
- Mongoose GangPeople / groupThe Mongoose Gang was a private militia used by Eric Gairy, Grenada's chief minister and then prime minister, to intimidate and attack his opponents in the 1970s.
- Monitore NapoletanoWork / monumentThe Monitore Napoletano was the official newspaper of the Parthenopean Republic, published in Naples twice weekly from February to June 1799.
- Monitorium of ParmaWork / monumentThe Monitorium of Parma was a papal brief issued by Pope Clement XIII on 30 January 1768 declaring null the church reforms of the Duchy of Parma, introduced by the…
Monks MoundWork / monumentMonks Mound is the largest earthwork at Cahokia, near modern St Louis, and the largest prehistoric earthen structure in the Americas.
Monkwearmouth–Jarrow AbbeyInstitutionMonkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey was a twin monastery in Northumbria, founded by Benedict Biscop at Wearmouth in 674 and at Jarrow around 681–82.
MonmouthshirePlaceMonmouthshire is a county in south-east Wales, bordering England along the River Wye.
Monnet PlanEventThe Monnet Plan was France's first plan for reconstruction and modernisation, drawn up by Jean Monnet's planning commission and adopted in 1946.
Mono RiverPlaceThe Mono is a river of West Africa which flows south through Togo and, in its lower course, forms part of the border between Togo and Benin before reaching the Gulf of…- MonotheismReligion / ideaMonotheism is the belief in a single god.
- MonothelitismReligion / ideaMonothelitism was the Christian doctrine that Christ had two natures but only one will.
MonpazierPlaceMonpazier is a small town in the Dordogne department of south-western France, founded as a bastide in 1284 by Edward I of England as duke of Aquitaine.
Monreale CathedralWork / monumentMonreale Cathedral is a church in the hills above Palermo in Sicily, founded by King William II in 1174 together with a Benedictine abbey.
MonroviaPlaceMonrovia is the capital of Liberia, on Cape Mesurado at the mouth of the Saint Paul River.- MonsPlaceMons is a city in southern Belgium, capital of the Walloon province of Hainaut.
- MonsoonTermThe monsoon is a seasonal reversal of winds that brings heavy summer rains to South and South-East Asia.
Mont CenisPlaceMont Cenis is a pass at about 2,080 metres in the western Alps, linking the Maurienne valley in Savoy with the Susa valley in Piedmont.
Mont OrgueilWork / monumentMont Orgueil Castle is a medieval castle on a rocky headland above Gorey harbour in Jersey, facing the coast of Normandy.
Mont Sainte-OdilePlaceMont Sainte-Odile is a sandstone mountain of about 764 metres in the Vosges above Obernai in Alsace.
Mont VentouxPlaceMont Ventoux is a mountain in Provence, south-eastern France, rising to 1,910 metres north-east of Avignon, the highest peak in the region.
Mont-Blanc (department)PlaceMont-Blanc was a department of France created in November 1792 after French revolutionary troops occupied the Duchy of Savoy, with Chambéry as its capital.
Mont-Saint-MichelPlaceMont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island off the coast of Normandy, near the border with Brittany, crowned by a Benedictine abbey dedicated to the Archangel Michael.
Mont-TerriblePlaceMont-Terrible was a French department created on 23 March 1793 from the territory of the Rauracian Republic, the former northern lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel…