Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind

Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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Mahasthan inscription, 332 f. Mahavira (Vardhamana); see Jina Mahayana Buddhism, 427 Mahmud (Sultan), 361 Mahommedan(ism); see Islam
Ma'il script, 272 Maimons script, 376
Ma'in, 225
Maithili script, 365 ff., 370 Majapahit empire, 422, 424, 441 Majusculæ, 285, 288, 321 ff., 425 540, 546, 549, 552; see also Capital letters and under names of individual scripts Makonde people, 26 f. Malabarese, 385 f., 393 ff.
Malacca, 31, 402 Malagasy, 276, 295 f. Malay, Malayo-Polynesian languages, 156, 276 f., 295 f., 401 ff., 405, 408, 420 ff., 440; see also "Basic" Malay Malayalam, 337, 379, 384, 386, 393, 396 Maldivian scripts, 391 ft. Male or Mali, 391
Malicus III, 267
Malta, 245
Malumkun; see Kirk Michael
Malvi, 371
Malwa, 344, 399
Mamandur inscription, 341 Man (Isle of), 511, 521, 525, 530 f. Man dialects, scripts, tribes, 145 f. Manadu (Tribe), 430 Manchu alphabet, 317 ff. Mandaan alphabet, 260, 290 f. Mandarin dialect, 99 f. Mandasor inscription, 399 f. Mandeali (Mandi State), 375 Mandharese, 430
Mandingo language, 178
Mangalore, 379
Manguianes; see Mangyan
Mangyan, 421, 433. 435. 437 ff.
Manichæan, 260, 291 f., 301, 310, 312,
316
Manila, 432 f.
Manipuri, 367 Mansalay, 437
"Mansions in skies" 121
Ma'nu, 280
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Manx, 511, 515, 521 f.
Mappila tribe (Tellicherry), 386 Marathi, 371 f., 379. 394, 399 Marches (Region), 497
Marco Polo, 286
Marcus Aurelius, 339 Mardin, 296 Mar Elia, 287
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Maria Saalerberg inscription, 511, 515 f. Marib, 225 Maronites, 283
Marquesan Islands, 26 Marseilles, 295
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Mar Shimun, 287
Marsiliana d'Albegna tablet, 494 ff. Marwari, 371
Mas d'Azil; see Azilian signary Musahi, 370 Masai (Tribe), 29 Mashad-i-Murghab; see Pasargade Mashaf-i räsh; see Miskhaf Resh Mashq, 272
Menado (Residency), 156 Menam, 405, 413 f. Menangkabaus (Tribe), 428 Mendai; see Mandaæan Mende syllabary, 180 f. Mendoza Codex, 124 Menes (King), 59
Mengkasa, Mengkasara; see Macassar Meng Tien, 106 Meo; see Mino
Mergui District, 416
Manuscripts; see under names of Meroitic, 40, 186, 189 ff., 231, 329, 471
individual scripts
Merovingian hand, 544. 547 Mesha' stele; see Stone of Mesha' Mesopotamia, XI, 33 ff., 41 ff, 72, 83,
100, 214 ff., 223, 230, 236, 253 f., 267, 271 f., 277, 280, 282, 286, 290, 304, 335, 568 f.; see also Assyria, Babylonia, Cuneiform writing, Semites and Sumerians (Mesrob,) Mesrop; see St. Mesrop
Masht'otz; see St. Mesrop Mathura (Muttra), 343 Matres lectionis; see Vocalization Matrey, 500 Mattuchira, 393 Maurya scripts, 330, 339 ff. Maya, 34, 58, 121, 122 fl., 434 Mazateco, 126
Mecca, 271 ff., 295
Media, 188, 309
Medina, 271 ff.
Mediterranean, 22 ff., 29, 82, 165, 167, 198, 221, 225, 269, 335, 514
Megalithic, 22 Megara, 455 Megiddo, zog
Megum; see Micmac
Mei-lei, Meitlei, Mekhali; see Manipuri Mekong, 142, 146, 185, 405, 413, 415 Melanesian Islands, 24, 136, 420
Melkites, 282, 288 ff.
Melos (Island), 455 f.
Memory aid symbols; see Mnemonic
devices