Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

Mecca (city in Saudi Arabia)

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Islam volume 6 page 164

Muhammad volume 8 page 203

pilgrimage volume 10 page 85

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 43

Mecca, Great Mosque of (mosque in

Mecca, Saudi Arabia): see in index

Haram Mosque, almechanical

clock (instrument)

clock volume 3 page 140

mechanical equilibrium (physiology): see

in index equilibrium

mechanical radiation (physics)

radiation volume 11 page 17

medal play (golf ): see in index stroke play

media, the (communication): see in index

mass media

median (mathematics)

statistics volume 12 page 183

medical care (medical treatment and

insurance coverage): see in index health

care

medical sciences: see in index medicine

medical service (medical treatment and

insurance coverage): see in index health

care

Medici, Anna Maria Luisa de’ (Italian

noblewoman)

Medici family volume 8 page 92

Medici, Cosimo de’ (ruler of Florence)

Medici family volume 8 page 92

Medici, Giovanni de’ (pope): see in index

Leo X

Medici, Lorenzo de’ (Italian statesman)

Medici family volume 8 page 92

Medici Chapel (chapel in Florence, Italy)

Michelangelo volume 8 page 115

Medici family

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Renaissance volume 11 page 46

medicine (chemical agent): see in index

drug

medicine (science)

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Blackwell volume 2 page 89

images

health worker picture, volume 3

page 110

medical researchers working in a laboratory

picture, volume 12 page 49

operating room picture, volume 12

page 207

pediatrician picture, volume 8 page 92

X-ray picture, volume 8 page 93

technology

drug volume 4 page 79

X-ray volume 15 page 82

Medicis, Marie de (queen of France): see

in index Marie de Medicis

medieval period (European history): see

in index Middle Ages

Medina (city in Saudi Arabia)

Islam volume 6 page 165

Muhammad volume 8 page 203

Saudi Arabia volume 12 page 43

Mediterranean (ethnic-geographic area)

adobe volume 1 page 30

Mediterranean Sea

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earthquake volume 4 page 92

images

Algerian coast picture, volume 1

page 79

Amalfi coast picture, volume 8 page 94

Phoenician ship picture, volume 10

page 74

Tel Aviv-Yafo picture, volume 13

page 33

Valletta picture, volume 8 page 34,

picture, volume 14 page 52

medium (physics)

sound volume 12 page 134, picture, volume

12 page 134

medley (swimming)

swimming volume 12 page 216

Medusa (Greek mythology)

Perseus volume 10 page 60

meerkat (mammal)

mongoose volume 8 page 165

meet (athletics): see in index track meet

megalopolis

city volume 3 page 125

Meghna River (river in Bangladesh)

fishing boat picture, volume 2 page 22

Meharry, Mount (mountain inWestern

Australia, Australia)

Western Australia volume 15 page 30

Meiji (emperor of Japan)

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samurai volume 12 page 25

Tokyo volume 13 page 76

Meiji Restoration (Japanese history)

Japan volume 7 page 15

Meiji Shrine (shrine in Tokyo, Japan)

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Mekong River (river in Southeast Asia)

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delta region picture, volume 8 page 96

fisherman picture, volume 1 page 204

Mekong River delta (region in Vietnam)

rowboat on waterway picture, volume 8

page 96

Melaka (port in Malaysia)

Malaysia volume 8 page 28

Melekeok (capital of Palau)

Palau volume 10 page 16

Melanesia (islands, Pacific Ocean)

Oceania volume 9 page 119

Melanesian (people)

Papua New Guinea volume 10 page 29

Solomon Islands volume 12 page 129

melanin (biological pigment)

skin volume 12 page 101

Melbourne (state capital of Victoria, Australia)

picture, volume 1 page 230

Victoria volume 14 page 77

melody (music)

music volume 8 page 212

melon (plant and fruit)

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harvest in Israel picture, volume 6

page 169

Memorial Day (United States holiday)

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memory (mental function)

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Alzheimer’s disease volume 1 page 91

memory, computer: see in index computer

memory

Memphis (ancient city in Egypt)

ancient Egypt volume 4 page 114

men

biology

endocrine system volume 4 page 135

reproductive system volume 11

page 47, picture, volume 11 page 47

gymnastics volume 5 page 174, picture,

volume 5 page 175

Me-Na-Wa (Creek chief ) picture, volume

3 page 212

Mende (people)

Sierra Leone volume 12 page 85

Mendel, Gregor (Austrian botanist)

genetics volume 5 page 95

Mendoza, Antonio de (viceroy of New

Spain)

Coronado volume 3 page 200

Menelik II (emperor of Ethiopia)

Addis Ababa volume 1 page 29

Menendez de Aviles, Pedro (Spanish

conquistador)

Florida volume 5 page 36

Saint Augustine volume 12 page 10

Menes (king of Egypt)

ancient Egypt volume 4 page 113

“Meninas, Las” (painting by Velazquez)

picture, volume 14 page 61

meningitis (disease)

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nervous system volume 9 page 36

Menlo Park,Wizard of (U.S. inventor):

see in index Edison, Thomas Alva