pre-Greek, 130
Megatherium, 74
Megiddo, battle of, 110, 115, 429
Melasgird, battle of, 268, 432
Mentality, primitive, 60, et seq.
Mercury (planet), 2, 3
Mesopotamia, 77, 80, 96, 100, 109, 127, 174, 267, 290, 299
Mesozoic period, 27; land life of, 28; sea life of, 30; scarcity of bird and mammal life in, 32, 34; its difference from Cainozoic period, 38
Messina, 179, 180
Messina, Straits of, 179
Metallurgy, 356, 359, 360
Metals, transmutation of, 257
Meteoric iron, 80, 94
Metz, 391
Mexico, 74, 76, 324, 321, 384, 385,