menorah (candelabrum) picture, volume 6
page 15
Hanukkah volume 6 page 15
Menshevik (Russian political party)
Lenin volume 7 page 130
Stalin volume 12 page 176
menstruation (physiology)
adolescence volume 1 page 31
reproductive system volume 11 page 48
mental depression (psychology): see in
index depression
mental illness
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 100
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art therapy picture, volume 8 page 101
Mercalli scale (seismology)
earthquake volume 4 page 93
Mercato (market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Addis Ababa volume 1 page 28
Mercator, Gerardus (Flemish cartographer)
atlas volume 1 page 223
“Mercure galant, Le” (French magazine)
magazine volume 8 page 15
Mercury (Roman god)
Hermes volume 6 page 46
Mercury (planet)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 101, picture,
volume 8 page 102
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planets volume 10 page 92, picture, volume
10 page 93
solar system volume 12 page 127, picture,
volume 12 page 127
Meredith, James (U.S. civil rights activist
and author)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 103, picture,
volume 8 page 103
meridian (geography)
latitude and longitude volume 7
page 114
Merina (people)
Madagascar volume 8 page 9
Merisi, Michelangelo (Italian painter):
see in index Caravaggio
merlin (bird)
falcon volume 5 page 4
merlion (imaginary creature)
statue in Singapore picture, volume 12
page 91
mermaid (legendary being)
fairy tale picture, volume 1 page 128
legendary animals volume 1 page 128
manatee volume 8 page 39
Meron, Mount (mountain peak in Israel)
Israel volume 6 page 168
“Merrimack” (Confederate ship)
American CivilWar volume 1 page 97
Merychippus (fossil equine genus)
evolution picture, volume 4 page 170
mesa (geological feature)
high mesa in New Mexico picture, volume
9 page 52
Mesa Verde National Park (national
park in Colorado, U.S.)
Cliff Palace picture, volume 1 page 114,
picture, volume 3 page 158
Colorado history volume 3 page 158
Mesopotamia (historical region in the
Middle East)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 104
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Asia volume 1 page 204
banking volume 2 page 25
city volume 3 page 125
city-state volume 3 page 126
civilization volume 3 page 127
Euphrates volume 4 page 159
Fertile Crescent volume 5 page 13
Tigris River volume 13 page 66
writing system picture, volume 15
page 77
Mesopotamia (region in Argentina)
Argentina volume 1 page 175
mesosphere (atmospheric region)
atmosphere volume 1 page 223
Mesozoic era (prehistoric time period)
geology volume 5 page 97
prehistoric life volume 10 page 145,
table, volume 10 page 145
Mesquakie (Native American people): see
in index Fox
mestizo (people)
Honduras volume 6 page 77
Mexico volume 8 page 111
Panama volume 10 page 21
Paraguay volume 10 page 30
Peru volume 10 page 64
metabolism (biological process)
endocrine system volume 4 page 135
metacarpal (bone)
arm picture, volume 1 page 182
BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA metacarpal 157
Metacom (Wampanoag chief )
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 104, picture,
volume 8 page 105
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King Philip’sWar volume 7 page 67
Massasoit volume 8 page 75
Wampanoag volume 15 page 7
metal (family of chemical elements)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 105
MORE TO EXPLORE
crystal volume 3 page 226
metalwork chair picture, volume 8
page 106
mineral volume 8 page 131
money volume 8 page 160
periodic table table, volume 3 page 86
sculpture volume 12 page 55
metallurgy (science of metals)
metal volume 8 page 106, picture, volume
8 page 106
metalwork
garden chair picture, volume 8 page 106
metamorphic rock (geology)
rock volume 11 page 76
slate picture, volume 11 page 76
metamorphosis (biology)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 107, picture,
volume 8 page 107
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amphibians volume 1 page 111
fish
eel volume 4 page 108
lamprey volume 7 page 103
insect volume 6 page 139
beetle volume 2 page 49
butterfly and moth volume 2 page 158
meteor (astronomy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 108
MORE TO EXPLORE
asteroid volume 1 page 213
Meteor Crater (crater in Arizona, U.S.)
picture, volume 8 page 108
meteor and meteorite volume 8
page 108
meteorite (astronomy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 8 page 108, picture,
volume 8 page 108
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asteroid volume 1 page 213
iron volume 6 page 158
meteoroid (astronomy)
meteor and meteorite volume 8
page 108
meteorology (science)
cloud volume 3 page 144
drought volume 4 page 77
satellite images of Hurricane Katrina
picture, volume 15 page 28
weather volume 15 page 28
meteor shower (astronomy)
comet volume 3 page 166
meter (literature)
poetry volume 10 page 105
meter (music)
music volume 8 page 212
meter (unit of measurement)
common abbreviations table, volume 1
page 8
measurement volume 8 page 90
methane (chemical compound)
Neptune volume 9 page 33
Metis (people of European and Native
American descent)
Alberta volume 1 page 69
Manitoba volume 8 page 44
Saskatchewan volume 12 page 40
metre (unit of measure): see in index
meter
metre (music): see in index meter
metre (literature): see in index meter
metric system (measurement system)
measurement volume 8 page 90
Metropolitan Opera Association (U.S.
opera company)
Anderson volume 1 page 117
Metropolitan Swimming Clubs of London
(British sports organization): see in
index Amateur Swimming Association
