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Index 485

Mara, 402, 404
Marathi language, 46
Mardana, 182
Maritime Southeast Asia, 371
Maritime trade/travel, 448
Chinese, 389–390, 441–442
Colonial period, 443–444,
445–446
Muslim, 391
prehistoric, 379–380
Southeast Asian, 389–390,
391
Marriage, 39, 173, 285
Hmong, 131–132
as woman’s role, 181, 182,
184–186
Marriage-by-capture, Hmong,
133
Marriage Law of 1950 (PRC),
285
Martial arts culture, samurai
culture , 329–330
Martial values, Zhou dynasty,
254
Martyrdom
Muslim, 220
Sikh, 228
Mask dance (Korea),
343(illus.), 352–353
Massacres, in South Asia, 145
Masson, Charles
explorations of, 150–151
Narrative of Various Journeys
in Balochistan, Afghani-
stan, the Punjab an Kalat,
149
Matachi, 305
Mathematics, 153
Matheson, James, 455
Matisoff, James, 53
Matsuri, 304
Mauna Loa, 27
Mauryan Empire/Dynasty
(India), 160, 164, 213
and King Ashoka, 165–166
Mauryan-Gupta Empires,
157, 164–167
May Fourth Movement, 286
Mayor, Adrienne, 93
Mead, Margaret, 423, 425

Medicine, opium as, 453

Medieval Period (India), 157,

167–168

Medina, trade routes and, 389

Meditation, 202, 271, 337

Mediterranean, trade with,

443

Meerut, sepoy rebellion, 451

Megat Iskander Shah

(Parameshvara), 391,

458

Meiji, Emperor, 332

Meiji Constitution, 468

Meiji Period (Japan), 299,

467–468

Meiji Restoration, 328, 363,

365

Mekong River system, 19, 23,

29, 54

Funan in, 384–85

Melanesians, 114

Men. See Gender roles; Patri-

archy, patrilineality

Mencius (Mengzi), 243

Meo. See Miao

Merchant houses, Chinese,

454, 455

Merchants, 90, 442

Chinese, 253, 389,

390–391, 454, 455

Dutch and English,

446–447

in Korea, 362

in Mumbai, 92

Merit-making rites, Thai, 401

Meritocracy, in China, 263

Meru, Mount, 13

representations of, 396,

397–398

Metalwork, 95(illus.), 235,

304, 380

Shang dynasty, 248–249

Metcalf, Peter, 418, 419

Metcalf, Richard, 2, 396–397

Meto village, 1, 121–122, 125,

133

Mexico, Manila trade, 445

Miao (Meo), 36, 55, 110, 116,

132

in China, 117–120

Miao Albums, 118

Miao Rebellions, 118

Miao-Yao (language), 48, 51,

53

Miao-Yao (people), 379

Michinaga, Fujiwara, 318,

327

Middle class, Chinese gentry

and, 267

Middle East, 3

Middle Kingdom (Zhongguo),

242, 244, 251, 383

Mien, 125

Migrations

of Austro-Tai-speaking

peoples, 49–50

Chinese, 458–459

Hmong/Miao, 118, 120

and language dispersal, 47,

48

of Proto-Sino-Tibetan

speakers, 53–54

Miko, 303

Militant separatists, in Punjab,

229–230

Militarism

Chinese, 245

in Korea, 347, 356–357

samurai, 328, 329–331

Military

British East India Com-

pany, 171–172, 451

Chinese, 95, 235, 274–275,

463

Japanese, 299, 326

Khmer, 388(illus.)

Mongol conquests by, 84,

96–97, 99

Sikhs and, 229

Silla kingdom, 356

Military security, regional

associations, 7

Millet cultivation, 28, 29, 53

Millward James, 101

Min, 55

Minamoto family, 299, 322,

326, 327, 330

Minamoto Yorimoto, 327, 336

Min Chinese, 55

Ming, Emperor, 267, 301