The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities (128 page)

Mthethwa, 277

Mudkal, 144

Mughals, 153, 233, 311

Muhammad, Prophet, 148, 193

Muhammad, Sultan of Khwarezm, 120–23

Muhammad Shah, Sultan of Bahmani, 144–45

Mukden (Shenyang), 119, 375, 379, 380

Munich, 401

Munich Agreement (1938), 387, 421

Munro, H. H., 351

Murad (son of Shah Jahan), 233, 394

Muret, Battle of, 129

Murmansk, 362

Muscovy, 206, 207, 209–11

Museum (Temple of the Muses), 7

Museveni, Yoweri, 501–2, 523, 524

Mussolini, Benito, 395, 401, 402, 411

Mussorgsky, Modest, 213

Mustafa, Kara, 237–38

Muzhou, 113

Myanmar, 195

My Lai massacre (1968), 468

Mystic River, 181

Mzilikazi, 280

Nagasaki bombing (1945), 188, 337, 378, 416, 608
n

Nahimana, Ferdinand, 521

Nahuatl language, 177

Nairobi, 463

Najibullah, Muhammad, 507, 508

Nama, 192

Namibia, 192, 500, 523

Namugongo, 501–2

Nanchang, 142

Nanda Bayin, King of Burma, 196

Nandi, 277, 279

Nanjing, 65, 141, 228, 290, 291, 292–93, 374, 377, 380, 533, 601
n

Nanjing massacre (Rape of Nanjing) (1937), 377, 601
n

Nanping Guo (Kingdom of the Pacified South), 297, 298

Naples, 76, 251, 259

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 170, 217, 259, 261–70, 271, 274, 275, 345, 527, 538, 539, 561

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 307, 308

Napoleonic Wars, xvi, 248, 259–70, 282, 295, 307, 336, 338, 345, 530, 533, 541, 546, 547, 551, 561, 591
n

Naresuan, 196–97

Narses, 76, 77

Narva, Battle of, 247

Nashville, Battle of, 337

Nasution, Abdul, 476

National Guard, U.S., 472

National Islamic Front, 463

Nationalist Chinese Party (Guomindang), 372–81, 402, 408, 416,
417,
418, 429, 430, 432, 444, 454, 533, 563, 607
n

Nationalist Spain, 397–99

National Liberation Front (FLN), 458–59

National Resistance Army, 501

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), 499–500

Navarre, 201

Navy, U.S., 466, 512

Nazism, 23, 108, 191, 312, 377, 378, 387–89, 390, 393, 397, 398, 400, 401–5, 406, 407–8, 415
n,
416,
417,
418, 420–24, 532
n,
535, 540, 564, 565, 607
n

Ndwandwe Confederation, 277–79, 280

“Nefarious War” (Li Po), 92

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 427

Nelson, Horatio, Lord, 263

Nepal, 400

Neptune, 24

Nero, Emperor of Rome, 50, 69, 113

Nerva, Publius Licinius, 28–29, 71

Nestorian Christians, 130–31, 286

Netherlands, 107, 111, 161, 162, 181, 201, 203, 220, 221, 224, 229, 242, 249, 256, 259, 270, 344, 338, 402, 405, 416, 417, 439, 557, 592
n

Neunkirchen, 219

Nevada, 243
n

New Calabar, 163

New Economic Policy, 384

Newfoundland, 189

New Guinea, 326

New Jersey, 170

New Mexico, 342

New Orleans, Battle of, 270

New People, 493

New Spain, 275–76

New Testament, 290

New World,
see
Americas

New York, 556

New York Public Library American History Desk Reference, The,
186

New Zealand, 193, 419, 458

Ngo Dinh Diem, 465–66, 533

Ngo Dinh Nhu, 466

Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame, 466

Ngo Dinh Thuc, 466

Nguema, Francisco Macias, 394

Nguni, 277–78

Nguyen Van Thieu, 466

Nian, 289

Nian Rebellion, 303

Nicaea, 99–100

Nicaragua, 453
n,
454, 455, 475, 478–80

Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, 294

Nicholas V, Pope, 168

Nicholas V, Tsar of Russia, 359–60, 367

Nigeria, 458, 478–80, 503

Niger River, 479

Nightingale, Florence, 294

Nika riots, 75

Nile River, 7, 321, 323, 324, 325–26, 461, 462, 485

Nimeiri, Jaafar, 462

Nine Years War, 592
n

Ningbo, 292, 409

Ningxia, 122

Nishapur, 116, 121–22, 148

Nixon, Richard M., 471, 472, 481, 485

Nizam of Hyderabad, 313

Nizhni Novgorod, 212

NKVD, 384–85, 386, 387

No Gun Ri, 441

Nordlingen, Battle of, 220

Norman Conquest, 132, 138

Norse, 193

North Africa, 14, 19, 65–66, 72, 74, 77, 83–84, 282, 397, 400, 406,
412,
458–60

North America, 181–87, 258, 270, 328

Northern Expedition, 373–74

Northern Ireland, 107

Northern Region, Nigeria, 478

North Korea, 390–91, 439–52, 455, 474–75, 501, 512, 530, 547, 552, 565

North Sea, 354

North Vietnam, 456, 465–73

Northwest Territory, 182

Norton-Tyler, Richard, 388
n

Norway, 248, 344, 402, 416

Nostradamus, 199
n

Novgorod, 207–8, 212, 394

Nuba, 461

Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, 416

Nurhachi, Emperor of China, 225–27

Nyange, 521

Nyarubuye, 521

Nyasa, Lake, 82

Obote, Milton, 484, 501–2

Obregon, Alvaro, 339, 340, 341, 343

Octavian,
see
Augustus, Emperor of Rome

October Revolution (1917), 359
n,
360–61, 367
n

Oder River, 411, 422

Odessa, 403

Odovacer, King of Italy, 68

Ogaden Desert, 487

OGPU, 384
n

Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu, 478–79, 480

Okello, Bazilio Olara, 502

Okinawa Island, 413

Old Guard, 267

Old Testament, 127, 168, 290

Olympia, 34

Olympic Games, 34, 61

Oman, 81–82

Omdurman, 322, 323, 324

Omsk, 363, 364

On Guerrilla Warfare
(Mao), 376

Onya, 527–28

Operation Anfal, 510

Operation Bagration, 410

Operation Citadel, 406

Operation Kheiber, 513

Opium War, 285–86

Oracle of Delphi, 34

Oregon, 189

Orientius, Bishop of Auch, 63

Orleans, 67, 135, 136–37

Orleans, Duke of, 135

Oromo Liberation Front, 486

Orozco, Pascual, 340

Orwell, George, 399

Osttruppen, 389

Otis, Elisha, xv

Otrepiev, Grigory, 213

Ottoman Empire, 86, 151–52, 237–39, 259, 294–96, 316–19, 344, 351–52, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 370, 394, 558, 563–64

Our Lady of Guadeloupe, 275

Ovando, Nicholas de, 175–76

Oyo, 161, 162

Pacific Ocean, 176, 314, 539

Pacific Theater, World War II, 405–6, 412–13,
412,
546

Padua, 394

Pa kingdom, 10

Pakistan, 190, 427–28, 481–83, 507, 508, 512

Palatinate, 215, 216–17

Palenque, 96

Palermo, 76

Palestine, 5, 50–52, 98, 101, 131, 263, 294, 352, 357, 417, 621
n

Pampas, 189

Panama, 176, 178, 180–81

Panama Canal, 405

Panjsher Valley, 507

Pannonia, 66, 67

Panthay Rebellion, 109, 297–98, 302, 530, 544, 551

Paraguay, 183, 272, 304–6

Paraguay River, 305

Parana River, 305

Paris, 65, 136, 137, 201–2, 203, 204–5, 259–60, 262, 269, 296, 307–8, 347, 353, 355–56, 400, 410, 425

Paris, Treaty of (1229), 129

Paris, Treaty of (1763), 258

Paris Commune, 308

Park Chung Hee, 448

Parliament, British, 138, 231, 313, 329–30

Parthenon, 239

Partition of India, 107, 109, 427–28, 531, 544, 545, 552

Pashtuns, 88

Passchendaele, Battle of, 350

Patay, Battle of, 137

Pathet Lao, 465

Paul, Saint, 61, 67, 168

Paul I, Tsar of Russia, 538

Pearl Harbor attack (1941), 405, 406

Pedrarias (Spanish colonial governor), 176

Peenemunde, 414

Pegu, 195, 196–97, 586
n

Peiking,
see
Beijing

Pelissier, Aimable, 283

Peloponnesian War, 194

Penglai Mountain, 16

Peninsular War, 264–65

Pennsylvania, 182

People’s Crusade, 99

People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 443

People’s Progressive Party, 482

Pera, Brutus, 23

Perchtoldsdorf, 238

Persepolis, 7

Persia, 113, 123, 130, 149, 150, 151, 244

Persian Empire, xviii, 3–7, 531, 545, 546, 569
n

Persian Gulf, 487–88, 512, 515

Persian Wars, 3–5, 6, 531, 545, 546

Peru, 178–79, 180, 314

Peter, Saint, 67, 168

Peter I (the Great), Emperor of Russia, 242–46, 530, 539, 542, 547, 551, 561, 589
n
–90
n

Peter II, King of Aragon, 129

Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 258

Peter Pan
(Barrie), 351

Petersburg, Battle of, 300, 537

Peter the Hermit, 99–101

Petexbatun, 96

Petr, “Tsar,” 211

Petrograd, 359–61

Petrograd Soviet, 360

Phantom Emperors, 68

Philadelphia, 65, 168

Philip II, King of France, 103, 104

Philip II, King of Macedon, 6

Philip II, King of Spain, 199, 201

Philip Augustus, King of France, 102

Philippeville massacre (1955), 459

Philippine-American War, 558

Philippines, 229, 292, 326, 335, 405, 413, 439, 465, 475, 491, 558

Philip the Proud, Duke of Burgundy, 135

Phitsanulok, 196

Phnom Penh, 473, 492, 493

Phoenicia, 7

Phra Maha Thammaraja, King of Thailand, 195–96

Picasso, Pablo, 398

Pickett’s Charge, xiv

Piedmont, 249, 259

Pilate, Pontius, 60

Ping, Emperor of China, 44–45,
45

Pinochet, Augusto, xv, 394

Pizarro, Francisco, 178–79

Placidia, Galla,
63,
65, 66

Plassey, Battle of, 258, 310

Plataea, Battle of, 4

Plevna, Battle of, 316

Plutarch, 39, 571
n