Human Geography, MIX-NūR
Since 1945 human geography has contained five main divisions. The first four—economic, social, cultural, and political—reflect both the main areas of contemporary life and the social science disciplines with which geographers interact (i.e., economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science and international relations, respectively); the fifth is historical geography.
Human Geography Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Mixtec, Middle American Indian population living in the northern and western sections of the state of Oaxaca and......
Mizo, any of a number of ethnic groups, most speaking Tibeto-Burman languages, whose homeland lies in the Mizo......
Mi’kmaq, the largest of the Native American (First Nations) peoples traditionally occupying what are now Canada’s......
Moabite, member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan)......
Modoc and Klamath, two neighbouring North American Indian tribes who lived in what are now south-central Oregon......
Robert Moffat was a Scottish missionary to Africa and Bible translator, who was known for his efforts to improve......
Mohawk, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribe and the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)......
Mohegan, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian people who originally occupied most of the upper Thames valley......
Mohican, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe of what is now the upper Hudson River valley above the......
Mojave, Yuman-speaking North American Indian farmers of the Mojave Desert who traditionally resided along the lower......
Mompox, Indian people of what are now the northern Colombia lowlands who became extinct under Spanish rule. Culturally......
Mon, people living in the eastern delta region of Myanmar (Burma) and in west-central Thailand, numbering in the......
Mongo, any of several peoples living in the African equatorial forest, south of the main Congo River bend and north......
Mongol, member of a Central Asian ethnographic group of closely related tribal peoples who live mainly on the Mongolian......
Mono, either of two North American Indian groups, originally from what is now central California, U.S., who spoke......
Montagnard, (French: “Highlander,” or “Mountain Man”), any member of the hill-dwelling peoples of the Indochinese......
Ashley Montagu was a British American anthropologist noted for his works popularizing anthropology and science.......
Montauk, both a single tribe and a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribes who lived on......
Moor, in English usage, a Moroccan or, formerly, a member of the Muslim population of al-Andalus, now Spain and......
Mordvin, member of a people speaking a Finno-Ugric language of the Uralic language family and living mainly in......
Morini, ancient Celtic people living in the northwestern part of the region between the Seine and the Rhine rivers......
Moriori, native inhabitants of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. They are a Polynesian people whose language......
Morisco, (Spanish: “Little Moor”), one of the Spanish Muslims (or their descendants) who became baptized Christians.......
Moro, any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the......
Moshoeshoe was the founder and first paramount chief of the Sotho (Basuto, Basotho) nation. One of the most successful......
Mossi, people of Burkina Faso and other parts of West Africa, especially Mali and Togo. They numbered some six......
Motilón, (Spanish: “Hairless Ones”), collective name loosely applied by the Spaniards to various highland and lowland......
Mozarab, (from Arabic mustaʿrib, “arabicized”), any of the Spanish Christians living under Muslim rule (8th–11th......
Mpezeni was a Southern African chief, a son of the great Ngoni king Zwangendaba. Mpezeni found himself in the middle......
Mpondo, group of Nguni-speaking peoples who have for several centuries occupied the area between the Mtata and......
Mswati II was a Southern African king and son of Sobhuza I. Mswati II was the greatest of the Dlamini-Ngwane kings,......
Mswati III is a member of the Swazi royal family who became king of Swaziland in 1986. Born to King Sobhuza II......
Mudejar, (from Arabic mudajjan, “permitted to remain”), any of the Muslims who remained in Spain after the Reconquista,......
muhajir, Muslim person, usually Urdu-speaking, who either migrated during the partition of India in 1947 to territory......
mulatto, a person of mixed white and Black ancestry. The term mulatto is a legacy of attempts to establish taxonomies......
Munda, any of several more or less distinct tribal groups inhabiting a broad belt in central and eastern India......
Mundurukú, South American Indian people of the Amazon tropical forest. The Mundurukú speak a language of the Tupian......
Muong, ethnic minority in Vietnam, located in the mountainous area southwest of Hanoi. Considered the only surviving......
Mura, South American Indian people of the Amazon tropical forest of western Brazil. The Mura originally inhabited......
Frank Murphy was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1940 until his death. He was......
Mursilis I was a Hittite king during the Old Kingdom (reigned c. 1620–c. 1590 bce). Mursilis was the adopted heir......
Mursilis II was a Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1346–c. 1320 bc). Son of the great Hittite conqueror......
Murut, least numerous of the indigenous ethnic groups of Indonesian Borneo, living mostly in the hilly southwestern......
Muwatallis was a Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320–c. 1294 bc). Muwatallis was the son and successor......
Mycenaean, Any member of a group of warlike Indo-European peoples who entered Greece from the north starting c.......
Métis, indigenous nation of Canada that has combined Native American and European cultural practices since at least......
Māori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their traditional history describes their origins in terms......
Mʾzabite, member of a Berber people who inhabit the Mʾzab oases of southern Algeria. Members of the Ibāḍīyah subsect......
Nabataean, member of a people of ancient Arabia whose settlements lay in the borderlands between Syria and Arabia,......
Nahua, Middle American Indian population of central Mexico, of which the Aztecs (see Aztec) of pre-Conquest Mexico......
Nama, any member of a people of southern Namibia who constitute by far the largest Khoekhoe ethnic group, perhaps......
Nambicuara, South American Indian people of the northern Mato Grosso. Once estimated at more than 20,000, the population......
Nandi, Kalenjin-speaking people who inhabit the western part of the highlands of Kenya. Their dialect of Kalenjin......
Nanticoke, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who lived along the eastern shores of what......
Narraganset, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied most of what is now the U.S.......
Natchez, North American Indian tribe of the Macro-Algonquian linguistic phylum that inhabited the east side of......
Native American, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, although the term often connotes......
- Introduction
- Arctic Tribes, Inuit, Subsistence
- Tribes, Culture, History
- Prehistory, Tribes, Culture
- Archaic Cultures
- Prehistoric Farming, Agriculture, Cultivation
- Tribes, Culture, History
- Tribes, Culture, History
- Colonial Goals, Geographic Claims
- Colonization, 16th-17th Centuries
- The Iroquoians of Huronia
- Tribes, Colonies, Revolution
- Plains, Plateau, Culture
- Red River, Manitoba, Creation
- Assimilation, Sovereignty, 20th Century
- Reorganization, Sovereignty, Tribes
- Developments, Late 20th, Early 21st
- Outplacement, Adoption, Children
- Repatriation, Disposition, Dead
- Economic Development, Tourism, Gaming
Nauset, any member of an Algonquian-speaking Native North American tribe that occupied most of what is now Cape......
Navajo, second most populous of all Native American peoples in the United States, with some 300,000 individuals......
navigation chart, map designed and used primarily for navigation. A nautical chart presents most of the information......
Naxi, ethnic group of China who live mainly in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces; some live in Tibet. They speak a Tibeto-Burman......
Ndebele, any of several Bantu-speaking African peoples who live primarily in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces......
Ndebele, Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Zimbabwe who now live primarily around the city of Bulawayo. They......
Nenets, ethnolinguistic group inhabiting northwestern Russia, from the White Sea on the west to the base of the......
Nephilim, in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament), a group of mysterious beings or people of unusually......
Neutral, a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking North American Indian tribes who lived in what are now southern Ontario,......
Newar, people who comprise about half the population of the Kāthmāndu Valley in Nepal. They speak a language belonging......
Nez Percé, North American Indian people whose traditional territory centred on the lower Snake River and such tributaries......
Ngada, tribe inhabiting the south coast of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia. They live around......
Nganasan, an indigenous Arctic people who traditionally resided in the lower half of the Taymyr Peninsula of Russia.......
Āpirana Ngata was a political and cultural leader of the Māori community in New Zealand. He was a major force behind......
Ngbandi, a people of the upper Ubangi River in southern Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic......
Ngoni, approximately 12 groups of people of the Nguni (q.v.) branch of Bantu-speaking peoples that are scattered......
Nguni, cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, whose ancestors......
Niantic, Algonquian-speaking woodland Indians of southern New England. The Eastern Niantic lived on the western......
Nilot, any member of several east-central African peoples living in South Sudan, northern Uganda, and western Kenya.......
Nipmuc, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian group that originally occupied the central plateau of what is......
Nisei, (Japanese: “second-generation”), son or daughter of Japanese immigrants who was born and educated in the......
Nivkh, east Siberian people who live in the region of the Amur River estuary and on nearby Sakhalin Island. They......
Nkole, a people of the Interlacustrine Bantu-speaking group who occupy the area of southwestern Uganda between......
Joshua Nkomo was a Black nationalist in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), who, as leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s......
Norman, member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France (or the Frankish kingdom), together......
Northeast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples living at the time of European contact in the area......
northern Mexican Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting northern Mexico. The generally accepted......
Northwest Coast Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland......
Nsenga, a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the Luangwa River valley area of southeastern Zambia. It is difficult......
Nuba, inhabitants of the Nuba Hills in the Kordofan region of central-southern Sudan. This region is studded with......
Nuer, people who live in the marsh and savanna country on both banks of the Nile River in South Sudan. They speak......
Pedro Nunes was a mathematician, geographer, and the chief figure in Portuguese nautical science, noted for his......
Nupe, people living near the confluence of the Niger and Kaduna rivers in west-central Nigeria. They speak a language......
Nurhachi was a chieftain of the Jianzhou Juchen, a Manchurian tribe, and one of the founders of the Manchu, or......
Nuu-chah-nulth, North American Indians who live on what are now the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, Can.,......
Nyakyusa, Bantu-speaking people living in Mbeya region, Tanzania, immediately north of Lake Nyasa, and in Malaŵi.......
Nyamwezi, Bantu-speaking inhabitants of a wide area of the western region of Tanzania. Their language and culture......
Nyika, any of several Northeast Bantu-speaking peoples including the Digo, who live along the coast of Kenya and......
Nyishi, tribal people of eastern Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh (formerly North East Frontier Agency), a mountainous......
Nyoro, an Interlacustrine Bantu people living just east of Lake Albert (also called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko), west......
nökhör, In Mongolia during the time of Genghis Khan (c. 1160–1227), one who forswore loyalty to family and clan......
Nāga, group of tribes inhabiting the Nāga Hills of Nāgāland (q.v.) state in northeastern India. They include more......
Nūristāni, people of the Hindu Kush mountain area of Afghanistan and the Chitral area of Pakistan. Their territory,......