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TimiaPlaceTimia is an oasis village in the central Aïr Mountains of Niger.
TimișoaraPlaceTimișoara, in Hungarian Temesvár and German Temeswar, is the largest city of the Banat in western Romania.- Timna (Yemen)PlaceTimna was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Qataban in Yemen, at the site now called Hajar Kuhlan in Wadi Bayhan.
TimokPlaceThe Timok is a river of the eastern Balkans that rises in eastern Serbia and flows north into the Danube, forming part of the border between Serbia and Bulgaria in its…
TimoleonPersonTimoleon was a Corinthian statesman and general sent to Sicily in 344 BCE to help Syracuse.
TimorPlaceTimor is an island at the southern end of the Malay Archipelago, north of Australia, divided today between the independent state of Timor-Leste in the east and…
Timotheus (general)PersonTimotheus was an Athenian general and statesman of the fourth century BCE, son of the admiral Conon.- TimucuaPeople / groupThe Timucua were a Native American people of northern Florida and south-eastern Georgia, divided into many chiefdoms that spoke dialects of the Timucua language.
TimurPersonTimur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who rose to power in Transoxiana in the late fourteenth century and founded the Timurid Empire.
Timurid EmpireStateThe Timurid Empire was the state founded by Timur in the late fourteenth century, centred on Transoxiana, Iran and Afghanistan, with capitals at Samarkand and later…- Timurtash (Chupanid)PersonTimurtash was a Mongol commander, son of the emir Chupan, who governed Anatolia for the Ilkhanate from the 1310s.
- TinTermTin is a metal that, when alloyed with copper, produces bronze, making it a strategic commodity of the ancient world.
TincomarusPersonTincomarus was a king of the Atrebates in southern Britain in the late 1st century BCE, known from coins that name him as a son of Commius.
TinganesPlaceTinganes is a small rocky peninsula in the harbour of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
TinianPlaceTinian is one of the three main islands of the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific, just south-west of Saipan.
Tinicum IslandPlaceTinicum Island is an area on the Delaware River in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, south-west of Philadelphia.
TinmelPlaceTinmel is a village in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.- TinosPlaceTinos is an island of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea, Greece.
TintagelPlaceTintagel is a headland and village on the north coast of Cornwall, England.
TintorettoPersonTintoretto was a Venetian painter of the late Renaissance, famed for his speed, dramatic lighting and bold perspective.
Tioman IslandPlaceTioman Island is a mountainous island in the South China Sea off the east coast of Pahang, Malaysia.
Tippecanoe RiverPlaceThe Tippecanoe River is a river of northern Indiana, flowing nearly 300 kilometres south-west to join the Wabash River above Lafayette.
Tippu TipPersonTippu Tip was a Swahili-Arab trader from Zanzibar who built a commercial empire in the eastern Congo basin, dealing in ivory and slaves.
Tipu SultanPersonTipu Sultan was ruler of Mysore from 1782, succeeding his father Hyder Ali.
Tipu's TigerWork / monumentTipu's Tiger is a wooden automaton made for Tipu Sultan of Mysore around 1795, showing a life-sized tiger mauling a European soldier.
Tír EoghainStateTír Eoghain, 'Eogan's land', was the Gaelic kingdom of the O'Neills in mid-Ulster, the core of modern County Tyrone.
TiradentesPersonTiradentes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, was a Brazilian militia officer whose nickname, 'tooth-puller', came from his work as a dentist.
TirailleursInstitutionTirailleurs were colonial infantry units of the French army recruited from French territories in Africa and Asia, including Senegal, Algeria and Indochina.- Tiramakhan TraorePersonTiramakhan Traore was a general of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, in the thirteenth century.
TiranaPlaceTirana is the capital and largest city of Albania, in the centre of the country.
Tirant lo BlancWork / monumentTirant lo Blanc is a chivalric romance in Catalan by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, completed after his death by Martí Joan de Galba and printed in Valencia in…
TirhutPlaceTirhut is a historical region of northern Bihar in India, between the Ganges and the Himalayan foothills, largely corresponding to Mithila.
Tirich MirPlaceTirich Mir is the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush, rising to 7,708 metres in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Tiridates I of ArmeniaPersonTiridates I was king of Armenia in the mid-1st century CE and founder of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia.
Tiridates III of ArmeniaPersonTiridates III was Arsacid king of Armenia from the late 3rd century until about 330, restored with Roman support after a period of Sasanian rule.
TiriganPersonTirigan was the last Gutian king listed in the Sumerian King List, said to have reigned for only forty days.- Tirot SingPersonTirot Sing (1802–1835) was a Khasi chief of Nongkhlaw in the hills of present-day Meghalaya, India.
TiruchirappalliPlaceTiruchirappalli, also called Trichy and formerly Trichinopoly, is a city on the Kaveri River in Tamil Nadu, India.
TirukkuralWork / monumentThe Tirukkural is a classic Tamil work of 1,330 couplets on ethics, attributed to the poet Thiruvalluvar.
Tirumala Deva RayaPersonTirumala Deva Raya was the brother of Aliya Rama Raya and founder of the Aravidu dynasty, the last ruling house of the Vijayanagara Empire.- Tirumala NayakPersonTirumala Nayak (died 1659) was the most famous ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty in southern India, reigning from 1623 to 1659.
- Tiruvalangadu copper platesWork / monumentThe Tiruvalangadu copper plates are a set of inscribed copper plates issued in the reign of the Chola king Rajendra I and found at Tiruvalangadu in Tamil Nadu.
TiruvannamalaiPlaceTiruvannamalai is a temple town in northern Tamil Nadu, India, at the foot of the sacred hill of Arunachala.- TirzahPlaceTirzah was an ancient city in the northern hills of Samaria, usually identified with Tell el-Far'ah (North) near Nablus in the West Bank.
Tisha B'AvTermTisha B'Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is the annual fast day in Judaism that mourns the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 587 or 586…
Tishomingo, OklahomaPlaceTishomingo is a city in Johnston County, south-central Oklahoma, United States, named after the Chickasaw leader Tishomingo.- TishpakReligion / ideaTishpak was the city god of Eshnunna in the Diyala region of Mesopotamia, replacing the earlier god Ninazu in the later third millennium BCE.
TisquantumPersonTisquantum, better known as Squanto, was a Patuxet man who acted as interpreter and guide for the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony.
TisquesusaPersonTisquesusa (died 1537) was the last independent zipa of Bacatá, the southern Muisca realm on the high plain of present-day Bogotá in Colombia.- Tissa WewaWork / monumentTissa Wewa is an ancient irrigation reservoir at Tissamaharama in southern Sri Lanka.
TissamaharamaPlaceTissamaharama is a town in Hambantota District in southern Sri Lanka, identified with Mahagama, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Ruhuna.
TiszaPlaceThe Tisza is one of the main rivers of central Europe, rising in the Carpathians of western Ukraine and flowing for about 960 kilometres through Hungary to join the…- Tisza PartyPeople / groupThe Tisza Party, named after Hungary's second river and formally the Respect and Freedom Party, is a Hungarian centre-right political party.
TitelbergPlaceThe Titelberg is a plateau in south-western Luxembourg, near Differdange, that held one of the largest oppida of the Treveri, a fortified Celtic town of about 40…
TitianPersonTitian was the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice.
TitlisPlaceTitlis is a mountain of the Uri Alps in central Switzerland, rising to 3,238 metres on the border of the cantons of Obwalden and Bern.- Tito OkelloPersonTito Okello was a Ugandan army officer who became head of state after the coup of July 1985 that ousted Milton Obote.
- Tito VenierPersonTito Venier was a Venetian noble of Crete who in 1363 led the revolt of the island's Venetian colonists against Venice, sparked by a new tax for the harbour of Candia.
- Tito Winyi IVPersonTito Winyi IV was omukama of Bunyoro from 1924 until 1967.
Titterstone Clee HillPlaceTitterstone Clee Hill is a hill in south Shropshire, England, rising to 533 metres.
Titu Cusi YupanquiPersonTitu Cusi Yupanqui (1529–1571) was ruler of the Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba from 1563, a son of Manco Inca.
TitusPersonTitus was Roman emperor from 79 to 81 CE, the elder son of Vespasian and the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty.
Titus (saint)PersonSaint Titus was an early Christian missionary and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom the New Testament Letter to Titus is addressed.- Titus DidiusPersonTitus Didius was a Roman general, consul in 98 BCE and then governor of Hispania Citerior, where he campaigned against the Celtiberians for several years.
- Titus LabienusPersonTitus Labienus was a Roman general, Julius Caesar's most trusted legate in the Gallic Wars of 58–50 BCE.
Titus Quinctius FlamininusPersonTitus Quinctius Flamininus was a Roman general and politician who defeated Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephalae in 197 BCE, ending the Second Macedonian War.
Titus TatiusPersonTitus Tatius was, in Roman legend, the king of the Sabine town of Cures who made war on Rome after the abduction of the Sabine women.- TivaradevaPersonTivaradeva was a king of the Panduvamshi dynasty of Dakshina Kosala, in modern Chhattisgarh, who reigned in the late 6th century.
- TizPlaceTiz was a medieval port on the Makran coast of south-eastern Iran, near modern Chabahar.
TizatlanPlaceTizatlan was one of the four altepetl, or city-states, that formed the Nahua state of Tlaxcala in central Mexico.
TizocPersonTizoc was the seventh ruler, or tlatoani, of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1481 to 1486.
TlacaelelPersonTlacaelel was a Mexica statesman and adviser to several rulers of Tenochtitlan in the fifteenth century.
TlacatecatlInstitutionThe tlacatecatl was one of the highest military offices in the Aztec Empire, a senior commander of the Mexica army.
TlacochcalcatlInstitutionThe tlacochcalcatl was one of the two supreme military commanders of the Aztec Empire, whose title is associated with the house of darts, or armoury.
TlacopanPlaceTlacopan was a Tepanec city-state on the western shore of Lake Texcoco and the third member of the Aztec Triple Alliance, alongside Tenochtitlan and Texcoco.
TlalmanalcoPlaceTlalmanalco is a town in the State of Mexico, south-east of Mexico City near the foot of Iztaccíhuatl.
TlalocReligion / ideaTlaloc was the Aztec god of rain, storms and agricultural fertility, recognisable by his goggle eyes and fangs.- Tlapanec peoplePeople / groupThe Tlapanecs, who call themselves Me'phaa, are an indigenous people of the mountains of eastern Guerrero, Mexico, speaking an Oto-Manguean language.
- TlatelolcoPlaceTlatelolco was a Mexica city adjacent to Tenochtitlan, founded on the same island in Lake Texcoco and later absorbed into it.
- TlaxcalansPeople / groupThe Tlaxcalans were the people of Tlaxcala, a Nahua confederation east of the Valley of Mexico that remained independent of the Aztec Empire.
TlemcenPlaceTlemcen is a city in north-western Algeria that was an important commercial and political centre of the central Maghreb.
TlingitPeople / groupThe Tlingit are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast, living in south-east Alaska and neighbouring British Columbia.
TlosPlaceTlos was one of the oldest and largest cities of ancient Lycia, on a hill above the Xanthos valley in south-western Turkey, generally identified with the Dalawa of…- Tô LâmPersonTô Lâm is a Vietnamese politician and career police officer who became general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in August 2024, after the death of Nguyen Phu…
ToamasinaPlaceToamasina, formerly Tamatave, is the main seaport of Madagascar, on the island's east coast.
TobagoPlaceTobago is a Caribbean island north-east of Trinidad, with which it forms the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tobol RiverPlaceThe Tobol is a river of Kazakhstan and western Siberia, about 1,590 kilometres long, which rises in the southern Ural region and flows north to join the Irtysh at…
TobolskPlaceTobolsk is a city in western Siberia, Russia, at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers.
TobrukPlaceTobruk is a port city in Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.
Tocco familyPeople / groupThe Tocco were an Italian noble family of the Kingdom of Naples who ruled Cephalonia, Zakynthos and Leucas from 1357 and, under Carlo I Tocco, also Epirus with Ioannina…- Tod (Egypt)PlaceTod is a village and archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile south of Luxor, in Upper Egypt, ancient Djerty, with a temple of the war god Montu.
Toda of PamplonaPersonToda of Pamplona was queen consort of Sancho I Garcés of Pamplona and regent for their son García Sánchez I.
Tōdai-jiWork / monumentTōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, built on the orders of Emperor Shōmu as the head of the state temples of the provinces.
Todar MalPersonTodar Mal was the finance minister of the Mughal emperor Akbar and one of the leading nobles of his court.
TodiPlaceTodi, the ancient Tuder, is a hill town above the Tiber valley in Umbria, central Italy.
Tōdō TakatoraPersonTōdō Takatora (1556–1630) was a Japanese warlord who served several masters, including Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before siding with Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sekigahara in 1600.
Todor ZhivkovPersonTodor Zhivkov was the communist leader of Bulgaria for 35 years, first secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 1954 to 1989 and head of state from 1971.- ToeraPersonToera was the last king of the Sakalava kingdom of Menabe in western Madagascar.
TofangchiInstitutionTofangchi were musketeers in the armies of Safavid and later Iranian states.
Toffa IPersonToffa I was king of Porto-Novo, on the coast of present-day Benin, from 1874 until his death in 1908.