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TajuraPlaceTajura is a coastal town in Libya, just east of Tripoli.
TakamatsuPlaceTakamatsu is a port city on the Seto Inland Sea, capital of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
Takano ChōeiPersonTakano Chōei was a Japanese physician and scholar of Dutch learning (rangaku) who studied under Philipp Franz von Siebold at Nagasaki.
Takasugi ShinsakuPersonTakasugi Shinsaku was a samurai of the Chōshū domain and a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.- TakaunguPlaceTakaungu is a small coastal town in Kilifi County, Kenya, north of Mombasa.
- Takdra LukhongPersonTakdra Lukhong was a Tibetan minister and general under the emperor Trisong Detsen.
Takechi HanpeitaPersonTakechi Hanpeita was a samurai and swordsman of the Tosa domain on Shikoku who in 1861 founded the Tosa Loyalist Party, dedicated to restoring imperial rule and…
Takeda clanPeople / groupThe Takeda were a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Minamoto that ruled Kai Province from the 12th century.
Takeda NobutoraPersonTakeda Nobutora (1494–1574) was a Japanese warlord who unified Kai province under the Takeda clan and built its residence at Tsutsujigasaki in Kōfu.
Takeda ShingenPersonTakeda Shingen was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period who ruled Kai province and expanded into Shinano and Suruga.
Takelot IIPersonTakelot II was a king of the Libyan period of Egypt in the second half of the 9th century BCE, usually placed in the Twenty-second Dynasty.
Takelot IIIPersonTakelot III was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 8th century BCE, a son of Osorkon III, who first served as High Priest of Amun at Thebes and then as co-ruler with his father.- Takeno JōōPersonTakeno Jōō was a wealthy merchant of Sakai and one of the founders of the wabi style of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Takht-e SoleymanPlaceTakht-e Soleyman is an archaeological site in West Azerbaijan province, north-western Iran, built around a spring-fed lake on a hilltop.
Takht-i-BahiPlaceTakht-i-Bahi is a Buddhist monastic complex on a hilltop near Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, founded in the 1st century CE and used until about the 7th century.- TakhtsinhjiPersonTakhtsinhji was Maharaja of Bhavnagar State in Kathiawar, Gujarat, from 1870 to 1896.
TaksinPersonTaksin was a Siamese general of Chinese descent who rallied resistance after the Burmese destroyed Ayutthaya in 1767 and was crowned king at Thonburi.
TaksonyPersonTaksony was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from about 955 to about 970, the period after the defeat at the Lechfeld that ended the Magyar raids on western Europe.
Takua PaPlaceTakua Pa is a town and district in Phang Nga Province on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand.
Talagunda inscriptionWork / monumentThe Talagunda inscription is a Sanskrit verse inscription on a stone pillar at Talagunda in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India, carved in the 5th century under the…
TalakadPlaceTalakad is a town on the Kaveri river in Mysore district, Karnataka, once the capital of the Western Ganga dynasty.- Talal ibn RashidPersonTalal ibn Rashid was emir of Jabal Shammar from 1848 to 1868, the son of the dynasty's founder Abdullah ibn Rashid.
Talal of JordanPersonTalal of Jordan (Talal bin Abdullah) was King of Jordan from July 1951, after the assassination of his father Abdullah I, until August 1952.
TalamonePlaceTalamone is a small coastal village in southern Tuscany, in the comune of Orbetello.
Talatal GharWork / monumentThe Talatal Ghar is a royal palace of the Ahom kingdom at Rangpur, near Sivasagar in Assam.
Tale of AqhatWork / monumentThe Tale of Aqhat is an epic poem from Ugarit, written in alphabetic cuneiform on clay tablets of the 14th or 13th century BCE copied by the scribe Ilimilku.
The Tale of Igor's CampaignWork / monumentThe Tale of Igor's Campaign is an anonymous Old East Slavic epic poem, usually dated to the late 12th century.
The Tale of KieuWork / monumentThe Tale of Kieu, or Truyện Kiều, is an epic poem by Nguyễn Du, written in the early nineteenth century in chữ Nôm script and in the six-eight lục bát verse form.- Tale of SinuheWork / monumentThe Tale of Sinuhe is an ancient Egyptian literary work of the Twelfth Dynasty, often regarded as the finest piece of Middle Egyptian literature.
- Tale of the Eloquent PeasantWork / monumentThe Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is an ancient Egyptian literary work of the Middle Kingdom.
Tale of the Shipwrecked SailorWork / monumentThe Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor is an ancient Egyptian story of the Middle Kingdom, preserved on a single papyrus in St Petersburg.
TalehPlaceTaleh (Taleex) is a town in the Sool region of northern Somalia, the main stronghold of the Dervish state of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan.- TalentTermThe talent was a large unit of weight used in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, commonly used to measure quantities of silver and gold for payments.
Tales of the AlhambraWork / monumentTales of the Alhambra is a collection of essays, sketches and legends by the American writer Washington Irving, published in 1832 after he had lived in the Alhambra…- Talha ibn Ubayd AllahPersonTalha ibn Ubayd Allah was an early companion of Muhammad from the Quraysh of Mecca, one of the ten promised paradise in Sunni tradition and a member of the council that…
Talhae of SillaPersonTalhae was the fourth ruler of Silla, traditionally reigning from 57 to 80 CE, and the founder of the Seok clan, one of the three lineages that held the Silla throne.
TaliesinPersonTaliesin was a Welsh poet of the late 6th century, one of the earliest named poets of the British language.
TalietumuPlaceTalietumu is the ruin of a fortified settlement in the south of Wallis Island, built by Tongan invaders who conquered the island in the 15th century.
Talimali Band of ApalacheePeople / groupThe Talimali Band of Apalachee is a community of descendants of the Apalachee people living in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.- TālivaldisPersonTālivaldis (died 1215) was the ruler of Tālava, a Latgalian principality in north-eastern Latvia, known from the chronicle of Henry of Livonia.
TallahasseePlaceTallahassee is the capital of the US state of Florida, in the north of the state near the Georgia border.
Tallapoosa RiverPlaceThe Tallapoosa is a river of Georgia and Alabama in the United States, which joins the Coosa to form the Alabama River.- Talmudic academyTermA Talmudic academy, or yeshiva, is an institution for the advanced study of the Talmud and Jewish law.
TalosReligion / ideaTalos is a bronze giant of Greek mythology who guarded Crete, striding around the island three times a day and hurling stones at approaching ships.- TalyshPlaceTalysh is a historical region on the south-western shore of the Caspian Sea, divided between south-eastern Azerbaijan and Iran's Gilan and Ardabil provinces.
Tama peoplePeople / groupThe Tama are a people of eastern Chad and western Darfur in Sudan, living mainly in the hills around Guéréda.- Tamagusuku ChōkunPersonTamagusuku Chōkun was a Ryukyuan official and playwright who created kumi odori, the classical dance-drama of Okinawa.
TamalePlaceTamale is the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana and the largest city of northern Ghana.
Taman SiswaInstitutionTaman Siswa ('Garden of Pupils') is an Indonesian school movement founded by Ki Hajar Dewantara in Yogyakarta on 3 July 1922.
TamanrassetPlaceTamanrasset is the main town of the Ahaggar region in southern Algeria, in the central Sahara.
Tamar of GeorgiaPersonTamar was queen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, and her reign marks the height of the medieval Georgian kingdom.- TamaroaPeople / groupThe Tamaroa were a people of the Illinois Confederation who lived on the Mississippi near the mouth of the Illinois river in the late 17th century.
TamaudunWork / monumentTamaudun is the royal mausoleum of the Second Shō dynasty of Ryukyu at Shuri on Okinawa, built in 1501 by King Shō Shin to receive the remains of his father Shō En.
TamaulipasPlaceTamaulipas is a state of north-eastern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico, bordering Texas along the Rio Grande, with Ciudad Victoria as its capital.
Tambdi Surla Mahadeva TempleWork / monumentThe Tambdi Surla Mahadeva Temple is a small Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in the forested east of Goa, India.
Tambor de MinaReligion / ideaTambor de Mina is an Afro-Brazilian religion centred on São Luís in the state of Maranhão, Brazil.
Tambov RebellionRevolt · 1920–1921The Tambov Rebellion was a peasant uprising against Bolshevik rule in Tambov province, south-east of Moscow, in 1920–1921.
TamesnaPlaceTamesna is the historical name of the Atlantic coastal plain of Morocco between the Bou Regreg river at Salé and Rabat and the Oum Er-Rbia river.
Tamil NaduPlaceTamil Nadu is a state of south-eastern India, on the Coromandel Coast, with its capital at Chennai.
Tamil-BrahmiTermTamil-Brahmi is a variant of the Brahmi script used to write the Tamil language from around the 3rd or 2nd century BCE.
TamilakamPlaceTamilakam was the ancient Tamil country of southern India, covering roughly modern Tamil Nadu, Kerala and adjacent areas.
TamilsPeople / groupThe Tamils are a people of South Asia whose language, Tamil, has a literary tradition of more than two thousand years.
Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniPersonTamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1980) has been emir of Qatar since June 2013, when his father, Hamad bin Khalifa, abdicated in his favour.- Tamim ibn BulugginPersonTamim ibn Buluggin was a Zirid prince who ruled the Taifa of Málaga from about 1073 to 1090, while his brother Abd Allah ruled Granada.
TamperePlaceTampere is a city in southern Finland on the Tammerkoski rapids between two large lakes.
TampicoPlaceTampico is a port city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, near the mouth of the Pánuco River on the Gulf of Mexico.
TamsuiPlaceTamsui is a coastal district of New Taipei at the mouth of the Tamsui River in northern Taiwan.- TamworthPlaceTamworth is a market town in Staffordshire, England, on the River Tame.
- Tan DatePersonTan Date was the leader under whom Abron (Bono) migrants moved west in the late 17th century, escaping the rising power of the Ashanti Empire, and settled around…
- Tana (Azov)PlaceTana was an Italian trading colony at the mouth of the Don, on the site of modern Azov in southern Russia.
Tanagra figurineWork / monumentTanagra figurines are Greek terracotta statuettes, mostly of elegantly dressed women, made from the later 4th century BCE and named after Tanagra in Boeotia, where many…
Tanah DatarPlaceTanah Datar is a regency in the highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia, with its seat at Batusangkar.
Tanah LotWork / monumentTanah Lot is a Hindu sea temple on a rock just off the south-west coast of Bali, Indonesia, cut off from the shore at high tide.
TanaroPlaceThe Tanaro is a river of Piedmont in north-western Italy, rising in the Ligurian Alps and flowing past Alba, Asti and Alessandria before joining the Po.
Tancred, King of SicilyPersonTancred of Lecce was King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194, an illegitimate grandson of Roger II.
Tancred, Prince of GalileePersonTancred was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade and a nephew of Bohemond of Taranto.
Tancredo NevesPersonTancredo Neves (1910–1985) was a Brazilian politician from Minas Gerais who served as prime minister in 1961–1962.- Tanda (Bengal)PlaceTanda was a city on the Ganges in Bengal, near Gaur in present-day Malda district, West Bengal.
TanegashimaPlaceTanegashima is an island south of Kyushu, Japan, part of Kagoshima Prefecture.
Tang campaign against the Eastern TurksCampaign · 630 CEThe Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks was a military expedition launched by Emperor Taizong that defeated the Eastern Turkic Khaganate in 630 CE.- Tang CodeWork / monumentThe Tang Code was the comprehensive penal code of the Tang Dynasty, issued with an official commentary, the Tang Lü Shuyi, in 653.
Tang DynastyStateThe Tang Dynasty ruled China from 618 to 907 and is often regarded as a high point of Chinese civilisation.
Tang JingsongPersonTang Jingsong was a Qing official from Guangxi who was governor of Taiwan when the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceded the island to Japan in 1895.
Tang of ShangPersonTang of Shang, also called Cheng Tang, was the founder of the Shang dynasty according to Chinese tradition.
Tang-e SarvakPlaceTang-e Sarvak is a valley in the Zagros mountains of Khuzestan, south-western Iran, known for rock reliefs carved on large boulders in the Parthian period.
Tanganyika African National UnionPeople / groupThe Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the nationalist party that led Tanganyika to independence in 1961.- Tanganyika RiflesInstitutionThe Tanganyika Rifles was the army of newly independent Tanganyika, formed from battalions of the British colonial King's African Rifles.
Tanganyika TerritoryStateTanganyika Territory was the British-ruled part of former German East Africa, held as a League of Nations mandate from 1922 and a United Nations trust territory from…
Tangata manuReligion / ideaThe Tangata manu ('bird man') was the winner of a yearly competition on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), centred on the ceremonial village of Orongo.
Tangaxuan IIPersonTangaxuan II (died 1530) was the last independent cazonci, or ruler, of the Purépecha Empire in western Mexico.
TangerangPlaceTangerang is a large city in Banten province, Indonesia, on the Cisadane River immediately west of Jakarta and part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area.
Tanggu TruceTreaty · Peace · 1933The Tanggu Truce was the ceasefire signed at Tanggu, near Tianjin, on 31 May 1933 between China and Japan after Japanese forces had pushed south of the Great Wall.
TangierPlaceTangier is a port city in northern Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar.- TangraReligion / ideaTangra was the supreme sky god of the early Bulgars, a form of the god Tengri worshipped by many Turkic and Mongol peoples of the Eurasian steppe.
TangutsPeople / groupThe Tanguts were a people of north-western China, speaking a Tibeto-Burman language, who lived in the Ordos and the Gansu corridor.- TanimounePersonTanimoune dan Souleymane was sultan of Damagaram, with its capital at Zinder, in the mid and later 19th century, until 1884.
- TaninganwePersonTaninganwe was king of the Restored Toungoo dynasty of Burma from 1714 to 1733.
Tanintharyi RegionPlaceTanintharyi Region, historically Tenasserim, is the southernmost region of Myanmar, a long coastal strip between the Andaman Sea and the Tenasserim Hills along the…
TanisPlaceTanis was an ancient city in the north-eastern Nile Delta of Egypt.
TanitReligion / ideaTanit was the chief goddess of Carthage and the Punic world, often paired with the god Baal Hammon and called 'face of Baal'.