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TatarstanPlaceTatarstan is a republic of the Russian Federation on the middle Volga and lower Kama, with its capital at Kazan.
Tatev MonasteryWork / monumentTatev Monastery is a 9th-century Armenian monastery on a basalt promontory above the Vorotan gorge in Syunik Province, southern Armenia.
Tatiana ProskouriakoffPersonTatiana Proskouriakoff was a Russian-born American archaeologist and architectural artist who transformed the study of Maya writing.- TatichTermTatich was the title of the supreme leader of the Cruzob, the rebel Maya of Chan Santa Cruz during the Caste War of Yucatán.
TatmadawInstitutionThe Tatmadaw is the name of Myanmar's armed forces.- TatobemPersonTatobem was the grand sachem of the Pequot in the early 17th century, when the nation dominated the wampum trade of southern New England and traded with the Dutch on…
- Tattooed SerpentPersonTattooed Serpent (died 1725) was the war chief of the Natchez in present-day Mississippi and brother of the Great Sun, their paramount ruler.
- Tatya TopePersonTatya Tope was one of the leading commanders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
TauberPlaceThe Tauber is a river in southern Germany, about 130 km long, that rises in the Frankenhöhe hills and flows north past Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bad Mergentheim and…
TaucheiraPlaceTaucheira was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Cyrenaica in eastern Libya, founded in the 7th or 6th century BCE.- Tauekel KhanPersonTauekel Khan was khan of the Kazakhs in the late sixteenth century, ruling until 1598.
- Tauke KhanPersonTauke Khan was khan of the Kazakh Khanate in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the last to hold the three juz together.
- Taula de CanviInstitutionThe Taula de Canvi ('exchange table') of Barcelona was a public bank founded by the city council in 1401 to hold deposits, make payments and manage the city's debt.
TaunggyiPlaceTaunggyi is the capital of Shan State in eastern Myanmar, set on the Shan Plateau at about 1,400 metres above sea level, near Inle Lake.
TaunusPlaceThe Taunus is a range of wooded uplands in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, north of Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, bounded by the Rhine, Main and Lahn.- TauriPeople / groupThe Tauri were an ancient people of the mountainous southern coast of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica after them.
Taurus MountainsPlaceThe Taurus Mountains are a mountain range in southern Anatolia, separating the Anatolian plateau from the Mediterranean coast and northern Syria.
TausugPeople / groupThe Tausug are a Muslim people of the Sulu archipelago in the southern Philippines, with communities also in Sabah and other parts of Mindanao.
TaviraPlaceTavira is a town on the Gilão river near the Ria Formosa lagoon in the eastern Algarve, southern Portugal.
Tavole PalatineWork / monumentThe Tavole Palatine are the remains of a Doric temple of Hera built in the late 6th century BCE outside the Greek colony of Metapontum, near modern Metaponto in…
Tavoliere delle PugliePlaceThe Tavoliere delle Puglie is a broad plain in northern Apulia around the city of Foggia, the second largest plain in Italy after the Po valley.
Tawagalawa letterWork / monumentThe Tawagalawa letter is a fragmentary Hittite diplomatic letter of the 13th century BCE, usually attributed to Hattusili III and addressed to the king of Ahhiyawa…
TawerghaPlaceTawergha is a town in north-western Libya, south of Misrata, on the route along the coast of the Gulf of Sirte.
TāwhiaoPersonTāwhiao was the second Māori King, succeeding his father Pōtatau Te Wherowhero in 1860.
TawhidReligion / ideaTawhid is the Islamic doctrine of the absolute oneness and unity of God, a central principle of Islamic theology.
Tawi-TawiPlaceTawi-Tawi is the southernmost province of the Philippines, a group of islands at the south-western end of the Sulu archipelago, close to Borneo.
TaxilaPlaceTaxila was an ancient city in the north-west of the Indian subcontinent, in present-day Pakistan, renowned as a centre of trade and learning.- Tây Bắc Autonomous RegionPlaceThe Tây Bắc Autonomous Region was an autonomous region of North Vietnam covering the mountainous north-west, home to Tai, Hmong and other minority peoples.
Tây Sơn dynastyStateThe Tây Sơn were three brothers from Tây Sơn in central Vietnam who led a peasant rebellion from 1771.
Tayang KhanPersonTayang Khan was ruler of the Naiman, a powerful confederation of the western Mongolian steppe, after the death of his father Inanch Bilge Khan in the 1190s split the…
Tayfur SökmenPersonTayfur Sökmen was a Turkish politician who served as head of state of the Hatay State, the short-lived republic formed from the Sanjak of Alexandretta, from 1938 until…
TaygetusPlaceTaygetus is the highest mountain range of the Peloponnese in Greece, rising to 2,404 metres at Profitis Ilias.- TayichiudPeople / groupThe Tayichiud were a Mongol clan closely related to the Borjigin and part of the Khamag Mongol confederation of the 12th century.
TaymaPlaceTayma is an oasis town in north-western Arabia that was an important stop on ancient caravan routes.- TayyPeople / groupThe Tayy are a large Arab tribe originating in the mountains of Aja and Salma in northern Arabia.
- Tayyibi Isma'ilismReligion / ideaTayyibi Isma'ilism is the branch of Musta'li Isma'ili Shi'ism that recognises al-Tayyib, the infant son of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir, as imam after 1130.
TazeroualtPlaceTazeroualt is a region in the western Anti-Atlas of southern Morocco, south of the Sous valley.
TaʻuPlaceTaʻu is the largest and easternmost of the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa, a volcanic island rising to Lata Mountain, the highest point in the territory.
TbilisiPlaceTbilisi, known until 1936 as Tiflis, is the capital of Georgia, on the Kura river.
Tbilisi State UniversityInstitutionTbilisi State University is the oldest university in Georgia and in the Caucasus, founded in Tbilisi in 1918 by a group of scholars led by the historian Ivane…- Te AgbanlinPersonTe Agbanlin was the founder of the kingdom of Porto-Novo, known locally as Hogbonou, in present-day Benin.
- Te' K'ab ChaakPersonTe' K'ab Chaak was the founder of the royal dynasty of Caracol, a Classic Maya city in modern Belize.
- Te'elhunuPersonTe'elhunu was a queen and priestess of the Arabs of Qedar in the early 7th century BCE.
TeaTermTea is a beverage made from the leaves of the tea plant, native to southern China.- Teaching for MerikareWork / monumentThe Teaching for Merikare is an ancient Egyptian wisdom text in which a king of the Herakleopolitan dynasty instructs his son Merikare on kingship, justice and the…
Teanum SidicinumPlaceTeanum Sidicinum, modern Teano in northern Campania, Italy, was the chief town of the Oscan-speaking Sidicini, set in the hills between the Roccamonfina volcano and the…
Teatro all'AnticaWork / monumentThe Teatro all'Antica is a theatre in Sabbioneta, in Lombardy, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi for Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga and built in 1588–1590.
Teatro di San CarloPlaceThe Teatro di San Carlo is the opera house of Naples, opened on 4 November 1737 by Charles of Bourbon next to the royal palace.
Teatro FarneseWork / monumentThe Teatro Farnese is a wooden theatre inside the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, built in 1618 for Duke Ranuccio I Farnese to designs by Giovanni Battista Aleotti.
Teatro Regio (Parma)Work / monumentThe Teatro Regio is an opera house in Parma built for Duchess Marie Louise by the architect Nicola Bettoli and opened in 1829 with an opera by Vincenzo Bellini.
Teatro San CassianoInstitutionThe Teatro San Cassiano in Venice was the first public opera house in the world, opened in 1637 by the Tron family, where audiences paid for admission instead of…
TébessaPlaceTébessa, the ancient Theveste, is a city in north-eastern Algeria near the Tunisian border.- Technical universityInstitutionA technical university is a higher education institution specialising in engineering, applied sciences and technology.
- Technical University of DarmstadtInstitutionThe Technical University of Darmstadt is a German university of technology in Darmstadt, Hesse.
TecumsehPersonTecumseh was a Shawnee leader who built a confederacy of Native American peoples to resist the expansion of the United States into the Old Northwest.
Tecumseh's WarWar · 1810–1813Tecumseh's War was the conflict between the United States and a confederacy of Native American nations led by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa…
Tecun UmanPersonTecun Uman was a K'iche' Maya leader who, according to tradition, was killed fighting the Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado near Quetzaltenango in 1524, in single combat…
Teda peoplePeople / groupThe Teda are the northern branch of the Toubou peoples, living in and around the Tibesti mountains of northern Chad and southern Libya and in north-eastern Niger.
Teesta RiverPlaceThe Teesta is a river that rises in the Himalayas of Sikkim and flows south through West Bengal into Bangladesh, where it joins the Brahmaputra (Jamuna).
TefnakhtPersonTefnakht was a Libyan chief of Sais in the western Nile Delta who, in the later 8th century BCE, led a coalition of Delta and Middle Egyptian rulers and pushed south.
TegalPlaceTegal is a port city on the north coast of Central Java, Indonesia, between Cirebon and Semarang.- TegamaPersonTegama was sultan of Agadez in the Aïr region of present-day Niger in the early 20th century.
TegbesuPersonTegbesu was king of Dahomey from 1740 to 1774, succeeding his father Agaja after a disputed succession.
Tegernsee AbbeyInstitutionTegernsee Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on the Tegernsee lake in Upper Bavaria, founded in the mid-eighth century by members of a leading Bavarian noble family.
Tegin ShahPersonTegin Shah was a ruler of the Turk Shahi dynasty of Kabul and Gandhara in the early 8th century.
TegucigalpaPlaceTegucigalpa is the capital and largest city of Honduras, in a highland valley of the south-centre.
TehranPlaceTehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, lying at the southern foot of the Alborz mountains.- TehuelchePeople / groupThe Tehuelche are indigenous peoples of Patagonia in southern Argentina and Chile, traditionally hunters of guanaco and rhea who adopted the horse in the eighteenth…
TeiaPersonTeia was the last king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, elected after Totila's death at Taginae in 552.
Teimuraz I of KakhetiPersonTeimuraz I was king of Kakheti in eastern Georgia from 1605, with interruptions, and later also of Kartli, as well as a noted poet.
Teimuraz II of KakhetiPersonTeimuraz II (1700–1762) was a Georgian king of the Bagrationi dynasty who ruled Kakheti and, with the approval of Nader Shah of Persia, Kartli from 1744.
TeishebaReligion / ideaTeisheba was the storm and war god of Urartu, second in the state pantheon after Haldi.
TeispesPersonTeispes was an early Persian ruler of the seventh century BCE and an ancestor of Cyrus the Great in the Achaemenid line.- TeispidsPeople / groupTeispids is the name historians give to the early Persian royal line descended from Teispes, which ruled Anshan in Fars in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE.
- Tej Narsingh MallaPersonTej Narsingh Malla was the last Malla king of Lalitpur (Patan) in the Kathmandu valley, raised to the throne by its nobles in the 1760s as Prithvi Narayan Shah of…
Tej Singh (Sikh commander)PersonTej Singh was commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa army during the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–1846.- Tej Singh PrabhakarPersonTej Singh Prabhakar was the last ruling Maharaja of Alwar, a Rajput princely state in Rajasthan, succeeding in 1937.
- TejapalaPersonTejapala was a Jain minister of the Vaghela rulers of Gujarat in the 13th century, serving with his elder brother Vastupala under Viradhavala at Dholka.
Tejeros ConventionEventThe Tejeros Convention was a meeting of Filipino revolutionaries held at Tejeros in Cavite on 22 March 1897 to settle the rivalry between the Magdalo and Magdiwang…
Tekle HaymanotPersonTekle Haymanot was an Ethiopian monk and saint, one of the most revered figures of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Tekle Haymanot of GojjamPersonTekle Haymanot, earlier known as Ras Adal, was ruler of Gojjam in north-western Ethiopia.
Tekyeh DowlatWork / monumentThe Tekyeh Dowlat was a royal theatre built in Tehran by Naser al-Din Shah in 1868 near the Golestan Palace for performances of the ta'zieh, the passion plays that…
Tel DanPlaceTel Dan is an archaeological mound in northern Israel at the foot of Mount Hermon, beside one of the sources of the Jordan.
Tel Dan steleWork / monumentThe Tel Dan stele is a fragmentary Aramaic inscription of the 9th century BCE found in 1993–1994 at Tel Dan in northern Israel.- Tel RiverPlaceThe Tel is a river of western Odisha in eastern India and one of the main southern tributaries of the Mahanadi.
TelaPlaceTela is a port town on the Caribbean coast of northern Honduras, in the department of Atlántida.
Telaga Batu inscriptionWork / monumentThe Telaga Batu inscription is a large stone found at Telaga Batu in Palembang, Sumatra, inscribed in Old Malay in the late seventh century during the early Srivijaya…- Telaga SaidPlaceTelaga Said is an oil field in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, the first commercially productive oil field in the Dutch East Indies.
TelanganaPlaceTelangana is a state of southern India on the Deccan Plateau, with its capital at Hyderabad.
TelaviPlaceTelavi is a town in eastern Georgia, the main centre of Kakheti, on the slopes above the Alazani valley.- TelegonusPersonTelegonus is a figure of Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and the enchantress Circe.
TelegraphTermThe telegraph was a system for transmitting messages over long distances by electrical signals along wires, developed in the nineteenth century.
TelemarkPlaceTelemark is a traditional region and county of southern Norway, stretching from the Skagerrak coast to the mountain plateaus of the interior.
TelerigPersonTelerig was ruler of Bulgaria from about 768 to 777, during a period of conflict with the Byzantine Empire under Constantine V.
TelesomInstitutionTelesom is a telecommunications company based in Hargeisa, Somaliland, founded in 2002.- Tell AfisPlaceTell Afis is an archaeological site in north-western Syria, south-west of Aleppo, identified with ancient Hazrek (Hatarikka), capital of the Aramean kingdom of Luash.
- Tell al-RimahPlaceTell al-Rimah is an archaeological mound in northern Iraq, west of Mosul, usually identified with ancient Karana or Qattara.
- Tell el-FarkhaPlaceTell el-Farkha is an archaeological site in the eastern Nile Delta of Egypt, excavated by a Polish expedition since 1998.
Tell el-MuqdamPlaceTell el-Muqdam is an archaeological site in the central Nile Delta of Egypt, the ancient town of Taremu, which the Greeks called Leontopolis.
Tell HalafPlaceTell Halaf is an archaeological site in north-eastern Syria, near Ras al-Ayn on the Turkish border.