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- Terken Khatun (wife of Tekish)PersonTerken Khatun was the wife of the Khwarazmshah Ala ad-Din Tekish and mother of Ala ad-Din Muhammad II.
TermezPlaceTermez is a city in southern Uzbekistan on the Amu Darya, at an ancient crossing between Bactria and the lands to the north.
TernopilPlaceTernopil is a city in western Ukraine on the Seret River, in the historical region of Podolia.
TerpTermA terp is an artificial dwelling mound built in the coastal salt marshes of the northern Netherlands and north-western Germany, where it is called a Wurt, to keep homes…- TerqaPlaceTerqa was an ancient city on the middle Euphrates in eastern Syria, at the site of Tell Ashara.
TerracinaPlaceTerracina is a town on the coast of Lazio, Italy, south-east of Rome, where the Via Appia reaches the sea.
Terrance DrewPersonTerrance Drew (born 1976) is a Kittitian physician and politician who has been Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis since August 2022.- Terror as policyHistorical factorTerror as policy refers to the deliberate use of massacre, mass deportation, mutilation and spectacular atrocity by states to deter resistance and compel submission.
TertullianPersonTertullian was a Christian writer from Carthage in Roman Africa and the first major theologian to write in Latin.
TeruelPlaceTeruel is a city in Aragon, eastern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name.- TervelPersonTervel was khan of Bulgaria from about 700 to about 721, the son and successor of Asparuh.
- Tērvete hillfortPlaceTērvete hillfort is an earthwork stronghold in southern Latvia, one of the main centres of the Semigallians in the 13th century.
TervurenPlaceTervuren is a town in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, east of Brussels.
TeshubReligion / ideaTeshub was the Hurrian god of storms and the sky, the head of the Hurrian pantheon, with his consort Hebat.
TestourPlaceTestour is a town in northern Tunisia on the Medjerda River, west of Tunis.
TêtPlaceThe Têt is a river of Roussillon in southern France, about 115 km long, rising in the eastern Pyrenees near the Carlit massif and flowing past Prades and Perpignan into…- TetePlaceTete is a city on the south bank of the Zambezi in north-western Mozambique and the capital of Tete Province.
Tetela peoplePeople / groupThe Tetela are a Bantu people of the Sankuru and Maniema regions of the central Democratic Republic of the Congo.- TetitlaPlaceTetitla is an elite apartment compound on the western side of Teotihuacan, notable for its many rooms decorated with murals.
- TetlepanquetzalPersonTetlepanquetzal was the last independent tlatoani of Tlacopan, the third member of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
TetouanPlaceTetouan is a city in northern Morocco, close to the Mediterranean coast below the Rif mountains.- Tetraevangelion of Ivan AlexanderWork / monumentThe Tetraevangelion of Ivan Alexander is an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels made in 1355–1356 for Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
- Tetrapolitan ConfessionWork / monumentThe Tetrapolitan Confession was a Protestant statement of faith presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 by four south German imperial cities: Strasbourg, Constance…
TetrarchyInstitutionThe Tetrarchy was the system of imperial government established by Diocletian in 293 CE, under which the Roman Empire was ruled by four emperors: two senior Augusti and…
Tetricus IPersonTetricus I was the last emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire, ruling from 271 to 274.
TettnangPlaceTettnang is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near the northern shore of Lake Constance, known for its hop growing.
Tetum languageTermTetum is an Austronesian language of the island of Timor and, with Portuguese, one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste.
TeucerPersonTeucer is a hero of Greek mythology, son of Telamon of Salamis and half-brother of Ajax the Great, celebrated as an archer in the Iliad.
Teuku UmarPersonTeuku Umar was an Acehnese commander in the Aceh War against the Dutch.
TeummanPersonTeumman was king of Elam from about 664 to 653 BCE.
Teungku Chik di TiroPersonTeungku Chik di Tiro, born Muhammad Saman, was an Acehnese religious scholar who led resistance to the Dutch in the Aceh War from the early 1880s.
TeutaPersonTeuta was queen of the Ardiaean kingdom of Illyria, ruling as regent for her stepson Pinnes after the death of her husband Agron in 231 BCE.- TeutbergaPersonTeutberga was queen of Lotharingia as the wife of Lothair II, whom she married in 855.
Teutoburg ForestPlaceThe Teutoburg Forest is a range of low wooded hills in northern Germany, running about 100 km south-east from the Osnabrück area to near Paderborn.- TeutomaliusPersonTeutomalius was a king of the Salyes, a Celto-Ligurian people of lower Provence, in the 120s BCE.
- TeutomatusPersonTeutomatus was a king of the Nitiobroges, a Gaulish people on the Garonne, and the son of Ollovico, a friend of the Roman people.
TeutonesPeople / groupThe Teutones were an ancient people, probably from Jutland, who migrated south with the Cimbri in the late 2nd century BCE.
Teutonic OrderPeople / groupThe Teutonic Order is a Catholic military order founded at Acre around 1190 during the Third Crusade.- Tevfik EsençPersonTevfik Esenç was a Turkish villager of Ubykh descent who became the last fluent speaker of the Ubykh language.
TewaPeople / groupThe Tewa are a group of Pueblo peoples of northern New Mexico who speak the Tewa language, a member of the Tanoan family.
Tewodros IIPersonTewodros II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868.
Texan Santa Fe ExpeditionEventThe Texan Santa Fe Expedition was a commercial and military venture sent by President Mirabeau B.
TexasPlaceTexas is the second-largest state of the United States by area and population, in the south-central part of the country, bordering Mexico along the Rio Grande.
Texas RevolutionRevolution · War · 1835–1836The Texas Revolution was the rebellion of American settlers and some Tejanos in the Mexican province of Texas against the centralist government of Antonio López de…- TexcocoPlaceTexcoco was a major city-state on the eastern shore of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico and one of the three members of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
- TexcotzincoPlaceTexcotzinco is an archaeological site on a hill east of Texcoco, in the State of Mexico, built in the 15th century as a retreat and garden by the Acolhua ruler…
- TezozomocPersonTezozomoc was the long-reigning ruler of the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco, which dominated the Valley of Mexico in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
TezpurPlaceTezpur is a town on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Assam, India.
Thaba BosiuPlaceThaba Bosiu is a flat-topped sandstone mountain near Maseru in Lesotho, which Moshoeshoe I made his stronghold and capital in 1824.
Thabo MbekiPersonThabo Mbeki is a South African politician who was president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008, succeeding Nelson Mandela.
Thado MinbyaPersonThado Minbya was the founder of the Ava kingdom in Upper Burma.- Thado Minsaw of PromePersonThado Minsaw was a son of King Narapati of Ava and governor of Prome who rebelled in 1482 during a succession crisis and made Prome an independent kingdom.
ThaenaePlaceThaenae was an ancient port town on the eastern coast of Tunisia, just south of modern Sfax, at the site now called Thyna.
ThagastePlaceThagaste was a Roman town in Numidia, on the site of modern Souk Ahras in north-eastern Algeria.
ThailandPlaceThailand is a country in mainland Southeast Asia, historically home to a succession of kingdoms including Sukhothai and Ayutthaya.
ThajPlaceThaj is an archaeological site in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, inland from the Gulf port of Jubail.
ThalassocracyInstitutionA thalassocracy is a state whose power rests primarily on control of the sea, maritime trade routes and ports rather than on large land territories.
Thales of MiletusPersonThales of Miletus was a Greek thinker of the 6th century BCE, traditionally regarded as the first philosopher and the first of the Seven Sages.
ThalunPersonThalun was king of Burma's Restored Toungoo dynasty from 1629 to 1648.- Thamal al-DulafiPersonThamal al-Dulafi was a commander and governor of Tarsus in the early 10th century who led land and naval raids from the Abbasid frontier into Byzantine Anatolia and the…
Than ShwePersonThan Shwe is a Myanmar general who led the country's military government from 1992 to 2011 as chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council and its successor…- ThandilePersonThandile, known as LaZidze, was a daughter of the Ndwandwe king Zwide who married Sobhuza I, founder of the Swazi Kingdom, sealing peace with her father's people.
ThanePlaceThane is a city in Maharashtra, India, on the Thane creek just north-east of Mumbai.
Thăng LongPlaceThăng Long, 'ascending dragon', was the capital founded by Lý Thái Tổ in 1010 on the Red River, on the site of modern Hanoi.
Thanh HoaPlaceThanh Hoa is a region of north-central Vietnam south of the Red River delta.
Thành TháiPersonThành Thái was emperor of Vietnam of the Nguyễn dynasty from 1889 to 1907.
ThanjavurPlaceThanjavur (Tanjore) is a city in the Kaveri delta of Tamil Nadu, India.
Thar DesertPlaceThe Thar Desert, or Great Indian Desert, is an arid region of about 200,000 square kilometres in north-western India and south-eastern Pakistan, covering most of…
TharangambadiPlaceTharangambadi, formerly Tranquebar, is a coastal town in Tamil Nadu, India.- TharapitaReligion / ideaTharapita is a god of the pre-Christian Estonians named in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, written in the 1220s.
TharrosPlaceTharros is an ancient city on the Sinis peninsula of western Sardinia, founded by the Phoenicians around the 8th century BCE and later held by Carthage and Rome.
Tharu peoplePeople / groupThe Tharu are an indigenous people of the Terai lowlands along the border of Nepal and India.- TharypsPersonTharyps was king of the Molossians of Epirus in the late 5th century BCE.
Thatbyinnyu TempleWork / monumentThe Thatbyinnyu Temple is the tallest temple of Pagan (Bagan) in central Myanmar, rising about 61 metres.
ThattaPlaceThatta is a historic city in Sindh, Pakistan, near the Indus delta about 100 km east of Karachi.
ThayaPlaceThe Thaya (Czech Dyje) is a river in Austria and the Czech Republic, about 235 kilometres long.- Theagenes of MegaraPersonTheagenes was tyrant of Megara in Greece in the second half of the seventh century BCE.
- TheatreTermTheatre is the performance of drama before an audience, and also the buildings designed for it.
ThebaidPlaceThe Thebaid was the southern region of ancient Egypt around Thebes, stretching from about Abydos to the First Cataract at Aswan.- Thebe of PheraePersonThebe of Pherae was a daughter of Jason of Pherae and the wife of Alexander, tyrant of Pherae in Thessaly.
- ThebesPlaceThebes was an ancient city in Upper Egypt on the Nile, the site of present-day Luxor.
Thebes, GreecePlaceThebes was the leading city of Boeotia in central Greece and the dominant member of the Boeotian League.- Thefarie VelianasPersonThefarie Velianas was a ruler of the Etruscan city of Caere around 500 BCE.
- Thein SeinPersonThein Sein is a Myanmar general and politician who was prime minister from 2007 and president from 2011 to 2016.
Æthelbald of MerciaPersonÆthelbald was king of Mercia from 716 to 757 and the dominant ruler of southern England for much of his reign.
Æthelberht II of East AngliaPersonÆthelberht II was king of East Anglia in the late 8th century, known from a few coins and later accounts.
Æthelberht of KentPersonÆthelberht was king of Kent from about 589 to 616 and the first English king to accept Christianity.
ÆthelflædPersonÆthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great and ruled English Mercia from the death of her husband Æthelred in 911 until her own death…
Æthelfrith of NorthumbriaPersonÆthelfrith was king of Bernicia from about 593 and, from about 604, also of Deira, uniting them as the first ruler of Northumbria.
Æthelred I of WessexPersonÆthelred I was king of Wessex from 865 to 871, the fourth son of Æthelwulf to reign.
Æthelred of MerciaPersonÆthelred was king of Mercia from 675 to 704, a son of Penda.
Æthelred the UnreadyPersonÆthelred the Unready was king of the English from 978 to 1016, apart from a brief exile in 1013–1014; his nickname means 'poorly advised'.
Æthelred, Lord of the MerciansPersonÆthelred was the ruler of English Mercia from about 881 until his death in 911, after the Danes had taken the eastern half of the kingdom.
ÆthelstanPersonÆthelstan was king of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 and the first king of all England from 927, when he took York and received the submission of northern rulers.
ÆthelswithPersonÆthelswith was the daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and sister of Alfred the Great.
ÆthelthrythPersonÆthelthryth, also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, was an East Anglian princess, a daughter of King Anna.- Œthelwald of DeiraPersonŒthelwald of Deira was king of Deira from about 651 to 655, a son of Oswald of Northumbria, appointed under his uncle Oswiu.
Æthelwealh of SussexPersonÆthelwealh was king of the South Saxons in the later 7th century and the first Christian king of Sussex.
Æthelwold æthelingPersonÆthelwold was a West Saxon prince, the son of King Æthelred I and cousin of Edward the Elder.
Æthelwulf of WessexPersonÆthelwulf was king of Wessex from 839 to 858, the son of Ecgberht.