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Takashimaya Co., Ltd.: premier department-store company in Japan. The company traces its history back to a cotton-goods store founded in Kyoto in 1831; the modern limited-liability company was established in 1919. Today the ...
Takasugi Shinsaku: noted Japanese imperial loyalist whose restructuring of the military forces of the feudal fief of Choshu enabled that domain to defeat the armies of the Tokugawa shogun, the hereditary military ...
Takatsuki: city, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Yodo River, midway between Osaka and Kyoto. During the late Muromachi period (1338-1573), Takatsuki became a castle town, and ...
Takayama: city, Gifu ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Miya River. It contains many old buildings and temples, including the Kokubun Temple (1588), and it was a castle town during the ...
Takebe Katahiro: Japanese mathematician of the wasan ("Japanese calculation") tradition (see mathematics, East Asian: Japan in the 17th century) who extended and disseminated the mathematical research of his teacher ...
Takeda Shingen: one of the most famous of the military leaders who struggled for mastery of the strategic Kanto Plain in central Japan during the chaotic period of civil unrest in the ...
Takefu: city, Fukui ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It is situated on the alluvial fan of the Hino River. During the Tokugawa period (1603-1867), it was a castle town and a provincial ...
Takeshita Noboru: prime minister of Japan from November 1987 to June 1989, at which time he resigned because of his involvement in an influence-peddling scandal. A behind-the-scenes power broker, he continued to ...
takin: (species Budorcas taxicolor), heavily built hoofed mammal of Southeast Asia, belonging to the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The takin lives in small herds in the mountains, often above the timberline. ...
Takizawa Bakin: the dominant Japanese writer of the early 19th century, admired for his lengthy, serious historical novels that are highly moral in tone.
takkanah: in Judaism, a regulation promulgated by rabbinic authority to promote the common good or to foster the spiritual development of those under its jurisdiction. Takkanoth, which are considered extensions of ...
Takla Makan Desert: great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. The Takla Makan occupies the central part of the Tarim Basin in China. The desert ...
Takoma Park: city, Montgomery county, central Maryland, U.S., on Sligo Creek. It was founded in 1883 by real estate developer Benjamin F. Gilbert along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track as a ...
Taksin: also called Phraya Taksin, or Phya Tak Thai general, conqueror, and later king (1767-82) who reunited Thailand, or Siam, after its defeat at the hands of the Myanmar (Burmese) in ...
Takuma Shoga: original name Takuma Tamemoto member of a Japanese family of professional artists who specialized in Buddhist paintings (butsuga), creating a new style of religious painting that incorporated features of Chinese ...
Tal, Mikhail Nekhemyevich: Latvian chess grandmaster who in 1960, at the age of 23, became the youngest world chess champion when he upset the defending champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, by a score of 1212 ...
tala: in the music of India and Pakistan, a metric cycle with a specific number of beats-from 3 to 128-that recur in the same pattern throughout a musical performance. Tala might ...
Talak: extensive sandy dune region of northwestern Niger, west of the Air massif. It covers about 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) and is drained by a number of small, ephemeral ...
Talambo affair: (1862), attack by Peruvian workers on Spanish Basque immigrants on the hacienda (estate) of Talambo, in Peru; this incident led to the Spanish war against Peru (1864-66), the last attempt ...
talapoin: either of two small species of monkeys found in swamp forests on each side of the lower Congo River and neighbouring river systems. Talapoins are the smallest of the Old ...
Talara: community, northwestern Peru, on the Pacific Ocean. Rebuilt and developed by the International Petroleum Company (which provided workers' housing, hospitals, and schools), it is a refining and shipping port for ...
Talas: oblasty (province), northwestern Kyrgyzstan, centred on the Talas River valley that follows an essentially east-west axis through the northern portion of the oblasty. Reconstituted in 1990, the oblasty was formed ...
Talat Pasa: leader of the Young Turks, Ottoman statesman, grand vizier (1917-18), and leading member of the Ottoman government from 1913 to 1918.
Talaud Islands: islands administered from Manado as part of northern Sulawesi Utara provinsi (North Celebes province), northern Indonesia. The group, with a total area of 495 square miles (1,281 ...
Talavera de la Reina: town, Toledo provincia, in the comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community") of Castile-La Mancha, central Spain, on the northern bank of the Tagus River near its confluence with the Alberche. The town ...
talbiyah: in Islam, the formulaic pronouncement labbaykah allahummah labbaykah ("at your service, O Lord, at your service"), recited especially during a pilgrimage when pious Muslims perform the tawaf-i.e., walk around the ...
Talbot: county, east-central Maryland, U.S. It adjoins Chesapeake Bay to the west, the Choptank River to the south and southeast, and Tuckahoe Creek to the northeast and includes Tilghman and Poplar ...
Talbot, Mary Anne: British woman who served in the English army and navy disguised as a man. She was later known as the "British Amazon."
Talbot, William Henry Fox: English chemist, linguist, archaeologist, and pioneer photographer. He is best known for his development of the calotype (q.v.), an early photographic process that was an improvement over the daguerreotype of ...
talc: common silicate mineral that is distinguished from almost all other minerals by its extreme softness (it has the lowest rating [1] on the Mohs scale of hardness). Its soapy or ...
Talca: capital of Talca provincia and Maule region, central Chile, in the Central Valley near the Maule River. Founded in 1692, it was destroyed by earthquakes in 1742 and 1928; completely ...
Talcahuano: city, Concepcion provincia, Bio-Bio region, south-central Chile, lying on a small peninsula that forms the southwestern shore of Concepcion Bay, just north-northwest of the city of Concepcion (q.v.), for which ...
Taldy-Kurgan: city, southeastern Kazakstan. It is situated on the left bank of the Karatal River and in the western foothills of the Dzungarian Alatau Range. It grew up on the site ...
Tale of Genji, The: masterpiece of Japanese literature by the Lady Murasaki Shikibu, written toward the start of the 11th century. It is considered the oldest full novel in the world and one of ...
Talence: town, Gironde departement, Aquitaine region, southern suburb of Bordeaux, southwestern France. It is a centre for jet-aircraft production and has light industry and wine making. An extension of Bordeaux University ...
talent: unit of weight used by many ancient civilizations, such as the Hebrews, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. The weight of a talent and its relationship to its major subdivision, the mina, ...
Talented Tenth: (1903), concept espoused by black educator and author W.E.B. Du Bois, emphasizing the necessity for higher education to develop the leadership capacity among the most able 10 percent of black ...
Taliban: ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid 1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan's communist regime, and the subsequent breakdown in ...
Taliesin: one of five poets renowned among the Welsh in the latter part of the 6th century, according to the Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius (flourished c. 796). The Book of ...
Taliesin and Taliesin West: the two homes, as well as architectural schools, of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Originally built in 1911, Taliesin, located near Spring Green, Wisconsin, U.S., was rebuilt after fires ...
Talikota, Battle of: (January 1565), confrontation between the forces of the Hindu raja of Vijayanagar and the four Muslim sultans of Bijapur, Bidar, Ahmadnagar, and Golconda in the Indian Deccan. The armies numbered ...
talion: principle developed in early Babylonian law and present in both biblical and early Roman law that criminals should receive as punishment precisely those injuries and damages they had inflicted upon ...
Talish Mountains: mountain chain, northwestern Iran, in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending southeastward from the Azerbaijan border to the lower part of the Safid Rud (Safid River). Few peaks ...
talisman: object bearing a sign or engraved character and thought to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. See amulet.
talking drum: any of various types of drums that, by imitating the rhythm and the rise and fall of words in languages, are used as communication devices. Such drums occur in East ...
Talking Heads: American art rock band popular in the late 1970s and '80s. Band members were David Byrne (b. May 14, 1952, Dumbarton, Scot., ), Chris Frantz (b. May 8, 1951, Fort ...
tall oil: dark, odorous liquid by-product of the sulfate (kraft) process of paper manufacture, used after refining to make coatings, sizing for paper, paint, varnish, linoleum, drying oils, emulsions, lubricants, and soaps. ...
tall tale: narrative that depicts the wild adventures of extravagantly exaggerated folk heroes. The tall tale is essentially an oral form of entertainment; the audience appreciates the imaginative invention rather than the ...
Tall Za'tar: former Palestinian refugee camp, Jabal Lubnan muhafazah (governorate), central Lebanon, north of Beirut, near Nabay. The camp was the last large Muslim outpost in the midst of the predominantly Christian ...
Tall-e Bakun: prehistoric Iranian site located near Persepolis in south-central Iran. The site, continuously inhabited from c. 4200 to c. 3000 BC, is the oldest yet discovered in that area of Iran. ...
Talladega: city, seat (1834) of Talladega county, east-central Alabama, U.S., in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Birmingham. The site was originally inhabited ...
Talladega Mountain: low-lying segment of the Appalachian Mountains, extending northeastward along the border of Clay and Talladega counties and into Cleburne county in east-central Alabama, U.S. Rising to Cheaha Mountain (2,407 feet ...
tallage: in medieval Europe, a tax imposed by the lord of an estate upon his unfree tenants. In origin, both the amount and the frequency of levies was at the lord's ...
Tallahassee: city, capital of Florida, U.S., and seat (1824) of Leon county. It is situated in the central part of the state's northern panhandle region about halfway between Pensacola (west) and ...
Tallahatchie River: river rising in Tippah county, Mississippi, U.S., and flowing 230 miles (370 km) west and then south to join the Yalobusha River just north of Greenwood in Leflore county to ...
Tallapoosa River: river rising in the Piedmont area of western Georgia, U.S., west of Atlanta, and flowing southwest in an irregular, steplike course for about 268 mi (431 km), joining the larger ...
Tallchief, Maria: ballet dancer of North American Indian descent noted for fine technique and considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the United States.
Tallchief, Marjorie: ballerina, dance teacher, and the first American ever to become the premiere danseuse etoile at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Tallemant des Reaux, Gedeon: French writer of entertaining and informative Historiettes, or short biographies.
Tallensi: a people of northern Ghana who speak a language of the Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family. They grow millet and sorghum as staples and raise cattle, sheep, and ...
Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice de, Prince De Benevent: French statesman and diplomat noted for his capacity for political survival, who held high office during the French Revolution, under Napoleon, at the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, and under ...
Tallien, Jean-Lambert: French Revolutionary who became a leader of the moderates (Thermidorians) after he helped engineer the fall of Robespierre in 1794.
Tallinn: city, capital of Estonia, on Tallinn Bay of the Gulf of Finland. A fortified settlement existed there from the late 1st millennium BC until the 10th-11th century AD, and there ...
Tallis, Thomas: one of the most important English composers of sacred music before William Byrd (1543-1623). His style encompassed the simple Reformation service music and the great continental polyphonic schools whose influence ...
tallit: prayer shawl worn by male Jews during the daily morning service (shaharit); it is also worn by the leader of the service during the afternoon service (minha). On Yom Kippur, ...
tallow: odourless, tasteless, waxy white fat, consisting of suet (the hard fat about the kidneys and loins of cattle, sheep, and horses) or similar vegetable substances. Tallow consists mainly of glyceryl ...
tallow tree: (Sapium sebiferum), small tree, of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to China but much cultivated in the tropics for its tallow-producing seeds and elsewhere as an ornamental. The seeds are ...
Talma, Francois-Joseph: French actor and theatrical company manager whose reforms in acting styles, stage costuming, and scenery made him a leading precursor of 19th-century French Romanticism and Realism.
Talmud and Midrash: commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament).
Talmud Torah: (Hebrew: Study of the Torah), since late medieval and early modern times, an elementary school under Jewish auspices that places special emphasis on religious education. Some Talmud Torahs concentrate on ...
Talon, Jean, count d'Orsainville: French statesman and the first intendant of New France (Canada), who tried unsuccessfully to develop its economy.
Talpur: Baluchi tribe that furnished a number of Muslim amirs in the Upper and Lower Sind, when the region was nominally a part of the Durrani kingdom of Afghanistan. One of ...
Tam, Jacob ben Meir: French Jew, an outstanding Talmudic authority of his time, who was responsible for a series of far-reaching decisions governing relationships between Christians and Jews in medieval Europe. He was also ...
tama: in Japanese religion, a soul or a divine or semidivine spirit; also an aspect of a spirit. Several mitama are recognized in Shinto and folk religions. Among them are the ...
Tamale: town, north-central Ghana. Surrounded by villages with high population densities, it lies 600 feet (183 m) above sea level on a plain 22 miles (35 km) east of the White ...
tamale: in Mexican cuisine, small steamed cake of dough made from corn (maize). In the preparation of tamales, masa harina, fine-ground corn treated with unslaked lime, is made into a thick ...