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- 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 ... [1 Related Articles]
- 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 ...
- Tallapaka Annamacarya
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...in life and poetry, unschooled yet a scholar, is widely known for his Bhagavatam, a masterpiece that is said to excel the original Sanskrit Bhagavata-Purana. Tallapaka Annamacarya, son of a ...
- 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 ...
- Tallboy
- (from the article "Wallis, Sir Barnes") Wallis produced not only the dambuster bombs but also the 12,000-pound "Tallboy" and the 22,000-pound "Grand Slam" bombs. He was also responsible for the bombs that destroyed the German warship ...
- Tallchief, Maria
- ballet dancer of North American Indian descent noted for fine technique and considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the United States. [1 Related Articles]
- 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 ... [2 Related Articles]
- Taller de Grafica Popular
- (from the article "Latin American art") The graphic arts became another means of communicating with the masses. Building on the examples of Posada and the Mexican muralist renaissance, the Taller de Grafica Popular (People's Graphics Workshop) ...
- Taller Torres Garcia
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") ...abstraction the highest expression of the human spirit. At the same time, he felt it was important to incorporate symbols into his work without negating the basic principles of abstraction. ...
- 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 ... [7 Related Articles]
- tallgrass prairie
- (from the article "prairie") Tallgrass prairie, sometimes called true prairie, is found in the eastern, more humid region of the prairie that borders deciduous forest. The rich soil is laced with the deep roots ...
- tallhedge buckthorn
- (from the article "alder buckthorn") ...(1 12-2 12 inches) long. Small, white flowers are borne in clusters of 2 to 10. The small fruit turns from red to black. Tallhedge buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula 'Columnaris') is ...
- 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 ... [5 Related Articles]
- Tallinn language
- (from the article "Estonian language") ...branch of the Uralic language family, spoken in Estonia and in scattered pockets in surrounding regions. The language occurs in two major dialectal forms, northern and southern; the northern, or ...
- 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 ... [2 Related Articles]
- 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, ... [4 Related Articles]
- Tallmadge Amendment
- (from the article "Missouri Compromise") ...of New York attempted to add an antislavery amendment to that legislation, however, there ensued an ugly and rancorous debate over slavery and the government's right to restrict slavery. The ...
- 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 ... [4 Related Articles]
- 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 ...
- Tally, Ted
- (from the article "1991: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Callie Khouri for Thelma & LouiseAdapted Screenplay: Ted Tally for The Silence of the LambsCinematography: Robert Richardson for JFKArt Direction: Dennis Gassner for BugsyOriginal Score: Alan Menken for...
- 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. [3 Related Articles]
- Talmadge, Herman Eugene
- American politician (b. Aug. 9, 1913, McRae, Ga.-d. March 21, 2002, Hampton, Ga.), as governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955 and U.S. senator from 1957 to 1981, evolved from ...
- Talmud and Midrash
- commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament). [40 Related Articles]
- 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 ... [1 Related Articles]
- Talmudic mina
- (from the article "measurement system") ...were based on the relationship between the mina, the talent (the basic unit), and the shekel. The sacred mina was equal to 60 shekels, and the sacred talent to 3,000 ...
- Talmudic talent
- (from the article "measurement system") ...the mina, the talent (the basic unit), and the shekel. The sacred mina was equal to 60 shekels, and the sacred talent to 3,000 shekels, or 50 sacred minas. The ...
- Talon, Jean, count d'Orsainville
- French statesman and the first intendant of New France (Canada), who tried with some success to develop its economy. [2 Related Articles]
- Talos
- (from the article "rocket and missile system") The first generation of American SAMs included the Army Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile that became operational in 1953, and the rocket-boosted, ramjet-powered Navy Talos. Both used radar tracking ...
- Talpa
- (from the article "mole") ...moschata) of central Eurasia, which weighs 100 to 220 grams and has a body 18 to 22 cm long and a tail nearly as long. The nine species of Old ...
- 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 ...
- Talsong Fortress
- (from the article "Taegu") Among Taegu's other attractions are the Talsong Fortress, a fort that protected Taegu for many centuries but is now a popular park, and Apsan Park, from which a cable car ...
- Taltson River
- (from the article "Mackenzie River") ...large storage lake formed westward in the Rocky Mountain Trench. Electric power is transmitted south 600 miles to Vancouver, B.C. Otherwise, the only developed waterpower sites are on the Snare ...
- talud
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") On the northern end of the Avenue of the Dead is the Pyramid of the Moon, very similar to that of the Sun, but with an additional platform-temple jutting out ...
- talus
- (from the article "artiodactyl") The other main morphological characteristic of artiodactyls is that the astragalus, one of the bones in the ankle, has upper and lower rounded articulations (areas of contact of bones) and ...
- talus
- (from the article "valley") Straight slope segments are dominated by mass movement processes. Talus slopes are a type in which debris piles up to a characteristic angle of repose. When new debris is added ...
- talus cave
- (from the article "cave") Talus caves are openings formed between boulders piled up on mountain slopes. Most of them are very small both in length and in cross section. Some boulder piles, however, do ...
- Talyawalka Anabranch
- (from the article "Darling River") ...Several, however, flow into salt flats and in wet years emerge to rejoin the parent stream. The Great Anabranch (which leaves below the Menindee Lakes to join the Murray some ...
- Talysh language
- (from the article "Transcaucasia") ...speakers. Greek is spoken in parts of southern Georgia, and several languages of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European are also spoken. The latter consist of Ossetic (spoken in central Georgia), ...
- 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 ...
- Tam, Roman
- Chinese pop musician (b. 1949, Guangxi Zhuang, China-d. Oct. 18, 2002, Hong Kong), was a flamboyant showman with an androgynous persona and a campy style who was a star for ...
- tam-tam
- (from the article "gong") The Western orchestra uses the flat Chinese gong of indefinite pitch (called tam-tam in the West); beginning in the late 20th century, some composers called for such gongs to be ...
- Tama
- (from the article "Chad") In an effort at reconciliation, in March Deby appointed as minister of defense Mahamat Nour, leader of the Tama and a coalition of rebel groups. Despite this, the Tama were ...
- 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 ...
- Tama language
- (from the article "Designations and classification of the Nilo-Saharan languages") ...Kanembu-Zaghawa languages, spoken in the north, mostly by nomads, (5) the Maba group, spoken in the vicinity of Abeche and throughout the Ouaddai region of eastern Chad, (6) the Tama ...
- Tama River
- (from the article "Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area") Two other rivers of note in the region are the Tama, the lower reaches of which form the eastern boundary between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures; and the Tone, the main ...
- Tama Zoological Park
- (from the article "Ueno Zoological Gardens") In 1958 the Ueno Zoological Gardens opened a sister facility, the 125-acre (50-hectare) Tama Zoological Park, in the outlying district of Hodokubo, enabling it to expand its collection. A unique ...
- 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 ...
- tamales de elote
- (from the article "Guatemala") ...a cocoa drink that was primarily limited to the nobility. Modern-day Guatemalan cuisine is a mixture of Spanish and local dishes. These include appetizers such as tamales ...
- Tamamushi Shrine
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...temples were decorated not only with sculpture but also with religious paintings, tapestries, and other objects. Most such works from the Asuka period have not survived. An exception is the ...
- Taman languages
- group of languages that form part of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Tama and Sungor (or Erenga) are spoken on either side of the border between ...
- Tamana, Mount
- (from the article "Trinidad and Tobago") Running across the centre of the island, from southwest to northeast, is the Central Range, the highest point of which is Mount Tamana (1,009 feet [308 metres]). A third row ...
- Tamang
- people of Nepal living in the mountains northwest, north, and east of the Kathmandu Valley. Their numbers were estimated to be about 690,000 in the late 20th century. The Tamang ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tamanghasset
- town, southern Algeria. Located in the mountainous Ahaggar (Hoggar) region on the Wadi Tamanghasset, the town originated as a military outpost, guarding trans-Saharan trade routes. It has become an important ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tamano
- city, Okayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on a channel of the Inland Sea, opposite Takamatsu, on Shikoku. The city is composed of the former towns of Tama, Hibi, and the ...
- Tamaqua
- borough (town), Schuylkill county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Little Schuylkill River. The area was settled in 1799, and its name derives from the Iroquois Indian word for "land of ...
- Tamar
- (from the article "David") ...that provided precedents for the resolution of conflict or for establishing the rights of succession. Thus, David's third son, Absalom, murdered the eldest son, Amnon, for the latter's rape of ...
- Tamar Valley
- (from the article "Caradon") Calstock and Gunnislake in the Tamar valley are linked with Plymouth by a branch railway and have become residential areas. The lower Tamar valley is an area of intensive cultivation ...
- Tamar, River
- tidal estuary in northern Tasmania, Australia, formed by the confluence of the North and South Esk rivers. It extends 40 miles (65 km) northwest to enter Bass Strait at Port ...
- Tamar, River
- river in southwestern England, rising within 4 miles (6 km) of the Bristol Channel and flowing south to the English Channel by Plymouth Sound. For most of its length of ...
- Tamara
- (from the article "Georgia, flag of") ...white and cherry (or carnelian) red (as well as black) for their flags. Most of these banners were carried by military forces or used by royalty, since modern national flags ...
- Tamara
- (from the article "Los Islands") small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off Conakry, the capital of Guinea, West Africa. They provide protection for the port of Conakry and include Tamara (Factory), Kassa, Roume (Crawford), Blanche ...
- tamarack
- (from the article "larch") The most widely distributed North American larch is tamarack, hackmatack, or eastern larch (L. laricina). The bracts on its small cones are hidden by the scales. Eastern larch trees mature ...
- tamarau
- (from the article "tamarau") (species Anoa mindorensis), small species of buffalo (q.v.).fauna of the PhilippinesPhilippinesPlant and animal life
- Tamaricaceae
- (from the article "desert") ...and temperate margins of the developing deserts. It has been suggested that many typical modern desert plant families, particularly those with an Asian centre of diversity such as the chenopod ...
- tamarin
- (from the article "tamarin") any marmoset species belonging to the genus Saguinus or Leontopithecus.
cotton-top tamarinCotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus).Infrogmation
- tamarind
- (species Tamarindus indica), evergreen tree, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to tropical Africa. It is widely cultivated in other regions as an ornamental and for its edible fruit. The ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tamarindus
- (from the article "savanna") ...Nigeria thickets comprising a few fire-sensitive rainforest tree species from genera such as Diospyros, Ficus, and Tamarindus grow on rocky knolls ...
- tamarisk
- (genus Tamarix), any of 54 species of shrubs and low trees (family Tamaricaceae) that, with false tamarisks (Myricaria, 10 species), grow in salt deserts, by seashores, in mountainous areas, and ... [2 Related Articles]
- tamarisk manna scale
- (from the article "homopteran") Although few homopterans produce food for man, the tamarisk manna scale, Trabutina mannipara, is thought to have produced the biblical manna for the children of Israel. The females produce large ...
- Tamarix mannifera
- (from the article "manna") ...Both are spiny-branched shrubs less than 1 m (about 3 feet) tall and are native to Turkey. An edible, white honeylike substance known as manna forms drops on the stem ...
- Tamaro, Susanna
- (from the article "Italian literature") ...arcane and enigmatic tales of La grande Eulalia (1988; "The Great Eulalia"), the first of many successful books by Paola Capriolo. Best-selling and widely translated author Susanna Tamaro achieved overnight ...
- Tamarugal, Pampa del
- (from the article "Chile") ...it appears as a plateau with elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. Saline sediments that washed down during the Tertiary and Quaternary periods created the rich nitrate deposits found in ...
- tamas
- (from the article "Samkhya") ...physiopsychological factors. The highest one is sattva, which is illumination, enlightening knowledge, and lightness; the second is rajas, which is energy, passion, and expansiveness; the third is tamas ("darkness"), which ...
- tamasha
- erotic form of Indian folk drama begun in the early 18th century in Maharashtra. In all other forms of Indian folk theatre, men are cast in the major roles. The ... [2 Related Articles]
- Tamashek language
- (from the article "Niger") ...as Songhai proper, Zarma, and Dendi. The language of the Fulani is Fula; in Niger it has two dialects, eastern and western, the demarcation line between them running through the ...
- tamashiro
- (from the article "tamaya") ...strict Shinto households, the tamaya is placed on a lower level than the commonly found family altar, the kamidana ("god-shelf"). It contains a mirror or a tablet (tamashiro) listing the ...
- Tamaulipas
- estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It is bounded by the United States (Texas) to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and the states of Veracruz ... [1 Related Articles]
- tamaya
- in the Shinto religion of Japan, a memorial altar dedicated to the spirits of deceased ancestors. The tamaya is not found in all homes observing Shinto because Buddhist practices dominate ...
- Tamayo y Baus, Manuel
- Spanish dramatist who, with Adelardo Lopez de Ayala y Herrera, dominated the Spanish stage in the mid-19th century. He was a key figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tamayo, Rufino
- Mexican painter who combined modern European painting styles with Mexican folk themes. [1 Related Articles]
- Tamazight language
- (from the article "Algeria") ...Algerians speak one of several dialects of vernacular Arabic. These are generally similar to dialects spoken in adjacent areas of Morocco and Tunisia. Modern Standard Arabic is taught in schools. ...
- Tamba
- (from the article "pottery") ...Prefecture), which may have exceeded Seto in the size of its production; Bizen (Okayama Prefecture), which has produced an excellent unglazed stoneware from the Heian period to the 20th century; ...
- Tamba Yasuyori
- (from the article "medicine, history of") Beginning in AD 608, when young Japanese physicians were sent to China for a long period of study, Chinese influence on Japanese medicine was paramount. In 982, Tamba Yasuyori completed ...
- Tambacounda
- town, southeastern Senegal. It is situated about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of Dakar. The town is in a tall-grass and acacia savanna area known for its varied agricultural potential. ...
- Tambao
- (from the article "Burkina Faso") ...gold deposits near Sebba and Dori-Yalogo in the north are known to exist. Reserves of nickel, bauxite, zinc, lead, and silver are being studied. The country's substantial manganese deposits at ...
- tambaqui
- (from the article "Vegetarian Piranhas") ...produce fragrant organic latexes, oils, resins, and acids that help fish locate trees that are about to fruit, as well as fruit that has already dropped into the water. One ...
- Tamberlik, Enrico
- Italian tenor best known for his remarkable high notes.
- Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja
- (from the article "magic") ...and humanities. Central to the challenge to the traditional magic-religion-science paradigm was Magic, Science, Religion, and the Scope of Rationality (1990), in which Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah deconstructs ...
- Tambo Viejo
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") ...of Pisco, Ica, Nazca, and Acari. At Cahuachi, in Nazca, this included a ceremonial centre consisting of six pyramids, which were terraced and adobe-faced natural hills associated with courts. Tambo ...
- Tambo, Adelaide
- South African political activist was a prominent figure in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As a teenager she joined the black nationalist African National Congress (ANC) Youth ...
- Tambo, Mr.
- (from the article "minstrel show") ...parts, was established by the Christy company and changed little thereafter. In part one the performers were arranged in a semicircle, with the interlocutor in the centre and the end ...
- Tambo, Oliver
- president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) from 1969. He spent more than 30 years in exile (1960-90). [5 Related Articles]
- tambon
- (from the article "Thailand") ...elected provincial assemblies have little power, but they serve as incubators for local politicians who may later be elected to the National Assembly. In 1997, communes (tambon), ...
- Tambopata River
- (from the article "Puerto Maldonado") port city, southeastern Peru. It lies at the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers, at 840 feet (256 m) above sea level in the hot, humid rain ...
- Tambora, Mount
- dormant volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Now 9,354 feet (2,851 m) high, it erupted violently in 1815, when it lost much of its top and ... [6 Related Articles]
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