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- (from the article "transplant") ...of the 6th century BC, developed techniques for reconstructing noses from skin flaps taken from the patient's arm. This method was introduced into Western medicine by the great Italian surgeon Gaspare Tagliacozzi in the 16th century. The flap was left ...
- Tagliacozzo, Battle of
- (from the article "Germany") ...then rallied his German supporters and led them across the Alps. But Conradin's financial resources were inadequate; unpaid troops deserted, and his depleted following was routed by Charles near Tagliacozzo (1268). Conradin was captured as he fled toward Rome, convicted ...
- Tagliavini, Ferrucio
- Italian opera tenor and motion-picture actor (b. Aug. 14, 1913--d. Jan. 28, 1995).
- Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio
- (from the article "calligraphy") ...letters are made; he states rules for joining and spacing letters and for spacing words and text lines, and he supplies practice exercises. Almost simultaneously the Venetian writing master Giovanantonio Tagliente published Lo presente libro insegna la vera arte&elipsis; (c. ...
- Taglioni, Fabio
- Italian engineer and motorcycle designer (b. Sept. 10, 1920, Lugo di Romagna, Italy-d. July 18, 2001, Bologna, Italy), during his 35-year career as the chief engineer for the state-owned Ducati (1954-89), transformed that company's motorcycles from cheap, low-powered scooters that ...
- Taglioni, Filippo
- Italian dancer and choreographer who developed the Romantic style of ballets.
- Taglioni, Marie
- Italian ballet dancer whose fragile, delicate dancing typified the early 19th-century Romantic style. [4 Related Articles]
- tagmeme
- (from the article "Pike, Kenneth L.") ...general theory of human behaviour, described in his Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of the Structure of Human Behavior, 3 vol. (1954-60; 2nd ed. 1967). The tagmeme is a unit comprising a function (for example, ...
- tagmemics
- a system of linguistic analysis developed by the American linguist Kenneth L. Pike in the 1950s and applied to the description of a very large number of hitherto unrecorded languages. Tagmemics differs from alternative systems of grammatical analysis in that ... [3 Related Articles]
- Tagore, Debendranath
- Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj ("Society of Brahma," also translated as "Society of God"), which purged the Hindu religion and way of life of many abuses. [4 Related Articles]
- Tagore, Rabindranath
- Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from ... [23 Related Articles]
- tagua palm
- (from the article "palm") ...altilis); it is especially successful with cacao (Theobroma cacao). In Ecuador, palms that are grown by the agroforestry industry include the peach palm; the tagua, or ivory, palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis) grown for vegetable ivory; and a fibre palm (Aphandra natalia). ...
- Tagula Island
- volcanic island of the Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. It lies 175 miles (280 km) southeast of the island of New Guinea. The largest island of the archipelago, measuring 50 by 15 miles (80 by 24 km), ...
- Tagus River
- longest waterway of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises in the Sierra de Albarracin of eastern Spain, at a point about 90 miles (150 km) from the Mediterranean coast, and flows westward across Spain and Portugal for 626 miles (1,007 km) ... [4 Related Articles]
- Tagus valley
- (from the article "Portugal") The earliest human remains found in Portugal are Neanderthal-type bones from Furninhas. A distinct culture first emerged in the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) middens of the lower Tagus valley, dated about 5500 BC. Neolithic (New Stone Age) cultures entered from ...
- Taha Husayn
- outstanding figure of the modernist movement in Egyptian literature whose writings, in Arabic, include novels, stories, criticism, and social and political essays. Outside Egypt he is best known through his autobiography, Al-Ayyam (3 vol., 1929-67; The Days), the first modern ... [4 Related Articles]
- Taha, Rachid
- (from the article "Performing Arts") It was also a good year for artists from Algeria. Rachid Taha argued that there were also links between North African styles and rock, and his album Tekitoi mixed North African influences with an attack worthy of the punk era. ...
- Tahaa
- (from the article "Sous le Vent, Iles") Raiatea, the principal island, and neighbouring Tahaa are part of a single submarine formation and are surrounded by a single barrier reef. Tahaa lies north of Raiatea and is separated from it by a channel 2 miles (3 km) wide. ...
- tahajjud
- (Arabic: "keeping vigil"), in Islamic practice, the recitation of the Qur'an (Islamic scriptures) and prayers during the night. Tahajjud is generally regarded as sunnah (tradition) and not fard (obligation). There are many verses in the Qur'an that encourage these nightly ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tahan Range
- (from the article "Tahan, Mount") ...West Malaysia. Mount Tahan is the central feature of Taman Negara National Park and a destination for mountaineers who begin their ascent from nearby Kuala Tahan, headquarters of the park. The Tahan Range parallels the Main Range (about 60 miles ...
- Tahan, Mount
- highest peak of the Malay Peninsula (7,175 feet [2,187 m]), in the Tahan Range, West Malaysia. Mount Tahan is the central feature of Taman Negara National Park and a destination for mountaineers who begin their ascent from nearby Kuala Tahan, ... [3 Related Articles]
- Taharqa
- fourth king (reigned 690-664 BCE) of the 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt (see ancient Egypt: The 24th and 25th dynasties). [8 Related Articles]
- Tahat, Mount
- (from the article "Ahaggar") large plateau in the north centre of the Sahara, on the Tropic of Cancer, North Africa. Its height is above 3,000 feet (900 m), culminating in Mount Tahat (9,573 feet [2,918 m]) in southeastern Algeria. The plateau, about 965 miles ...
- Taheri
- (from the article "Islamic arts") ...or in its more formalized shape, as in Damascus, the hypostyle tradition dominated mosque architecture from 715 to the 10th century. As it occurs at Nishapur in northeastern Iran, Siraf in southern Iran, al-Qayrawan (Kairouan) in Tunisia, and Cordoba in ...
- tahini
- paste of crushed sesame seeds that is widely used in Middle Eastern cooking. Tahini mixed with garlic, lemon juice, and salt and thinned with water constitutes taratoor, a sauce that is eaten as a dip with Arab bread as part ...
- Tahir ibn al-Husayn
- (from the article "Ma'mun, al-") ...in effect stripped by al-Amin of his rights to the succession, was supported by an Iranian, al-Fadl ibn Sahl, whom he was to make his vizier, as well as by an Iranian general, Tahir. Tahir's victory over al-Amin's army on ...
- Tahirid Dynasty
- (AD 821-873), Islamic dynasty of the land of Khorasan (centred in northeastern Persia), which owed nominal allegiance to the 'Abbasid caliph at Baghdad but enjoyed virtual independence. The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn al-Husayn, a successful military general awarded ... [4 Related Articles]
- Tahirid dynasty
- (from the article "Rasulid dynasty") ...trade in the Red Sea keen competition, but, soon after his death, internal unrest, revolts of slaves, and the plague hastened the fall of the dynasty. Yemen then passed into the hands of the Tahirid dynasty until the Ottoman conquest ...
- Tahiti
- largest island of the Iles du Vent (Windward Islands) of the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the central South Pacific Ocean. Its nearest neighbour is Moorea, 12 miles (20 km) to the northwest. The island of Tahiti consists of two ... [7 Related Articles]
- Tahiti vanilla
- (from the article "vanilla") ...commerce are the cured, unripe fruit of Vanilla planifolia, Mexican or Bourbon vanilla, which is native to Mexico, Central America, and northern South America; or Vanilla tahitensis, Tahiti vanilla, which is native to Oceania. The principal sources of vanilla are ...
- Tahitian language
- (from the article "Polynesian languages") The best-known Polynesian languages are Samoan, with about 200,000 speakers; Maori, spoken in New Zealand by about 100,000 persons; Tahitian, with an unknown number of native speakers but widely used as a lingua franca in French Polynesia; and Hawaiian, with ...
- Tahlequah
- city, seat (1907) of Cherokee county, eastern Oklahoma, U.S., in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, near the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller. Settled by Cherokee Indians and made capital of the Cherokee Nation (1839-1907), the town site was laid ...
- Tahltan
- an Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian people living on the upper Stikine River and other nearby streams in what is now northwestern British Columbia, Can. This region, though grassy and rocky with only sparse woodlands, provided plentiful salmon and such game ...
- Tahmasp I
- shah of Iran from 1524 whose rule was marked by continuing warfare with the Ottoman Empire and the loss of large amounts of territory. [8 Related Articles]
- Tahmasp II
- (from the article "Iran") ...ravaging western Persia. Nadr, an Afsharid Turkmen from northern Khorasan, was eventually able to reunite Iran, a process he began on behalf of the Safavid prince Tahmasp II (reigned 1722-32), who had escaped the Afghans. After Nadr had cleared the ...
- Tahoe, Lake
- freshwater lake occupying a fault basin on the California-Nevada border in the northern Sierra Nevada, U.S. Fed by numerous small streams, it is drained by the Truckee River to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast. It measures ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tahoua
- town, southern Niger. Situated on the boundary between a cultivated zone (peanuts [groundnuts]) and a drier pastoral zone (cattle, goats, and sheep), it is an important trading town. During the Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s it served as ... [1 Related Articles]
- tahr
- any of three wary and surefooted wild goatlike mammals of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), native to Asia. Tahrs live in herds and frequent steep, often wooded mountainsides. They range in shoulder height from 60 to 106 cm (24 to ...
- Tahtawi, Rifa'ah Rafi' at-
- teacher and scholar who was one of the first Egyptians to grapple with the question of adjusting to the West and to provide answers in Islamic terms. [2 Related Articles]
- Tahuna
- (from the article "Sangihe Islands") ...of Sulawesi Utara (North Celebes) provinsi (province). The main islands in the group are Sangihe, Siau, Tahulandang, and Biaro, and there are numerous islets. Tahuna (Taruna), on Sangihe's west coast, is the main town and lies in ...
- Tai
- peoples of mainland Southeast Asia, including the Thai, or Siamese (in central and southern Thailand), the Lao (in Laos and northern Thailand), the Shan (in northeast Myanmar [Burma]), the Lu (primarily in Yunnan province, China, but also in Myanmar, Laos, ... [10 Related Articles]
- tai chi chuan
- ancient and distinctive Chinese form of exercise or attack and defense that is popular throughout the world. As exercise, tai chi chuan is designed to provide relaxation in the process of body-conditioning exercise and is drawn from the principles of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Tai K'uei
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...as amateurs and who were far better remembered in the written record of the art than were their professional, artisan-class counterparts. Among the first named painting masters, Ts'ao Pu-hsing and Tai K'uei painted chiefly Buddhist and Taoist subjects. Tai K'uei ...
- Tai languages
- closely related family of languages, of which the Thai language of Thailand is the most important member. Because the word Thai has been designated as the official name of the language of Thailand, it would be confusing to use it ... [6 Related Articles]
- Tai Mo, Mount
- (from the article "Hong Kong") ...ridges, running northeast to southwest, that tie in closely with the structural trend in South China. This trend is clearly observable from the alignment of Lantau Island and the Tolo Channel. From Mount Tai Mo-at 3,140 feet (957 metres) the ...
- Tai Reserve
- (from the article "Sassandra River") ...an Atlantic port. Its upper reaches flow through a savanna region and have been panned for diamonds; its lower course marks the eastern boundary of the 1,641-square-mile (4,250-square-kilometre) Tai Reserve (known for pygmy hippopotamuses) and flows through an area noted ...
- Tai Wang-shu
- (from the article "Chinese literature") ...works of these authors include the contemplative sonnets of Feng Chih, the urbane songs of Peking by Pien Chih-lin, and the romantic verses of Ho Ch'i-fang. Less popular, but more daring, were Tai Wang-shu and Li Chin-fa, poets of the ...
- Tai, Lake
- large lake between Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, eastern China. Roughly crescent-shaped, it is about 45 miles (70 km) from north to south and 37 miles (59 km) from east to west; its total surface area is about 935 square miles ... [4 Related Articles]
- Tai, Mount
- mountain mass with several peaks along a southwest-northeast axis to the north of the city of Tai'an in Shandong province, eastern China. Mount Tai consists of a much-shattered fault block, mostly composed of archaic crystalline shales and granites and some ... [3 Related Articles]
- Tai, Parc National de
- national park, southwestern Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), situated between the Liberian border (along the Cavally River) to the west and the Sassandra River to the east. Formerly a fauna reserve (decreed 1956) and prior to that a forest refuge (from ...
- Tai-Kadai languages
- (from the article "Tai languages") ...most populous being the Kam-Sui languages, spoken mostly in Guizhou, China; and the Li, or Hlai, languages of Hainan. The entire language family containing Tai and all its relatives is called either Tai-Kadai or simply Kadai. The former assumption that ...
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