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Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty (581-618), developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that amounted to a golden age. The Tang dynasty-like most-rose in duplicity and murder, and it subsided into a kind ... Tang Jiyao military governor of China's Yunnan province from 1913 to 1927. In 1915 Tang provided crucial military support to the rebels opposing Yuan Shikai's reestablishment of the monarchy. Thereafter he remained a somewhat lukewarm supporter of Sun Yat-sen. After Sun's death in 1925 Tang made an abortive attempt at the leadership ... Tang Yin Chinese scholar, painter, and poet of the Ming period whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Tanga city and port, northeastern Tanzania, eastern Africa, located on the Pemba Channel of the Indian Ocean. The city itself was established on the coast by Persian traders in the 14th century, but early Iron Age sites in the nearby foothills of the Pare and Usambara mountains and in the Digo ... Tangail city, north-central Bangladesh. It lies just east of the Jamuna River (the name of the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh). Tangail is an important hand-loom and cotton-weaving centre and also serves as a trading centre for the rice, jute, and oilseeds that are grown in the surrounding agricultural area. Sugarcane, wheat, and ... Tanganyika historical eastern African state that in 1964 merged with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, later renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. (See Tanzania.) Tanganyika, Lake second largest of the lakes of eastern Africa. It is the longest freshwater lake in the world (410 miles [660 km]) and the second deepest (4,710 feet [1,436 metres]) after Lake Baikal in Russia. Comparatively narrow, varying in width from 10 to 45 miles (16 to 72 km), it covers ... Tange Kenzo one of the foremost Japanese architects in the decades following World War II. tangent in geometry, straight line (or smooth curve) that touches a given curve at one point; at that point the slope of the curve is equal to that of the tangent. A tangent line may be considered the limiting position of a secant line as the two points at which it ... tangerine small, thin-skinned variety of orange belonging to the mandarin orange species of the family Rutaceae. Probably indigenous to Southeast Asia, tangerine culture spread westward along trade routes as far as the Mediterranean; in modern times, the fruit is cultivated in the subtropical regions of both the Old World and the ... Tanggu district, eastern Tianjin municipality, northeastern China. It is located on the Hai River where the Hai empties into the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli). Formerly the town of Tangda (it was renamed in 1952), Tanggu district has been under the administration of Tianjin since 1949. The district lies on the ... Tanggula Mountains mountain range in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. On the high plateau south of the mountains, there are many large salt lakes. In its eastern part the range forms the boundary between Tibet and Qinghai province. Although many peaks are higher than 19,000 feet (5,700 metres) and the tallest, ... Tangier port and principal city of northern Morocco. It is located on a bay of the Strait of Gibraltar 17 miles (27 km) from the southern tip of Spain; Tetouan lies about 40 miles (65 km) to the southeast. Pop. (2004) 669,685. Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys collection of children's stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1853. The book comprises six Greek myths that Hawthorne bowdlerized. tango ballroom dance, musical style, and song. The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos Aires, where the Spanish tango, a light-spirited variety of flamenco, merged with the milonga, a fast, sensual, and disreputable Argentine dance; it also shows possible influences from ... Tangshan industrial city, eastern Hebei sheng (province), northeastern China. It is situated in the northeastern portion of the North China Plain, about 30 miles (48 km) north of the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli) and 65 miles (105 km) northeast of central Tianjin metropolis. Pop. (2002 est.) city, 1,498,175; (2007 est.) ... Tangshan earthquake of 1976 earthquake on July 28, 1976, with a magnitude of 7.5, which nearly razed the Chinese coal-mining and industrial city of Tangshan, located about 68 miles (110 km) east of Beijing. The death toll, thought to be one of the largest in recorded history, was officially reported as 242,000 persons, but ... Tanguay, Eva American singing and dancing comedienne billed as "the Girl Who Made Vaudeville Famous." Tangub chartered city, northwestern Mindanao, Philippines. Located on the northern shore of Panguil Bay (an arm of Iligan Bay), it is just north of the narrow neck of land that connects Zamboanga del Sur province with the main part of Mindanao. The principal occupation in the city is fishing, mostly in ... Tangun mythological first king of the Koreans, the grandson of Hwanin, the creator, and the son of Hwanung, who fathered his child by breathing on a beautiful young woman. Tangun reportedly became king in 2333 BC. Tangut people historically living in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi and the southwestern portion of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. They engaged in irrigated agriculture and pastoralism and-taking advantage of their location at the eastern end of the Silk Road-acted as middlemen in ... Tanguy, Yves French-born American painter who worked in a Surrealist style. tanha (Pali), in the Buddhist chain of dependent origination, the thirst that leads to attachment. See pratitya-samutpada. Tani Buncho original name Tani Masayasu, also called Bungoro Japanese painter who founded an eclectic school influenced by Chinese, Japanese, and Western styles. Tani Ryoko Japanese judoka, who became the first woman to win two Olympic titles in judo. Taniguchi, Yoshio Japanese architect best known as the designer of the early 21st-century expansion of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Tanimbar Islands group of about 30 islands in Maluku Tenggara kabupaten (regency), Maluku provinsi ("province"), eastern Indonesia. The islands lie between the Banda and Arafura seas. Tanis ancient city in the Nile River delta, capital of the 14th nome (province) of Lower Egypt and, at one time, of the whole country. The city was important as one of the nearest ports to the Asiatic seaboard. With the decline of Egypt's Asiatic empire in the late 20th dynasty, ... tanistry a custom among various Celtic tribes-notably in Scotland and Ireland-by which the king or chief of the clan was elected by family heads in full assembly. He held office for life and was required by custom to be of full age, in possession of all his faculties, and without any ... Tanit chief goddess of Carthage, equivalent of Astarte. Although she seems to have had some connection with the heavens, she was also a mother goddess, and fertility symbols often accompany representations of her. She was probably the consort of Baal Hammon (or Amon), the chief god of Carthage, and was often ... Tanizaki Jun'ichiro major modern Japanese novelist, whose writing is characterized by eroticism and ironic wit. Tanizaki Prize Japanese literary award given annually to a Japanese writer in recognition of an exemplary literary work. The prize consists of a trophy and one million yen. It was established in honour of Japanese novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichiro in 1965, the year of his death. Winners have included Endo Shusaku for the ... tank any heavily armed and armoured combat vehicle that moves on two endless metal chains called tracks. Tanks are essentially weapon platforms that make the weapons mounted in them more effective by their cross-country mobility and by the protection they provide for their crews. Weapons mounted in tanks have ranged from ... tank destroyer a highly mobile lightly armoured tank-type vehicle that was used to fight tanks in World War II. Tank destroyers tended to have relatively thin side and rear armour, and the gun was mounted in an open turret or in a casemate that had only a limited traverse. This made tank ... Tank, Kurt leading aircraft designer and test pilot of the mid-20th century. tanka in literature, a five-line, 31-syllable poem that has historically been the basic form of Japanese poetry. The term tanka is synonymous with the term waka (q.v.), which more broadly denotes all traditional Japanese poetry in classical forms. tankard drinking vessel for ale or beer, widely used in northern Europe (especially Scandinavia, Germany, and the British Isles) and in colonial America from the second half of the 16th century until the end of the 18th century. The body is usually cylindrical, and it has a hinged lid (with or ... tanker ship designed to carry liquid cargo in bulk within its cargo spaces, without the use of barrels or other containers. Most tankers carry either crude oil from oil fields to refineries or petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, or petrochemical feedstock from refineries to distribution centres. Some ... Tann Falls waterfall in the lan (county) of Jamtland, northwestern Sweden, on upper Indals River, between Tann and Ostra Norn lakes and near Mount Areskutan (4,659 feet [1,420 m]). One of Sweden's most impressive falls, it is split into two parallel cataracts, each about 81 feet (25 m) high. A total drop ... Tanna island, southern Vanuatu, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is volcanic in origin. It is 25 miles (40 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide and occupies an area of 212 square miles (549 square km). It rises to 3,556 feet (1,084 metres) at Mount Tukuwasmera. Well-watered, wooded, and ... tanna any of several hundred Jewish scholars who, over a period of some 200 years, compiled oral traditions related to religious law. Most tannaim lived and worked in Palestine. Their work was given final form early in the 3rd century AD by Judah ha-Nasi, whose codification of oral laws became known ... Tannenberg, Battle of (July 15, 1410), battle fought at Tannenberg (Polish: Stebark) in northeastern Poland (formerly East Prussia) that was a major Polish-Lithuanian victory over the Knights of the Teutonic Order. The battle marked the end of the order's expansion along the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea and the beginning of the ... Tannenberg, Battle of (Aug. 26-30, 1914), battle fought at Tannenberg (Polish: Stebark), in what is now northeastern Poland, that ended in a German victory over the Russians in the early days of World War I. Tannenberg, David German-born American organ builder. Tanner, Henry Ossawa American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes. Tanner, Vaino moderate political leader, statesman, and prime minister who was instrumental in rebuilding the Finnish Social Democratic Party after his country's civil war of 1918. Thereafter he consistently opposed Soviet demands for concessions and inroads on his country's independence. Tannhauser German lyric poet who became the hero of a popular legend. tannin any of a group of pale-yellow to light-brown amorphous substances in the form of powder, flakes, or a spongy mass, widely distributed in plants and used chiefly in tanning leather, dyeing fabric, making ink, and in various medical applications. Tannin solutions are acid and have an astringent taste. Tannin is ... tanning chemical treatment of raw animal hide or skin to convert it into leather. A tanning agent displaces water from the interstices between the protein fibres and cements these fibres together. The three most widely used tanning agents are vegetable tannin, mineral salts such as chromium sulfate, and fish or animal ... Tannu-Ola mountain range of southern Tyva (Tuva), extending eastward about 350 miles (560 km) from the Altai Mountains in Russia. The average elevation of its summits is 8,200-8,850 feet (2,500-2,700 metres) above sea level, with a maximum elevation of 10,043 feet (3,061 metres) at Sagly in the Western Tannu-Ola; the highest ... Tano Korean holiday celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to commemorate the start of summer and to honour spirits and ancestors. One of Korea's oldest holidays, it was originally a day of games and festivities, marked by ssirum (Korean wrestling), swing competitions for women, mask dances, songs, ...