Maeve Binchy: …who attend university in Dublin; Tara Road (1998; film 2005), in which two women—one Irish, one American—try to improve their lives by trading houses; and Nights of Rain and Stars (2004), a tale of vacationers in Greece who are linked by a shared tragedy. In 2008 Binchy released Heart and…

Walachia, principality on the lower Danube River, which in 1859 joined Moldavia to form the state of Romania. Its name is derived from that of the Vlachs, who constituted the bulk of its population. Walachia was bounded on the north and northeast by the Transylvanian Alps, on the west, south, and

Tara Singh was a Sikh leader known chiefly for his advocacy of an autonomous Punjabi-speaking Sikh nation in the Punjab region. He was a champion of Sikh rights against the dominant Hindus, Muslims, and British. Tara Singh was born a Hindu, but while a student in Rawalpindi he became attracted to

Islamic arts: The relation of music to poetry and dance: The term ṭarab, which designates a whole scale of emotions, characterizes the musical conception of the time and even came to mean music itself.

Taraba, state, eastern Nigeria. It was created in 1991 from the southwestern half of former Gongola state. Taraba is bordered on the north by Bauchi and Gombe states, on the east by Adamawa state, on the south by Cameroon, and on the west by Benue, Nassarawa, and Plateau states. Most of the

Tripoli, (“The Eastern Tripoli”), city and port, northwestern Lebanon. It lies on the Mediterranean coast at the mouth of the Abū ʿAlī River, 40 miles (65 km) north-northeast of Beirut. Founded after 700 bc, it became in the Persian period (300 bc) the capital for the Phoenician triple federation

Tripoli, capital city of Libya. Situated in northwestern Libya along the Mediterranean coast, it is the country’s largest city and chief seaport. The city was known as Oea in ancient times and was one of the original cities (along with Sabratha and Leptis Magna) that formed the African Tripolis, or

Tripolitania, historical region of North Africa that now forms the northwestern part of Libya. In the 7th century bce three Phoenician colonies were established on the shores of the Gulf of Sidra, which was originally inhabited by a Berber-speaking people. These cities—Labqi (Leptis Magna, modern

Tripoli, capital city of Libya. Situated in northwestern Libya along the Mediterranean coast, it is the country’s largest city and chief seaport. The city was known as Oea in ancient times and was one of the original cities (along with Sabratha and Leptis Magna) that formed the African Tripolis, or

Tripoli, (“The Eastern Tripoli”), city and port, northwestern Lebanon. It lies on the Mediterranean coast at the mouth of the Abū ʿAlī River, 40 miles (65 km) north-northeast of Beirut. Founded after 700 bc, it became in the Persian period (300 bc) the capital for the Phoenician triple federation

Wareru: …1287, Wareru and his ally, Tarabya, a Mon prince of Pegu, drove the Burmese out of the Irrawaddy Delta and reestablished the independence of the Mon. Subsequently, Wareru killed Tarabya and made himself the sole ruler of the Mon, with his capital at Martaban. Although he was nominally a vassal…

Uto-Aztecan languages: Taracahitic Corachol-Aztecan

pomfret: The bigscale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis) of the Atlantic Ocean, the largest species in the family, reaches a length of 90 cm (35 inches).

India: Vizierate of Maḥmūd Gāwān: …had been divided into four provinces, centring around the cities of Daulatabad, Mahur, Bidar, and Gulbarga, respectively. The governors of the four provinces had control over almost all aspects of civil and military administration within their territorial jurisdictions. Administration was thus decentralized from the beginning, but the relative power of…

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd was an Arab poet, author of the longest of the seven odes in the celebrated collection of pre-Islamic poetry Al-Muʿallaqāt. Some critics judge him to be the greatest of the pre-Islamic poets, if not the greatest Arab poet. Little is known with any certainty of Ṭarafah’s life.

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd was an Arab poet, author of the longest of the seven odes in the celebrated collection of pre-Islamic poetry Al-Muʿallaqāt. Some critics judge him to be the greatest of the pre-Islamic poets, if not the greatest Arab poet. Little is known with any certainty of Ṭarafah’s life.

Tarahumara, Middle American Indians of Barranca de Cobre (“Copper Canyon”), southwestern Chihuahua state, in northern Mexico. Their language, which belongs to the Sonoran division of the Uto-Aztecan family, is most closely related to those of the Yaqui and Mayo. Culturally the Tarahumara show

Tarahumara: Their language, which belongs to the Sonoran division of the Uto-Aztecan family, is most closely related to those of the Yaqui and Mayo. Culturally the Tarahumara show similarities to such neighbouring Uto-Aztecan peoples as the Tepehuan, Huichol and Cora, and Pima-Papago. They numbered about 70,000 at…

Tarai, region of northern India and southern Nepal running parallel to the lower ranges of the Himalayas. A strip of undulating former marshland, it stretches from the Yamuna River in the west to the Brahmaputra River in the east. At its northern edge are numerous springs forming several streams,

Battles of Taraori, (1191), series of engagements that opened all of north India to Muslim control. The battles were fought between Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām of Ghūr and Prithviraja III, the Chauhan (Chahamana) Rajput ruler of Ajmer and Delhi. The battlefield lay between Karnal, about 70 miles

South American forest Indian: Belief and aesthetic systems: The Tarariu (Tarairiu) of northeastern Brazil and some Pano broiled the flesh of their dead and mixed the pulverized bones and hair with water or with a manioc-base beverage that they drank. Tribes of the Caribbean coast, after drying the body by fire, allowed it to…

India: Subsistence and technology: …sites, such as Lewan and Tarakai Qila in the Bannu basin, were large-scale factories, producing many types of tools from carefully selected stones collected and brought in from neighbouring areas. These same sites also appear to have been centers for the manufacture of beads of various semiprecious stones.

Tarakan Island, island in northern Kalimantan Utara provinsi (North Kalimantan province), northern Indonesia. It is situated in the eastern Celebes Sea, off the northeastern coast of Borneo. The island has a length of approximately 10 miles (16 km) and an area of 117 square miles (303 square km).

Yelizaveta Alekseyevna Tarakanova was an adventuress and pretender to the Russian throne who claimed to be the daughter of the unmarried empress Elizabeth (reigned 1741–62) and Count Aleksey G. Razumovsky. She claimed to have been reared in St. Petersburg, but she was probably not Russian, and her

Nur Mohammad Taraki was an Afghan politician who was president and prime minister of Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979. Born into a rural Pashtun family, Taraki attended night school while working as a clerk in Bombay, India, where he learned English. In the late 1940s he worked in the press department

roe: …cod roe—is the base of taramasalata, a Greek appetizer spread. Soft roes can be poached or sautéed and are sometimes served as hors d’oeuvres or light entrées. Other fish roes especially prized are those of herring, mackerel, salmon, shad, and sole.

qawwali: …sections—particularly within fast-paced passages called tarana—that the lead qawwal engages with and responds to the listeners, elevating them to a state of spiritual ecstasy through ever intensifying, accelerating repetitions of especially evocative phrases. This interaction between the lead singer and the audience is central to any successful qawwali performance.

Taranaki, regional council, west North Island, northern New Zealand. It is centred on the Taranaki Peninsula and extends north to the Mokau River and south and east to include the Waitotara River. Its topography is marked by numerous stream valleys, including those of the Patea and Waitara rivers.

Māori: The rise of the King Movement: …of his tribe, precipitating the First Taranaki War (1860–61). Only the extremist wing of the King Movement joined in the First Taranaki War.

Mount Taranaki, mountain, west-central North Island, New Zealand, on the Taranaki Peninsula. The symmetrical volcanic cone rises from sea level to 8,260 ft (2,518 m) and has a subsidiary cone, 6,438-ft Fanthams Peak, 1 mi (1.5 km) south of the main crater. Both have been dormant since the early

Uyghur language, member of the Turkic language family within the Altaic language group, spoken by Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwestern China and in portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The modern Uyghur language, which was based on the Taranchi dialect

Taranis, (Celtic: “Thunderer”), powerful Celtic deity that was one of three mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in the 1st century ad; the other two were Esus (“Lord”) and Teutates (“God of the People”). According to later commentators, Taranis’ sacrificial victims, either human or animal, were

tarantella, couple folk dance of Italy characterized by light, quick steps and teasing, flirtatious behaviour between partners; women dancers frequently carry tambourines. The music is in lively 68 time. Tarantellas for two couples are also danced. The tarantella’s origin is connected with

Tarantian Stage, last of four stages of the Pleistocene Series, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Tarantian Age (126,000 to 11,700 years ago) of the Pleistocene Epoch in the Quaternary Period. The name of this interval is derived from the European regional stage of the same name. No

Quentin Tarantino is an American director and screenwriter whose films are noted for their stylized neo-noir violence, razor-sharp dialogue, and fascination with film and pop culture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Tarantino worked in a video store in California

Quentin Tarantino is an American director and screenwriter whose films are noted for their stylized neo-noir violence, razor-sharp dialogue, and fascination with film and pop culture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Tarantino worked in a video store in California

tarantella: …tarantella’s origin is connected with tarantism, a disease or form of hysteria that appeared in Italy in the 15th to the 17th century and that was obscurely associated with the bite of the tarantula spider; victims seemingly were cured by frenzied dancing. All three words ultimately derive from the name…

Taranto, city, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy. The city lies at the base of the Salentine Peninsula on the northern inlet (Mare Grande) of the Gulf of Taranto. The old part of the city occupies a small island that lies between the Mare Grande and the inner harbour (Mare Piccolo). Newer

Gulf of Taranto, arm, about 85 mi (140 km) long and wide, of the Ionian Sea in southern Italy. Lying between the Capes Santa Maria di Leuca (northeast) and Colonne (southwest), it forms the hollow in front of the heel of the Italian “boot.” Feeder streams include the Sinni, Agri, Basento, and

Gulf of Taranto, arm, about 85 mi (140 km) long and wide, of the Ionian Sea in southern Italy. Lying between the Capes Santa Maria di Leuca (northeast) and Colonne (southwest), it forms the hollow in front of the heel of the Italian “boot.” Feeder streams include the Sinni, Agri, Basento, and

Bob Dylan: His first book, Tarantula, a collection of unconnected writings, met with critical indifference when it was unceremoniously published in 1971, five years after its completion. In August 1971 Dylan made a rare appearance at a benefit concert that former Beatle George Harrison had organized for the newly independent…

tarantula, (family Theraphosidae), any of numerous hairy and generally large spiders found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and tropical America. Tarantulas are mygalomorphs (suborder Orthognatha), and thus they have jaws that move forward and down (rather than sideways and together,

tarantula hawk, (genus Pepsis), genus of about 130 species of spider wasps that paralyze spiders to feed their larval young. Tarantula hawks are found on every continent except Europe and Antarctica and are especially common in the southwestern United States through Central America. The tarantula

tailless whip scorpion: 4-inch) Tarantula marginemaculata of Florida.

Tarantula Nebula, (catalog number NGC 2070) immense ionized-hydrogen region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way system (in which Earth is located). The nebula consists of a cloud of interstellar gas—principally hydrogen—lit from within by young, hot stars that ionize

Jack Arnold: …Barker western, but the more-memorable Tarantula (1955) was second only to the previous year’s Them! (directed by Gordon Douglas) in effectiveness; both films featured “big bugs” that were created by nuclear accidents. Arnold’s next films were the formulaic crime thriller Outside the Law and the western Red Sundown (both 1956).

Prithviraja III: …defeat in 1192 in the second battle of Taraori (Tarain) at the hands of the Muslim leader Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām (Muḥammad Ghūrī) marked a watershed in the medieval history of India.

Battles of Taraori, (1191), series of engagements that opened all of north India to Muslim control. The battles were fought between Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām of Ghūr and Prithviraja III, the Chauhan (Chahamana) Rajput ruler of Ajmer and Delhi. The battlefield lay between Karnal, about 70 miles

Tarapacá, historic region, northern Chile, bordering Peru and Bolivia to the north and east and fronting the Pacific Ocean to the west. Tarapacá was ceded to Chile by Peru after the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Part of the Atacama Desert, it is without water except at the base of the Andes, where

Pakistan: Growing unrest, tension with the military, and Sharif’s ouster: Mohammad Rafique Tarar would remain in office, while the national and state legislatures would be suspended. The country’s courts would continue operating with the limitation that the justices not interfere with any order coming from the chief executive—as Musharraf at first styled himself. Moreover, Provisional…

Antonio Salieri: …work was the French opera Tarare (1787), translated by Da Ponte into Italian as Axur, re d’Ormus, which the Viennese public preferred to Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Salieri’s last opera was performed in 1804, and he then devoted himself to composing sacred music. He was an important teacher as well; among…

South American forest Indian: Belief and aesthetic systems: The Tarariu (Tarairiu) of northeastern Brazil and some Pano broiled the flesh of their dead and mixed the pulverized bones and hair with water or with a manioc-base beverage that they drank. Tribes of the Caribbean coast, after drying the body by fire, allowed it to…

Taranto, city, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy. The city lies at the base of the Salentine Peninsula on the northern inlet (Mare Grande) of the Gulf of Taranto. The old part of the city occupies a small island that lies between the Mare Grande and the inner harbour (Mare Piccolo). Newer

Taras Bulba, story by Nikolay Gogol, published in Russian in 1835 in the book Mirgorod. Set on the Ukrainian steppe, “Taras Bulba” is an epic tale of the lives of Cossack warriors. The narrative follows the exploits of an aging Cossack, Taras Bulba, and his two sons. The younger, Andriy, falls in

Kyiv: Cultural life: …are several theatres, notably the Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine. Plays are presented at the Lesia Ukrainka and Ivan Franko theatres, among other venues. In addition, there are youth, open-air, and musical comedy theatres. Kyiv has numerous cinemas; films are produced in a local studio. Concerts are regularly given…

Kyiv: Kyiv under the tsars: …University of Kyiv (now the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), which had been established in 1834.

Kyiv: City layout: …angles is the wide poplar-lined Boulevard of Taras Shevchenko, on which stands the university with its eye-catching red-washed walls. There too is the cathedral of St. Volodymyr (still in use as a church), built in 1862–96 in Byzantine style and containing impressive paintings by Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Vrubel, and other…

Tarasco, Indian people of northern Michoacán state in central Mexico. The area in which the Tarasco live is one of high volcanic plateaus and lakes; the climate is arid and cool. The Tarascan people are undergoing a slow process of assimilation into the mainstream mestizo culture of Mexico, but

Tarascan language, a language isolate, spoken by about 175,000 people in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It has no known relatives, though unsubstantiated proposals have attempted to link it with the “Chibchan-Paezan” hypothesis, Mayan, Quechua, and Zuni. Tarascan has several dialectal

Tarasco, Indian people of northern Michoacán state in central Mexico. The area in which the Tarasco live is one of high volcanic plateaus and lakes; the climate is arid and cool. The Tarascan people are undergoing a slow process of assimilation into the mainstream mestizo culture of Mexico, but

Tarascan language, a language isolate, spoken by about 175,000 people in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It has no known relatives, though unsubstantiated proposals have attempted to link it with the “Chibchan-Paezan” hypothesis, Mayan, Quechua, and Zuni. Tarascan has several dialectal

Tarascon, town, Bouches-du-Rhône département, Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur région, southeastern France, east of Nîmes. Situated on the left bank of the Rhône River opposite Beaucaire, the town is associated with a legendary monster, La Tarasque, which was said to have ravaged the region until it was

Japanese art: Japanese-style painting: His use of tarashikomi, a classic rinpa technique that achieves shading through pooling successive layers of partially dried pigment, clearly points out his wide-ranging adaptation of traditional techniques. Seison and others of his period were especially fond of historical subjects.

Zeno was an Eastern Roman emperor whose reign (474–91) was troubled by revolts and religious dissension. Until he married the Eastern emperor Leo I’s daughter Ariadne (in 466 or 467), Zeno had been known as Tarasicodissa. As such he led an Isaurian army that the emperor relied upon to offset the

Second Council of Nicaea: Convoked by the patriarch Tarasius with the support of the empress Irene, the council was attended by delegates of Pope Adrian I, and the pope confirmed the decrees of the council. Its authority was challenged in France as late as the 11th century, however, partly because certain doctrinal phrases…

Anatoly Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey coach whose innovations in Soviet hockey established the country as the dominant force in international competition. Known as the “father of Russian hockey,” he guided the Soviet Union to 3 Olympic gold medals (1964, 1968, and 1972) and 10 world

Alla Tarasova was an outstanding actress of the Moscow Art Theatre, noted for her lifelike, naturalistic portrayals. By the age of 14 Tarasova had become a member of the Second Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre. She rose quickly to become a supporting actress, and by the time the company toured

Alla Tarasova was an outstanding actress of the Moscow Art Theatre, noted for her lifelike, naturalistic portrayals. By the age of 14 Tarasova had become a member of the Second Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre. She rose quickly to become a supporting actress, and by the time the company toured

Ha Long Bay: …to the modern-day legend of Tarasque, a dragonlike marine creature believed to inhabit the bay.

Tarascon: …associated with a legendary monster, La Tarasque, which was said to have ravaged the region until it was tamed by Sainte Marthe. Since the late 19th century it has also been associated with the mock-heroic character Tartarin de Tarascon, created by the French writer Alphonse Daudet. The château, which rises…

tahini: … and thinned with water constitutes taratoor, a sauce that is eaten as a dip with Arab bread as part of a selection of meze, or hors d’oeuvres. Taratoor is mixed with ground chickpeas for hummus bi tahini, another hors d’oeuvre dip. Baba ghanoush combines mashed roast

taravana syndrome, form of neurological decompression sickness that is most frequently seen in breath-hold divers. Taravana syndrome was first described in the 1960s in pearl divers in the South Pacific and among Danish and Norwegian navy personnel who participated in submarine escape training.

Tarawa, coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands and capital of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It lies 2,800 miles (4,500 km) northeast of Australia and is the most populous atoll in the Gilberts. Tarawa consists of a lagoon fringed by a V-shaped reef 22 miles (35 km) long and made up of

Islam: Prayer: …of Ramadan, lengthy prayers called tarāwīḥ are offered congregationally before retiring.

dandelion, weedy perennial herb of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae, native to Eurasia but widespread throughout much of temperate North America. The most familiar species is T. officinale. It has a rosette of leaves at the base of the plant; a deep taproot; a smooth, hollow stem;

Taraz: …of the ancient city of Taraz, which flourished as a stop along the Silk Road until it was destroyed by Mongol armies in the 13th century. A new town called Auliye-Ata was established on the site by the emirs of Kokand in the late 18th century. The fort and town…

Taraz, city, southern Kazakhstan. It lies at the junction of the Talas River and the Turk-Sib Railway. Taraz is one of the oldest towns of Kazakhstan. It stands on the site of the ancient city of Taraz, which flourished as a stop along the Silk Road until it was destroyed by Mongol armies in the

Kazakhstan: Relief: …republic, and, farther south, the Tarbagatay Range is an offshoot of the Naryn-Kolbin complex. Another range, the Dzungarian Alatau, penetrates the country to the south of the depression containing Lake Balkhash. The Tien Shan peaks rise along the southern frontier with Kyrgyzstan.

Kazakhstan: Relief: …republic, and, farther south, the Tarbagatay Range is an offshoot of the Naryn-Kolbin complex. Another range, the Dzungarian Alatau, penetrates the country to the south of the depression containing Lake Balkhash. The Tien Shan peaks rise along the southern frontier with Kyrgyzstan.

Tartu, old university city of southeastern Estonia, on the Ema River. The original settlement of Tarbatu dates from the 5th century; in 1030 the Russians built a fort there called Yuryev. From the 13th to the 16th century, the town was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League. Then held in turn

Tarbela Dam, giant rock-fill dam on the Indus River, Pakistan. Built between 1968 and 1976, it has a volume of 138,600,000 cubic yards (106,000,000 cubic m). With a reservoir capacity of 11,098,000 acre-feet (13,690,000,000 cubic m), the dam is 469 feet (143 m) high and 8,997 feet (2,743 m) wide at

the Ten: Benson, Willard Leroy Metcalf, Edmund Tarbell, Robert Reid, and E.E. Simmons. When Twachtman died in 1902, William Merritt Chase replaced him.

Ida Tarbell was an American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904). She was among a group of so-called muckrakers who helped establish the field of investigative journalism. Tarbell was educated at

Ida Tarbell was an American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904). She was among a group of so-called muckrakers who helped establish the field of investigative journalism. Tarbell was educated at

Tarbert, village at the head of East Loch Tarbert, an inlet on the west side of Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, Scotland. Its name means isthmus, and it occupies a narrow neck of land joining the Peninsula of Kintyre to the rest of Argyll. The herring

Tarbes, town, capital of Hautes-Pyrénées département, Occitanie région, southwestern France. It lies on the left bank of the Adour River, which descends from the Pyrenees onto a fertile plain. After the Roman occupation, when it was a town of considerable importance, Tarbes was seized for a time by

tarboosh, close-fitting, flat-topped, brimless hat shaped like a truncated cone. It is made of felt or cloth with a silk tassel and is worn especially by Muslim men throughout the eastern Mediterranean region either as a separate headgear or as the inner part of the turban. The tarboosh worn by

Jessie Tarbox Beals was an American photographer who was one of the first women in the United States to have a career as a photojournalist. Jessie Tarbox moved to Williamsburg, Massachusetts, at age 18 to make her living as a schoolteacher. After nearly 10 years of teaching, she quit and devoted

tarboosh, close-fitting, flat-topped, brimless hat shaped like a truncated cone. It is made of felt or cloth with a silk tassel and is worn especially by Muslim men throughout the eastern Mediterranean region either as a separate headgear or as the inner part of the turban. The tarboosh worn by

Italian literature: The age of humanism: notable exceptions in Giovanni Pontano, Michele Marullo Tarcaniota, Politian (Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano), and Jacopo Sannazzaro. These poets succeeded in creating sincere poetry in which conventional and less conventional themes were expressed with new, original intimacy and fervour.

pancreatic cancer: Treatment: …a drug called erlotinib (Tarceva) blocks the activity of a kinase (a type of enzyme) associated with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which stimulates unregulated cell division when mutated in cancer cells. When erlotinib is given in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent gemcitabine (Gemzar), an antimetabolite that inhibits…

Tarquinia, town and episcopal see, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. It lies 4 miles (7 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, just north of Civitavecchia. The town developed out of the ancient Tárchuna (2 miles [3 km] northeast), which was one of the principal cities of the Etruscan

Tarquinia, town and episcopal see, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. It lies 4 miles (7 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, just north of Civitavecchia. The town developed out of the ancient Tárchuna (2 miles [3 km] northeast), which was one of the principal cities of the Etruscan

Gabriel Tarde was a French sociologist and criminologist who was one of the most versatile social scientists of his time. His theory of social interaction (“intermental activity”) emphasized the individual in an aggregate of persons and brought Tarde into conflict with Émile Durkheim, who viewed

Gabriel Tarde was a French sociologist and criminologist who was one of the most versatile social scientists of his time. His theory of social interaction (“intermental activity”) emphasized the individual in an aggregate of persons and brought Tarde into conflict with Émile Durkheim, who viewed

history of the Low Countries: Mesolithic (10,000 bp–4000 bce): …group of the period, the Tardenoisian, occupied sandy regions and plateaus; their remains included arrowheads and other objects incorporating microliths.

faience blanche: Nevers and Lyon, where Domenico Tardessir of Faenza set up as a potter in 1574, soon became centres for the popular white tin-glazed earthenware, which then came to be known as faience. Faience blanche, which was unaffected and utilitarian, was for common use; it supplied the basis of an…

André Tardieu was a statesman who was three times premier of France and who attempted to carry on the policies of Georges Clemenceau in the aftermath of World War I. A member of an upper middle-class family, Tardieu studied at the École Normale Supérieure. After a period in the diplomatic service,

André Tardieu was a statesman who was three times premier of France and who attempted to carry on the policies of Georges Clemenceau in the aftermath of World War I. A member of an upper middle-class family, Tardieu studied at the École Normale Supérieure. After a period in the diplomatic service,

Colorado Avalanche: …high-scoring forwards Réal Cloutier and Marc Tardif. The Nordiques joined the NHL along with three other WHA franchises when the two leagues merged before the 1979–80 season.