teetotum, form of top having usually 4, 6, 8, or 12 sides marked with distinctive symbols. A teetotum is used for playing games, mostly of the gambling variety, and serves in place of dice. The hexagonal (six-sided) teetotum was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans. A common gambling game with a

teff, (Eragrostis tef), annual cereal grass, grown for its tiny nutritious seeds. Teff is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it is a staple food crop to millions of people, and has increased in popularity as a gluten-free health food elsewhere. The grains have a mild, nutty flavor and are a good

Tefé, city and river port, central Amazonas estado (state), northwestern Brazil. Founded by missionaries as Nogueira in the 17th century and also called Ega at one time, Tefé lies on the left (north) bank of the portion of the Amazon River known as the Solimões, on the lake formed by the mouth of

teff, (Eragrostis tef), annual cereal grass, grown for its tiny nutritious seeds. Teff is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it is a staple food crop to millions of people, and has increased in popularity as a gluten-free health food elsewhere. The grains have a mild, nutty flavor and are a good

Judaism: The traditional pattern of synagogue practices: …public worship; the prayer (tefilla) in the strict sense of petition; confession and supplication (taḥanun) on weekdays; the reading of Scripture; and concluding acts of worship. This general structure of the morning service varies somewhat, with additions and subtractions for the afternoon and evening services and for Sabbath, holy…

phylactery, in Jewish religious practice, one of two small black leather cube-shaped cases containing Torah texts written on parchment, which, in accordance with Deuteronomy 6:8 (and similar statements in Deuteronomy 11:18 and Exodus 13:9, 16), are to be worn by male Jews 13 years of age and older

phylactery: …parchment; the head phylactery (tefillin shel rosh) has four compartments, each with one text. The extracts are Exodus 13:1–10, 11–16; and Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:13–21. Reform Jews interpret the biblical commandment in a figurative sense and, hence, do not wear phylacteries. Because of rabbinic indecision about the exact sequence of…

phylactery: The hand phylactery (tefillin shel yad) has one compartment with the texts written on a single parchment; the head phylactery (tefillin shel rosh) has four compartments, each with one text. The extracts are Exodus 13:1–10, 11–16; and Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:13–21. Reform Jews interpret the biblical commandment in a…

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a strong, tough, waxy, nonflammable synthetic resin produced by the polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene. Known by such trademarks as Teflon, Fluon, Hostaflon, and Polyflon, PTFE is distinguished by its slippery surface, high melting point, and resistance to attack

John Gotti was an American organized-crime boss whose flamboyant lifestyle and frequent public trials made him a prominent figure in the 1980s and ’90s. Gotti was the fifth of 13 children born to John and Fannie Gotti, both of whom were children of Italian immigrants. As a teenager, Gotti became a

Tefnakhte, was a chieftain of Sais, in the northwest Nile River delta, later king and founder of the 24th dynasty (c. 736–c. 723 bce; see ancient Egypt: The 24th and 25th dynasties). He was reduced to vassalage by Piye (formerly called Piankhi), a Kushite (Nubian) ruler who invaded Egypt. From his

Shu: …and his sister and companion, Tefnut (goddess of moisture), were the first couple of the group of nine gods called the Ennead of Heliopolis. Of their union were born Geb, the earth god, and Nut, the goddess of the sky. Shu was portrayed in human form with the hieroglyph of…

St. Kateri Tekakwitha ; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day in the U.S., July 14; feast day in Canada, April 17) was the first North American Indian canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was the child of a Mohawk father and a Christianized Algonquin mother. At age four she

St. Kateri Tekakwitha ; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day in the U.S., July 14; feast day in Canada, April 17) was the first North American Indian canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was the child of a Mohawk father and a Christianized Algonquin mother. At age four she

St. Kateri Tekakwitha ; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day in the U.S., July 14; feast day in Canada, April 17) was the first North American Indian canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was the child of a Mohawk father and a Christianized Algonquin mother. At age four she

Tegal, kota (city) and port, northwestern Central Java (Jawa Tengah) propinsi (or provinsi; province), west-central Indonesia. It is located on the Java Sea about 160 miles (257 km) east-southeast of Jakarta. Roads and railway link it with other major cities, including Cirebon to the west, Semarang

Niger: Relief: …the Sokoto River) and the Tegama—a tableland of sandstone, ending, toward the Aïr, at the Tiguidit scarp. To the east the underlying rock reappears in the Damagarim, Mounio, and Koutous regions, to the north of which is the region of Damergou, consisting of clays. In the Manga region, in the…

Tegea, ancient Greek city of eastern Arcadia, 4 miles (6.5 km) southeast of the modern town of Trípolis. The Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea was described by the Greek geographer Pausanias (2nd century ad) as excelling all others in the Peloponnese. Originally built by the city’s traditional

Tempelhof: …services transferred to the new Tegel Airport, though Tempelhof continued to accommodate U.S. military aircraft. After German reunification, Tempelhof resumed civilian flights to help ease air traffic congestion in Berlin, but on Oct. 31, 2008, the airport was officially closed. Appliances, machinery, metal products, and chocolate are manufactured in Tempelhof.

Tegelen, former gemeente (municipality), Limburg provincie (province), southeastern Netherlands. In 2001 Tegelen was merged with the municipality of Venlo. The Tegelen district is bounded on the west by the Maas (Meuse) River. It is known for the Passion Play performed there every few years (May to

Tegernsee, lake, southern Bayern (Bavaria), southeastern Germany, lying at 2,380 feet (725 m) above sea level, surrounded by wooded mountains on the fringe of the Bavarian Alps, south of Munich. It is nearly 4 miles (6.5 km) long, almost 1 mile wide (1.6 km), and 3.5 square miles (9 square km) in

yucca moth, (genus Tegeticula), any of four species of insects of the Prodoxidae family of moths (order Lepidoptera). The adults are small, diurnal, and have tiny spines covering their wings. Each of the four species is adapted to a particular species of yucca. The moths emerge when the yucca

pollination: Butterflies and moths: A small moth, Tegeticula maculata, presents an interesting case. It is totally dependent on yucca flowers, in whose ovules its larvae develop. Before depositing their eggs, the females pollinate the flowers, following an almost unbelievable pattern of specialized behavior, which includes preparing a ball of pollen grains and…

Frederick J. Teggart was an Irish-born American historian who sought to apply scientific method to social and historical inquiry. Teggart studied at Methodist College, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin; went to the United States in 1889; and studied at Stanford University (B.A., 1894). He taught

Frederick J. Teggart was an Irish-born American historian who sought to apply scientific method to social and historical inquiry. Teggart studied at Methodist College, Belfast, and Trinity College, Dublin; went to the United States in 1889; and studied at Stanford University (B.A., 1894). He taught

multiverse: Types of multiverses: …1990s by Swedish American physicist Max Tegmark and German computer scientist Jürgen Schmidhuber) that the known universe is equivalent to a mathematical formal system and that all such mathematical systems (or at least all of some class of such systems) are equally real. Similarly disconnected would be so-called parallel universes…

human nervous system: Pons: …consists of two parts: the tegmentum, a phylogenetically older part that contains the reticular formation, and the pontine nuclei, a larger part composed of masses of neurons that lie among large bundles of longitudinal and transverse nerve fibers.

Esaias Tegnér was a Swedish teacher, bishop, and the most popular poet of his period. When Tegnér was nine his father died, leaving the family without money. He received his schooling, however, because his talent was generally recognized. He graduated from the University of Lund in 1802 and was

Tigray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Geʿez and to Tigré, the language of a separate people (the Tigre) inhabiting northwestern Eritrea. In Eritrea the Tigray are also sometimes called Tigrinya,

Tigray, historical region, northern Ethiopia. Its western part rises in high-plateau country where elevations generally range between 5,000 and 11,000 feet (1,500 and 3,300 metres). The region is drained by the Tekeze and Gash (Mareb) rivers. To the east lies the Denakil Plain, including the Kobar

tegu, (genus Tupinambis), any of about seven large, carnivorous, tropical South American lizards of the family Teiidae. The background colour of most species is black. Some have yellow, reddish, or white bands across the back, whereas others have broad lines extending down the body with irregular

Tegucigalpa, city and capital of the Republic of Honduras. It is located on hilly terrain hemmed in by mountains, at an elevation of 3,200 feet (975 metres) above sea level. Tegucigalpa, founded in 1578 on the slopes of Mount Picacho as a gold- and silver-mining centre, alternated with Comayagua,

Arghūn: …a stronger rival, his uncle Tegüder. Arghūn thereafter accused Tegüder’s followers of having poisoned his father, protested Tegüder’s conversion to Islām, and, by the beginning of 1284, was at the head of a rebellion. After some reverses, he succeeded in overthrowing Tegüder and having him executed (Aug. 10, 1284); Arghūn…

Tehachapi Mountains: The city of Tehachapi, located east-southeast of Bakersfield, is a mountain community with an ostrich ranch, wind farms, and botanical gardens.

Tehachapi Mountains, segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), south-central California, U.S. They extend for about 50 miles (80 km) and link the south end of the Sierra Nevada with the mountains along the coast. Elevations in the Tehachapi Mountains average about 8,000 feet (2,400

Tehrān, the capital city of Iran and the centre of the province (ostān) of Tehrān, located in north-central Iran at the foot of the Elburz mountain range. Since its establishment as the capital city by Āghā Moḥammad Khān more than 200 years ago, Tehrān has grown from a small city to a major

Tehrān Conference, (November 28–December 1, 1943), meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehrān during World War II. The chief discussion centred on the opening of a “second front” in western Europe.

Psalms, book of the Old Testament composed of sacred songs, or of sacred poems meant to be sung. In the Hebrew Bible, Psalms begins the third and last section of the biblical canon, known as the Writings (Hebrew Ketuvim). In the original Hebrew text the book as a whole was not named, although the

Tehrān, the capital city of Iran and the centre of the province (ostān) of Tehrān, located in north-central Iran at the foot of the Elburz mountain range. Since its establishment as the capital city by Āghā Moḥammad Khān more than 200 years ago, Tehrān has grown from a small city to a major

Tehrān Conference, (November 28–December 1, 1943), meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehrān during World War II. The chief discussion centred on the opening of a “second front” in western Europe.

Shirin Ebadi: …a half years, from the University of Tehrān (1969). That same year she took an apprenticeship at the Department of Justice and became one of the first women judges in Iran. While serving as a judge, she also earned a doctorate in private law from the University of Tehrān (1971).…

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party of Pakistan founded in 1996 by Imran Khan, a popular cricketer and philanthropist, with the goals of fighting corruption and promoting social welfare. After becoming the second largest party in the 2013 legislative elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Tehri, town, west-central Uttarakhand state, northern India. It lies on the Bhagirathi River, about 25 miles (40 km) east-northeast of Dehra Dun. Formerly the princely state of Tehri, it was merged with the United Provinces (later Uttar Pradesh state) in 1949. The town is an agricultural trade

Uttarakhand: Resources and power: The Tehri Dam on the Bhagirathi River, conceived in the mid-20th century and begun in the 1970s, is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in Asia. The project generated considerable controversy, however, and by the end of the first decade of the 21st century, it had…

Tehri, town, west-central Uttarakhand state, northern India. It lies on the Bhagirathi River, about 25 miles (40 km) east-northeast of Dehra Dun. Formerly the princely state of Tehri, it was merged with the United Provinces (later Uttar Pradesh state) in 1949. The town is an agricultural trade

Peshawar school massacre: …the massacre was claimed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistani branch of the Taliban, a militant Islamic movement. TTP leaders sought to justify the massacre as retribution for violent government attacks on its members. In the view of knowledgeable observers, the most probable provocation was Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a government anti-militant…

Tehuacán, city, southeastern Puebla estado (state), south-central Mexico. It is situated in the Tehuacán valley of the Sierra Madre Oriental, at an elevation of 5,500 feet (1,700 metres). Founded in 1540, Tehuacán is one of the oldest Spanish settlements in Mexico. Its hinterland yields corn

Mexico: Pre-Columbian Mexico: …archaeological discoveries made in the Tehuacán Valley of Puebla.

Gulf of Tehuantepec, large widemouthed inlet of the Pacific Ocean, forming the southern shore of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southeastern Mexico. The gulf extends approximately 300 miles (500 km) from Puerto Angel, in southern Oaxaca state, southeastward to Barra del Suchiate, in southeastern

Isthmus of Tehuantepec, isthmus in southern Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico to the north, and the Gulf of Tehuantepec on the Pacific Ocean to the south. From gulf to gulf the isthmus is 137 miles (220 km) wide at its narrowest part; and it is 120 miles (193 km) from the

South American Indian languages: Grammatical characteristics: …Chébero); others, like Ona and Tehuelche, with almost no affixing, are also rare.

Tehuelche, South American Indians who formerly inhabited the Patagonian plains from the Strait of Magellan to the Negro River. They were divided into northern and southern branches. Each division had its own dialect; the northerners have been classified as horse nomads, the southerners as foot

Toronto: Early settlement: …the Seneca occupied two sites—Teiaiagon, at the mouth of the Humber River, and Ganatsekwyagon, located near the mouth of the Rouge River. However, these sites were abandoned by the Seneca, and the Mississauga (Ojibwa) occupied the area by the end of that century.

Arthur Murray was an American ballroom-dancing instructor and entrepreneur who established a successful mail-order dance-instruction business and, by 1965, more than 350 franchised dance studios, including nearly 50 in foreign countries. The son of an Austrian-born immigrant baker in Manhattan’s

MRSA: Treatment: In addition, the use of teicoplanin, an antibiotic derived from vancomycin, has given rise to teicoplanin-resistant MRSA strains. There are other agents available to treat MRSA infection, though many have limited therapeutic benefit, primarily because of severe side effects. These agents include linezolid, tigecycline, and daptomycin. In some cases, infection…

La Orotava: La Orotava’s valleys reach Teide National Park, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. The park is the location of a volcanic crater and Teide Peak, the highest point in Spain. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 40,644.

Teide Peak, volcanic peak at the centre of the island of Tenerife, in the Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province) of the Canary Islands comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. At 12,198 feet (3,718 metres), it is the highest point on Spanish soil. Teide is the peak atop El Pilón, a

Teignbridge, district in the south-central part of the administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It surrounds the valley of the River Teign between Dartmoor and the English Channel. Teignbridge’s varied coastline attracts tourists and retired residents to such communities

Teignmouth, town (parish), Teignbridge district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It lies along the north bank of the River Teign estuary where it joins the English Channel. The Saxon settlement of Tegutum was burned by the Danes in 970 and was razed by the French

lizard: Annotated classification: Family Teiidae (racerunners, whiptails, and tegus) Osteoderms absent, supratemporal fossa open. Late Cretaceous to present. New World only, primarily in tropics and subtropics. Great variation in the family, including large terrestrial predators (Tupinambis), large semiaquatic snail eaters (Dracaena), and lacertid-like “racerunners” (Cnemidophorus).

Fujiwara Sadaie was one of the greatest poets of his age and Japan’s most influential poetic theorist and critic until modern times. Fujiwara was the son and poetic heir of the gifted and influential Shunzei (or Toshinari, 1114–1204), compiler of the seventh Imperial anthology of Japanese poetry,

Diet, the national legislature of Japan. Under the Meiji Constitution of 1889, the Imperial Diet was established on the basis of two houses with coequal powers. The upper house, the House of Peers (Kizokuin), was almost wholly appointive. Initially, its membership was slightly less than 300, but it

Waterbury: Teikyo Post University (1890), Naugatuck Valley Community-Technical College (1964), and an extension of the University of Connecticut are in the city. Pop. (2010) 110,366; (2020) 114,403.

biozone: …and teilzones are biochrons and teilchrons, respectively. Biozone is also used synonymously with the terms zone and range zone in stratigraphy.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French philosopher and paleontologist known for his theory that man is evolving, mentally and socially, toward a final spiritual unity. Blending science and Christianity, he declared that the human epic resembles “nothing so much as a way of the Cross.” Various

Miocene Epoch: …a 55-million-year-old tarsier-like creature called Teilhardina magnoliana, is known in the southern United States, but all North American primates died out by the end of the Eocene Epoch (about 33.9 million years ago) as the region’s climate cooled. Elsewhere, the higher primates, especially the apes, underwent a great deal of…

biozone: …animal involved, is called a teilzone. The geological time units corresponding to biozones and teilzones are biochrons and teilchrons, respectively. Biozone is also used synonymously with the terms zone and range zone in stratigraphy.

Georgian literature: Origins and early development: …personal, though ornate, poetry of King Teimuraz I; among his works is Tsigni da tsameba Ketevan dedoplisa (“The Book and Passion of Queen Saint Ketevan”), a gruesome account of his mother’s martyrdom written in 1625, soon after her death. Less-inspired authors were content to fabricate sequels to Rustaveli’s The Knight…

Herman Teirlinck was a Flemish novelist, poet, short-story writer, essayist, and playwright who is considered one of the four or five best modern Flemish writers. His dramas were a notable influence on post-World War I European theatre. Teirlinck’s first book, Verzen (1900), was a volume of poetry,

Herman Teirlinck was a Flemish novelist, poet, short-story writer, essayist, and playwright who is considered one of the four or five best modern Flemish writers. His dramas were a notable influence on post-World War I European theatre. Teirlinck’s first book, Verzen (1900), was a volume of poetry,

Teishebaini: …a statuette of the god Teisheba, after whom the town was named; numerous examples of gold and silver jewelry; and a particularly rich find of bronze armour and other war gear, including pointed helmets, shields, quivers, and belts. Also found in large quantity were stone seals and beads, carved ivory…

Teishebaini, ancient Urartian fortified town, located on the hill of Karmirblur, near the city of Yerevan in what is now Armenia. Russian excavations at Teishebaini concentrated on the citadel, which occupied the top of the hill and contained about 150 rooms. Among the most important objects

Ryōkan: …relationship with a young nun, Teishin, who after his death compiled Hachisu no tsuyu (1835; “Dew on the Lotus”), a collection of his haiku and waka poems. He also executed many pieces of calligraphy that are esteemed for their elegant beauty.

Inoue Tetsujirō: …the Imperial family and religion, Teishitsu to shūkyō no kankei, in 1890—the year in which the Imperial rescript on education was promulgated, demanding unquestioned acceptance of Imperial will and authority—considerably influenced public opinion. It attacked Christianity and urged the maintenance of Japan’s unique traditions. His most important anti-Christian polemic, however,…

Stesichorus was a Greek poet known for his distinctive choral lyric verse on epic themes. His name was originally Teisias, according to the Byzantine lexicon Suda (10th century ad). Stesichorus, which in Greek means “instructor of choruses,” was a byname derived from his professional activity,

Teispes was an early Achaemenid Persian king (reigned c. 675–c. 640), the forefather of the great kings Darius I and Cyrus II. He was, perhaps, the son of Achaemenes, whose name was given to the Achaemenid dynasty. Teispes ruled the district of Anshan in Elam (north of the Persian Gulf) and tried

Léon Teisserenc de Bort was a French meteorologist who discovered the stratosphere, thus paving the way for further study of the upper atmosphere. In 1880 Teisserenc began his career in the meteorological department of the Administrative Centre of National Meteorology in Paris. He journeyed to

Alfred Tarski was a Polish-born American mathematician and logician who made important studies of general algebra, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and metamathematics. Tarski completed his education at the University of Warsaw (Ph.D., 1923). He taught in Warsaw until 1939, when he

Canchungo, town located in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. Canchungo lies between the Cacheu and Mansôa rivers in an area of coastal lowlands and is a major producer of oil-palm vegetable oil for export. It is also a market centre for rice and coconuts grown nearby. The town is connected by road to

Amazon River: Early European exploration: Nearly a century later, Pedro Teixeira went from Belém, Brazil, to Quito, Ecuador, and the region increasingly became known through the explorations of the Portuguese. In 1743 the French naturalist Charles-Marie de La Condamine made a raft trip down the Amazon, during which he made geographic and ethnographic observations…

Tejano, popular music style fusing Mexican, European, and U.S. influences. Its evolution began in northern Mexico (a variation known as norteño) and Texas in the mid-19th century with the introduction of the accordion by German, Polish, and Czech immigrants. Distinguished primarily by

Juan Seguín: …Nuevo Laredo, Mexico) was a Tejano (Texan of Hispanic descent) revolutionary and politician who helped establish the independence of Texas.

Harīrūd, river, Central Asia. It rises on the western slopes of the rugged Selseleh-ye Kūh-e Bābā range, an outlier of the Hindu Kush mountains, in central Afghanistan. Flowing west past Chaghcharān and the ancient city of Herāt (whence its name is derived), then north, it forms sections of the

Turkmenistan: Turkmen tribes and Russian invasion: …particularly in the town of Tejen, where many Russian settlers and officials were murdered.

Turkmenistan: Oases: …stretch of the Karakum, the Tejen oasis formed along the Tejen River. Before the construction of the Karakum Canal, only small areas of wheat, barley, and melons could be cultivated because of the scarcity of water. After the oasis was crossed by the canal, however, and the Hauz-Khan Reservoir built,…

Spain: Transition to democracy: …military coup of Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, who occupied the Cortes (February 23, 1981) and held the government and the deputies captive for 18 hours. The coup attempt failed, however, because of King Juan Carlos’s resolute support of the democratic constitution. Calvo Sotelo, who was left with the task of…

Tagus River, longest waterway of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises in the Sierra de Albarracín 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) to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. Its

Tagus River, longest waterway of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises in the Sierra de Albarracín 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) to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. Its

Abu: Tejpal temple, built about 1200 ce, is known for the delicacy and richness of its carving, especially for that on the underside of its dome. The earlier Vimala Vasahi temple, built about 1031, is simpler and bolder in style. Abu was the headquarters of the…

Diamantina, city, central Minas Gerais estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It lies in the mineral-laden Espinhaço Mountains at 4,140 feet (1,262 metres) above sea level. Formerly called Tejuco, the city has some colonial buildings and a diamond museum. Textile mills, diamond-cutting and

Pauline Johnson was a Canadian Indian poet who celebrated the heritage of her people in poems that had immense appeal in her lifetime. The daughter of a Mohawk chief and an English mother, Johnson began publishing poetry in her teens. Using her Indian name, “Tekahionwake,” she toured Canada,

St. Kateri Tekakwitha ; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day in the U.S., July 14; feast day in Canada, April 17) was the first North American Indian canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was the child of a Mohawk father and a Christianized Algonquin mother. At age four she

St. Kateri Tekakwitha ; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day in the U.S., July 14; feast day in Canada, April 17) was the first North American Indian canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Tekakwitha was the child of a Mohawk father and a Christianized Algonquin mother. At age four she

Lake Tekapo, lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 37 square miles (96 square km) of a valley that has been dammed by a moraine (glacial debris). The lake is about 15 miles (24 km) long and 3.5 miles (6 km) wide and drains a 550-square-mile (1,425-square-kilometre) basin. The lake’s

African art: Lower Congo (Kongo) cultural area: The Teke live on the banks of the Congo River. They are best known for their fetishes, called butti, which serve in the cult of a wide range of supernatural forces sent by the ancestors, who are not worshiped directly. Each figure has its own specific…

Kingdom of Anziku, historic African state on and north of the Congo River in the vicinity of Malebo Pool. The Teke people lived on the plateaus of the region from early times. It is not known when they organized as a kingdom, but by 1600 their state was a rival of the Kongo kingdom south of the

Khwārezm-Shāh dynasty: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad (reigned 1200–20), the penultimate Khwārezm-Shāh, created a short-lived empire that stretched from the borders of India to those of Anatolia. The empire did not endure, however; the Mongol army of Genghis Khan conquered Transoxania in 1220. The last Khwārezm-Shāh, Jalāl al-Dīn Mingburnu…

Native American music: Aerophones: …free-reed bamboo instrument called the tekeyë, which has a lamella inside the pipe. Although the player’s lips do not touch the lamella, it vibrates when he blows into the pipe. The tekeyë is played in pairs; one is considered male, and the other is considered female. The Warao play another…

Tekezē River, river, major tributary of the Atbara River, itself a tributary of the Nile. It rises near Lalībela, Ethiopia, and flows in a deep ravine, north and then west, where it forms part of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, to enter Sudan below Om Hajer. It joins the Atbara River 35

Tekezē River, river, major tributary of the Atbara River, itself a tributary of the Nile. It rises near Lalībela, Ethiopia, and flows in a deep ravine, north and then west, where it forms part of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, to enter Sudan below Om Hajer. It joins the Atbara River 35