Ténéré, physiographic region of the Sahara extending from northeastern Niger into western Chad. Comprising the northwestern part of the Central Sudan depression, this vast level plain of sand extends over approximately 154,440 square miles (400,000 square km). It is bounded by the Aïr massif

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, provincia (province) in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of the Canary Islands, Spain. It consists of the western members of the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, and Ferro islands. The port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island

Tenerife, island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), Canary Islands comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain, located in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the northwestern coast of Africa. It is the largest of the Canary Islands. The narrower northeastern part rises sharply to a jagged

Bichon Frise, breed of small dog noted for its fluffy coat and cheerful disposition. For many centuries it was known as the “Bichon” or “Tenerife.” Descended from water spaniels, the breed is 9.5 to 11.5 inches (24 to 30 cm) tall at the withers and weighs 12 to 18 pounds (5 to 8 kg). It features a

Tenerife airline disaster, runway collision of two Boeing 747 passenger airplanes in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977. The disaster killed more than 580 people. Both planes involved in the crash had been scheduled to depart from Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria. However, a terrorist

nanduti: …made on the island of Tenerife and bears its name.

Tenerife, island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), Canary Islands comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain, located in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the northwestern coast of Africa. It is the largest of the Canary Islands. The narrower northeastern part rises sharply to a jagged

Ténès, town, northern Algeria. A small Mediterranean Sea port, it is built on the site of the ancient Phoenician and Roman colonies of Catenna. Ruins of the Roman colony’s ramparts and tombs remain, and the Roman cisterns are still in use. Old Ténès, probably founded in 875 ce by Spanish colonists,

Christopher Nolan: Inception, Dunkirk, and Oppenheimer: …2020 he wrote and directed Tenet, a time-bending action thriller that centers on a C.I.A. agent trying to avert a world war.

South American forest Indian: Modern developments: …certain cases, as with the Tenetehara of Maranhão state, to maintain economic stability without breaking up the community organization. This is impossible, however, when groups undertake to collect rubber for commercial firms, since this obliges the tribe to split into family units and to spread over vast areas; the result…

Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Rise to national prominence: …passive resistance, known as the Tenets of the New Party, that he hoped would destroy the hypnotic influence of British rule and prepare the people for sacrifice in order to gain independence. Those forms of political action initiated by Tilak—the boycotting of goods and passive resistance—were later adopted by Mohandas…

Ténès, town, northern Algeria. A small Mediterranean Sea port, it is built on the site of the ancient Phoenician and Roman colonies of Catenna. Ruins of the Roman colony’s ramparts and tombs remain, and the Roman cisterns are still in use. Old Ténès, probably founded in 875 ce by Spanish colonists,

nuclear weapon: China: …Academy, under the direction of Deng Jiaxian, was ordered to shift to thermonuclear work. Facilities were constructed to produce lithium-6 deuteride and other required components. By the end of 1965 the theoretical work for a multistage bomb had been completed, and manufacture of the test device was finished by the…

Deng Xiaoping was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death in 1997. He abandoned many orthodox communist doctrines and attempted to incorporate elements of the free-enterprise system and other reforms into the Chinese economy. Deng was the son

Teresa Teng was a Taiwanese singer who was a superstar throughout East Asia and was especially admired in Taiwan and China. Her clear, sweet voice and her heartrending love songs were immensely popular in the 1970s and ’80s. Teng’s parents were born in China. Her father was an officer in the

Deng Yingchao was a Chinese politician, a revolutionary hard-liner who became a high-ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the death of her husband, Premier Zhou Enlai, in 1976. Deng’s involvement in political and social causes began in her youth. She joined the movement to

Teresa Teng was a Taiwanese singer who was a superstar throughout East Asia and was especially admired in Taiwan and China. Her clear, sweet voice and her heartrending love songs were immensely popular in the 1970s and ’80s. Teng’s parents were born in China. Her father was an officer in the

Tengger, second smallest of the ethnic groups indigenous to the island of Java in Indonesia, living mainly on the high slopes of a large volcanic crater in the Tengger Mountains and numbering about 34,000 at the turn of the 21st century. They are believed to be the only surviving remnants of the

Alxa Plateau: …into three smaller deserts, the Tengger (Tengri) Desert in the south, the Badain Jaran (Baden Dzareng, or Batan Tsalang) in the west, and the Ulan Buh (Wulanbuhe) in the northeast.

Tengger, second smallest of the ethnic groups indigenous to the island of Java in Indonesia, living mainly on the high slopes of a large volcanic crater in the Tengger Mountains and numbering about 34,000 at the turn of the 21st century. They are believed to be the only surviving remnants of the

Kazakhstan: Resources: …exploit the reserves of the Tengiz oil field, one of the world’s largest. In the mid-1990s agreements also were sought with foreign investors for the development of oil and natural gas from the Tengiz, Zhusan, Temir, and Kasashyganak wells. The profitability of such ventures rested principally on the establishment of…

Lake Tengiz, salt lake in the northern part of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa). The largest lake in northern Kazakhstan, it has an area of 614 square miles (1,590 square km) and a maximum depth of more than 20 feet (6 metres); it lies in an area of sparsely inhabited dry steppe and semidesert. It is

Lake Tengiz, salt lake in the northern part of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa). The largest lake in northern Kazakhstan, it has an area of 614 square miles (1,590 square km) and a maximum depth of more than 20 feet (6 metres); it lies in an area of sparsely inhabited dry steppe and semidesert. It is

Tengnoupal, village, southern Manipur state, far eastern India. It is located about 40 miles (65 km) south-southeast of Imphal, the state capital, at the highest point of a road between Imphal and northwestern Myanmar (Burma). Tengnoupal is situated in an upland region in the Manipur Hills in the

shamanism: Worldview: …the Buryat of southern Siberia, Tengri (often identified with Ülgen) also has children—the western ones being good and the eastern ones wicked. The gods of the Buryats number 99 and fall into two categories: the 55 good gods of the west whose attribute is “white,” and the 44 wicked gods…

Alxa Plateau: …into three smaller deserts, the Tengger (Tengri) Desert in the south, the Badain Jaran (Baden Dzareng, or Batan Tsalang) in the west, and the Ulan Buh (Wulanbuhe) in the northeast.

tengu, in Japanese folklore, a type of mischievous supernatural being, sometimes considered the reincarnated spirit of one who was proud and arrogant in life. Tengu are renowned swordsmen and are said to have taught the military arts to the Minamoto hero Yoshitsune. They live in trees in

Taira Masakado: …an incident known as the Tengyō no ran (War in the Tengyō era). The revolt was symptomatic of the deterioration of the central government’s hold over the countryside and presaged the development of powerful warlord families in the provinces, of which the Taira clan eventually became one of the most…

olivine: Meteorites and the Earth’s mantle: …has been recorded in the Tenham (Queensland, Australia) chondrite as pseudomorphs after olivine. Portions of some large grains of olivine immediately adjacent to black, shock-generated veins are recognized as transforms to the spinel phase; the associated plagioclase feldspar was converted to maskelynite. The composition of the spinel phase in the…

Sergey Yosifovich Paradzhanov: …was Teni zabytykh predkov (1964; Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors), a richly impressionistic fantasy based on a novella by Mykhaylo Kotsyubysky with a Ukrainian setting. Although it won 16 international awards, including the grand prize at the 1965 Mar del Plata Festival in Argentina, his overt rejection of the official…

David Teniers, the Elder was a Flemish Baroque painter of genre scenes, landscapes, and religious subjects. Teniers apparently began his career as a pupil of his brother Juliaen; he is also said to have studied in Italy under Elsheimer and Rubens. He became a master in the Antwerp guild in 1606–07,

David Teniers, the Younger was a prolific Flemish painter of the Baroque period known for his genre scenes of peasant life. He was the son and pupil of David Teniers the Elder. In 1637 he married Anna, daughter of the painter Jan Bruegel the Elder. Teniers painted almost every kind of picture, but

Plateau Indian: Language: Tenino, Umatilla, and others (see also Sahaptin).

Tenji was the 38th emperor of Japan, from 668 to 672, and the ruler who freed the Japanese court from the domination of the Soga family. Tenji implemented a series of reforms that strengthened the central government in accord with the Chinese model and restored power to the emperor. The Soga family

Tenji was the 38th emperor of Japan, from 668 to 672, and the ruler who freed the Japanese court from the domination of the Soga family. Tenji implemented a series of reforms that strengthened the central government in accord with the Chinese model and restored power to the emperor. The Soga family

Tenjiku, (Japanese: “Indian Style”), one of the three main styles of Japanese Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (1192–1333). The style is impressive for the size and multiplicity of its parts. Its unique and most characteristic feature is the elaborate bracketing of beams and blocks

Tsuruya Namboku IV: His first major success was Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku-banashi (1804; “Tokubei of India: Tales of Strange Lands”), written for the leading actor of the day, Onoe Matsusuke I. Namboku wrote for the virtuoso performer, and his originality and stagecraft were immensely popular among the Kabuki patrons of Edo. In all he…

Tenjiku, (Japanese: “Indian Style”), one of the three main styles of Japanese Buddhist architecture in the Kamakura period (1192–1333). The style is impressive for the size and multiplicity of its parts. Its unique and most characteristic feature is the elaborate bracketing of beams and blocks

Sugawara Michizane was a Japanese political figure and scholar of Chinese literature of the Heian period, who was later deified as Tenjin, the patron of scholarship and literature. Sugawara was born into a family of scholars, and as a boy he began studying the Chinese classics. After passing the

Bstan-’gyur, the second great collection of Buddhist sacred writings in Tibet, comprising more than 3,600 texts filling some 225 volumes and supplementary to the canonical Bka’-’gyur (“Translation of the Buddha-Word”). This collection is made up of translations of works by individual Indian

mask: Theatrical uses: …highly respected artists known as tenka-ichi, “the first under heaven.” Shades of feeling are portrayed with sublimated realism. When the masks are slightly moved by the player’s hand or body motion, their expression appears to change.

Tenkalai, one of two Hindu subsects of the Shrivaishnava, the other being the Vadakalai. Though the two sects use both Sanskrit and Tamil scriptures and centre their worship on Vishnu, the Tenkalai places greater reliance on the Tamil language and the Nalayira Prabandham, a collection of hymns by

Central Asian arts: Neolithic and Metal Age cultures: The settlement and cemetery of Alekseevskoe (present Tenlyk), some 400 miles (600 kilometres) south of Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), is especially important, because its earth houses were designed for permanent habitation. Their roofs rested on logs, and each dwelling had a central hearth used for heating purposes with side hearths intended…

Jian ware, dark brown or blackish Chinese stoneware made for domestic use chiefly during the Song dynasty (960–1279) and into the early 14th century. Jian ware was made in Fujian province, first in kilns at Jian’an and later at Jianyang. The clay used for Jian ware was of a very hard, coarse grain.

bridge: Truss bridges: …metres (1,232 feet), and the Tenmon Bridge (1966) at Kumamoto, Japan, has a centre span of 295 metres (984 feet).

Tennant Creek, town, central Northern Territory, Australia. The town, the centre of a gold rush in the 20th century, is situated on Tennant Creek. The creek was visited in 1860 by the Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who named it for his sponsor, John Tennant. The earliest settlement of the

history of technology: Chemicals: …powder, a process perfected by Charles Tennant at his St. Rollox factory in Glasgow in 1799. This product effectively met the requirements of the cotton-textile industry, and thereafter the chemical industry turned its attention to the needs of other industries, and particularly to the increasing demand for alkali in soap,…

Doctor Who: The 10th Doctor, portrayed by David Tennant in 2005–10, became a fan favourite, along with such new characters as Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), his loyal assistant, and the mysterious River Song (Alex Kingston). In 2017 the show made news with the announcement that the 13th Doctor would be portrayed by…

Alice Marble: …manager, mentor, and principal supporter, Eleanor Tennant. Under Tennant’s tutelage Marble changed from a Western grip to an Eastern one—a 90° rotation of the hand around the racket’s handle and a vital factor for success on a grass court. Her aggressive serve-and-volley game and her preference for wearing shorts instead…

Frederick Robert Tennant was an English philosophical theologian, a powerful apologist with a wide range of interests who essayed a harmony of science and religion within an empirical approach to theology. Tennant studied science at Caius College, Cambridge, and was ordained while teaching science

Kylie Tennant was an Australian novelist and playwright famed for her realistic yet affirmative depictions of the lives of the underprivileged in Australia. Tennant attended the University of Sydney but left without a degree and then worked as an assistant publicity officer for the Australian

Pet Shop Boys: The band comprised Neil Tennant (b. July 10, 1954, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) and Chris Lowe (b. October 4, 1959, Blackpool, Lancashire).

William Hyde Wollaston: Platinum and new metals: …formed a cost-sharing partnership with Smithson Tennant, whom he had befriended at Cambridge, to produce and market chemical products. Although Tennant achieved only limited success in his independent endeavours, Wollaston was spectacularly successful. He set about trying to produce platinum in a pure malleable form, something that had been attempted…

tetrahedrite: …series with the similar mineral tennantite, in which arsenic replaces antimony in the molecular structure. It is found in important quantities in Switzerland, Germany, Romania, the Czech Republic, France, Peru, and Chile, and both minerals occur in large amounts in Colorado, Idaho, and other localities in the western United States.…

Irving Stone was an American writer of popular historical biographies. Stone first came to prominence with the publication of Lust for Life (1934), a vivid fictionalized biography of the painter Vincent Van Gogh. After receiving his B.A. in 1923 at the University of California, Berkeley, and his

Tenneco Inc., diversified American industrial corporation, with major interests in natural-gas pipelines and the construction of heavy equipment. It was also formerly a large producer of petroleum. Headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Tenneco was formed in 1943 as the Tennessee division of the

Gilbert Tennent was an Irish-born American Presbyterian clergyman, one of the leaders of the Great Awakening of religious feeling in colonial America, along with Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. Tennent was the son of a Presbyterian clergyman, and he and his three brothers were educated at

American colonies: Rights in the colonies: …in the middle colonies by William Tennent, who came from Scotland to preach with fervour and to establish a “log college” in Pennsylvania for training other zealous clergymen; and in Georgia by the indefatigable George Whitefield, who soon began touring other colonies and cast his spell everywhere over immense audiences.…

Mariah Carey: After appearing in the drama Tennessee (2008), she earned praise for her portrayal of a social worker in the critically acclaimed Precious (2009). Her later film credits included Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) and Girls Trip (2017). She also lent her voice to All I Want for Christmas Is You…

Tennessee, constituent state of the United States of America. It is located in the upper South of the eastern United States and became the 16th state of the union in 1796. The geography of Tennessee is unique. Its extreme breadth of 432 miles (695 km) stretches from the Appalachian Mountain

Tenneco Inc., diversified American industrial corporation, with major interests in natural-gas pipelines and the construction of heavy equipment. It was also formerly a large producer of petroleum. Headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Tenneco was formed in 1943 as the Tennessee division of the

Mississippi: Relief and soils: …the extreme northeast, are the Tennessee Hills. Arching between Tennessee and Alabama, these hills form the only area in Mississippi in which the terrain is reminiscent of the mountains of the southeastern United States.

Tennessee River, central component of one of the world’s greatest irrigation and hydropower systems and a major waterway of the southeastern United States. It is formed by the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers, just east of Knoxville, Tennessee, and flows south-southwest to

Tennessee State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee. A historically black university, it still has a largely African American enrollment. Tennessee State is a

Tennessee Titans, American professional gridiron football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans play in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL) and earned a berth in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000. The franchise was located in Houston, Texas, and was known as

Taser: The Supreme Court’s decision in Tennessee v. Garner (1985) highlighted that there were significant limits to the use of deadly force under the Bill of Rights.

Americans with Disabilities Act: …but three years later, in Tennessee v. Lane (2004), the court decided in favour of two people with physical disabilities who alleged that the state of Tennessee did not provide accessible courtrooms for the use of both private citizens and state employees.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries. The Tennessee River was subject to severe periodic flooding, and

Tennessee walking horse, breed of horse that derives its name from the state of Tennessee and from its distinctive gait—the running walk. In a broad sense, it originated from all the ancestors that could do a running walk. Allan F-I (foaled 1886), a Standardbred stallion with several crosses of

Tennessee walking horse, breed of horse that derives its name from the state of Tennessee and from its distinctive gait—the running walk. In a broad sense, it originated from all the ancestors that could do a running walk. Allan F-I (foaled 1886), a Standardbred stallion with several crosses of

Tennessee walking horse, breed of horse that derives its name from the state of Tennessee and from its distinctive gait—the running walk. In a broad sense, it originated from all the ancestors that could do a running walk. Allan F-I (foaled 1886), a Standardbred stallion with several crosses of

Army of Tennessee, primary Confederate army of the Western Theatre during the American Civil War (1861–65). Although the army fought in numerous engagements, it won few victories. In addition to facing some of the Union’s most capable generals, the army was plagued by problems of command, supply,

U.S. state flag consisting of a red field (background) with a central white-bordered blue disk bearing three white stars; at the fly end are unequal vertical stripes of white and blue.During the Civil War (1861–65) a motion was submitted to the legislature calling for use of the Stars and Bars as

University of Tennessee, state university system based in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. It is a comprehensive, land-grant institution of higher education. In addition to the main campus, there are branch campuses at Chattanooga and Martin as well as a health science centre at Memphis. The university

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, American waterway linking the Tennessee River in northeastern Mississippi with the Tombigbee River in western Alabama. The 234-mile (376-kilometre) system of locks and canals along the upper Tombigbee River south to Demopolis, Ala., gives access via the lower Tombigbee

tennessine (Ts), artificially produced transuranium element of atomic number 117. In 2010 Russian and American scientists announced the production of six atoms of tennessine, which were formed when 22 milligrams of berkelium-249 were bombarded with atoms of calcium-48, at the cyclotron at the Joint

Carolee Schneemann: …of her and her husband, James Tenney (divorced 1968), having sex. Given its explicit content, Fuses did not have a broad viewership. The film was screened at the Cannes film festival in 1969, and audience members reacted to it with outrage and violence. The other two films in her Autobiographical…

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator and satirical artist, especially known for his work in Punch and his illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1872). Tenniel attended the Royal Academy schools and in 1836 sent his first picture to the

Captain & Tennille: …team of Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille. Captain & Tennille rose to the top of the pop charts in the mid-1970s with their upbeat rendition of Neil Sedaka’s “Love Will Keep Us Together.” As the top-selling single of 1975, the song launched the duo into pop stardom.

The Sea of Fertility: …Dawn), and Tennin gosui (The Decay of the Angel)—is set in Japan, and together they cover the period from roughly 1912 to the 1960s. Each of them depicts a different reincarnation of the same being: as a young aristocrat in 1912, as a political fanatic in the 1930s, as…

tennis, game in which two opposing players (singles) or pairs of players (doubles) use tautly strung rackets to hit a ball of specified size, weight, and bounce over a net on a rectangular court. Points are awarded to a player or team whenever the opponent fails to correctly return the ball within

tennis: Court and equipment: A tennis ball consists of a pressurized rubber core covered with high-quality cloth, usually wool mixed with up to 35 percent nylon. Balls gradually go soft with use, and in tournament play they are changed at regular intervals agreed upon by officials and depending upon such…

De Beers S.A.: The diamond “tennis bracelet,” introduced in the 1980s, capitalized on a fad that had begun after tennis star Chris Evert accidentally dropped her bracelet on the court during a tennis match. In 2001 De Beers began marketing the “right-hand ring” for single women, designed as a symbol…

Tennis Court Oath, (June 20, 1789), dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation (the Third Estate) during the meeting of the Estates-General (traditional assembly) at the beginning of the French Revolution. The deputies of the Third Estate,

tennis elbow, an injury characterized by pain at the lateral (outer) aspect of the elbow. The patient may also complain of tenderness on palpation of the area of concern, usually the dominant arm. This entity was first described in a scientific article in 1873, and since that time the mechanism of

Barry Hannah: Hannah’s other novels include The Tennis Handsome (1983), which portrays the misadventures of a dissipated professional tennis player; Hey Jack! (1987); Never Die (1991), an offbeat treatment of the western genre; and Yonder Stands Your Orphan (2001), which tells the stories of a town of eclectic and unsavoury characters,…

tennis: The open era: …female players formed guilds—the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which in 1986 became the Women’s International Tennis Association (WITA). Previous player unions had been ineffective, but the ATP showed itself a potent political force when the majority of its members boycotted Wimbledon in…

tennō, (Japanese: “heavenly emperor”), the title of Japan’s chief of state, bestowed posthumously together with the reign name chosen by the emperor (e.g., Meiji Tennō, the emperor Meiji). The term was first used at the beginning of the Nara period (710–784) as a translation of the Chinese

bark-gnawing beetle: Tennochilus virescens, an eastern species, is blue-green in colour and has a ferocious bite.

Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: Cultural life: …Castle, Tsurumi Ryokuchi, Nagai, and Tennoji, the latter with a zoo and botanical gardens. The suburbs have many historical sites and large recreation areas. Besides the spacious man-made Hattori Ryokuchi and Meiji no Mori Minoo parks, there are the recreational areas of the Kii Peninsula on the Pacific, the beaches…

Tennsift River, river in west-central Morocco. The Tennsift River rises from several headstreams in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains and flows westward for 160 miles (260 km) to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Safi. The Tennsift’s river valley, the Haouz lowland, has been transformed from an arid

Tennsift River, river in west-central Morocco. The Tennsift River rises from several headstreams in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains and flows westward for 160 miles (260 km) to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Safi. The Tennsift’s river valley, the Haouz lowland, has been transformed from an arid

Tennsift River, river in west-central Morocco. The Tennsift River rises from several headstreams in the High Atlas (Haut Atlas) mountains and flows westward for 160 miles (260 km) to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Safi. The Tennsift’s river valley, the Haouz lowland, has been transformed from an arid

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was an English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. He was raised to the peerage in 1884. Tennyson was the fourth of 12 children, born into an old Lincolnshire family, his father a rector. Alfred, with two of his brothers, Frederick

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was an English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. He was raised to the peerage in 1884. Tennyson was the fourth of 12 children, born into an old Lincolnshire family, his father a rector. Alfred, with two of his brothers, Frederick

Mexico: The rise of the Aztecs: …also known as Mexica or Tenochca. Tenoch, or Tenochca, was a legendary patriarch who gave his name to Tenochtitlán, the city founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. The name Mexica came to be applied not only to the ancient city of…

Aztec, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico. The name Aztec is derived from Aztlán (variously translated as “White Land,” “Land of White Herons,” or “Place of Herons”), an allusion to their origins, probably

Mexico: The rise of the Aztecs: …also known as Mexica or Tenochca. Tenoch, or Tenochca, was a legendary patriarch who gave his name to Tenochtitlán, the city founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. The name Mexica came to be applied not only to the ancient city of…

Tenochtitlán, ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. It formed a confederacy with Texcoco and Tlacopán and was the Aztec capital by the late 15th century. Originally located on two small islands in Lake

Battle of Tenochtitlán, (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants. Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán. Cortés’s army besieged