Tagore, Rabindranath. 1861-1941. Bengali writer. Blending eastern, western thought.

Taine, Hippolyte. 1828-93. French Positivist scientific historian.

Taiping Rebellion. 1850-64. Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Taiping socialist rebels capture Nanking 1853. Defeated by Gordon. Weakened Manchu dynasty.

Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.

Tajikistan. 3C BC Persian Empire. 711 Moslem. 1860 Russia. 1924 USSR. 1991 Independent.

Taj Mahal. Built 1632-54 by Shah Jahan in memory of wife, Mumtaz-Mahal.

Taliesin. -601. Welsh poet. Book of Taliesin.

Tallien, Jean. 1767-1820. French Jacobin. Led Rebellion of 9 Thermidor.

Tallin. 1219 Danish fortress in Estonia. 1285 Hanseatic League. 1346 Teutonic Knights. 1561 Sweden. 1710 Russia. 1918 Estonia.

Talmud. 5C Palestinian, 6C Babylonian. Compilations of rabbis’ opinions and decisions. Mishna. Gemara.

Tamayo, Rufino. 1899-91. Mexican artist.

Tamerlane. 1336-1405. Barbaric Mongol Moslem conquerer. First of Timurid line. Routed Golden Horde. Conquered Ottomans 1402. Mehmed I.

Tamils. Dravidian people settled northern Sri Lanka, southern India 200BC.

T’ang. 618-907. Chinese dynasty. Golden Age. Overthrown by provincial warlords.

Tanganyika. Bantu. 18C Masai. 18-19C Slave source. 1871 Stanley, Livingstone. German East Africa. 1919 British mandate = Tanganyika. 1946 United Nations Trust. 1961 Independent. 1962 Republic. 1964 +Zanzibar=Tanzania. Nyerere.

Tangier. 15C BC Phoenicia. Carthage. Rome = Tingis. 429 Vandal. 541 Byzantine. 621 Visigoth. c682 Moslem. 1471-17C Spain, Portugal dispute. 1661 English. 1684 Morocco. 1923 International neutral port. 1940-45 Spanish occupy. 1956 Morocco.

Tangun. Mythical First King of Koreans 2333BC-.

Tannenberg, Battle. 1410. Victory of Poles and Lithuanians ends Teutonic Knights’ expansion. 1914. Germans rout 2 Russian armies, crippling them for rest of WWI.

Tannhäuser. c1200-70. German legendary knight, poet who lived in the court of Venus.

Tantalus. Son of Zeus, punished by receding fruit and water.

Tantras. 6-7C Hindu, Buddhist holy books.

Taoism. 6C BC Chinese philosophy. Lao-tzu wrote Tao-te-Ching. Natural course is through passivity, elimination of desire.

Taraori, Battles. 1191-2. Moslems conquer northern India.

Tarbell, Ida. 1857-1944. US Muckraker writer. Life of Abraham Lincoln 1900.

Tardieu, André. 1876-1945. French politician. Paris Peace Conference. Prime Minister 1929~32.

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