Tar (Popularity:  )
A wood-framed singleheaded drum covered with goatskin. Similar to the tambourine in shape and size, but without the metal disks.
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Taroudannt (Popularity: )
City in Morocco with 30,000 inhabitants, situated in the Souss Valley. Economic base centers on handicrafts, trade of agriculture produce ...
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Tasawwuf (Popularity: )
Arabic term for Sufism, mystical orientation inside Sunni Islam. Aim is to gain a closer connection to God and higher ...
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Taza (Popularity: )
City in Morocco with 80,000 inhabitants. Economical base is agriculture and trade. Includes history timeline.
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Teheran (Popularity: )
Capital of Iran, officially with 7.5 million (1996 census), but with perhaps as much as 10 million inhabitants. Economical base ...
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Tel Aviv (Popularity: )
City of Israel with about 380,000 inhabitants, including Jaffa, and situated on the Mediterranean Sea. Economical base centers on industries ...
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Temple of Jerusalem (Popularity: )
Includes two temples, the first being erected in the 10th century BCE by King Solomon. The temple was rebuilt, starting ...
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Tetouan (Popularity: )
City in Morocco with an estimated 320,000 inhabitants. Economical base features trading of agricultural products, including grain and vegetables, citrus ...
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Thebes (Popularity: )
Capital in ancient Egypt. Has some of the best preserved monuments of ancient Egypt, including include the Colossi of Memnon, ...
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Thomas, Gospel of (Popularity: )
Apocryphal gospel of Christianity, that was found with the Nag Hammadi excavations in 1947-49. Written in Coptic language.
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Thutmose II (Popularity: )
Egyptian pharoah, ruling from 1512 to 1503 BCE.
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Thutmose III (Popularity: )
Egyptian pharoah, reigning from 1504 to 1450 BCE. Includes brief biography.
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Tiberias (Popularity: )
Town in Israel with 25,000 inhabitants, situated in the northern part of the country. Economical base centers around agriculture, fishing ...
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Thutmose IV (Popularity: )
Egyptian pharoah, reigning from 1424 to 1417 BCE, belonging to the 18th dynasty.
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Tigris (Popularity: )
River of Turkey, Syria and Iraq, with a length of 1,850 km. At Qurna, Tigris joins with the Euphrates.
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Tiznit (Popularity: )
City in Morocco with 50,000 inhabitants, situated in the interior of the southern regions of the country. The economical base ...
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Tlemcen (Popularity: )
City in Algeria with an estimated 180,000 inhabitants. Economical base centers on olives and wine, carpets, leather goods and textiles.
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Torah (Popularity: )
Hebrew for "lore" or "instruction'". A collection of writings central in Judaism.
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Tripoli (Popularity: )
Capital of Libya with 1,050,000 inhabitants and a principal seaport.
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Troglodyte (Popularity: )
Underground dwellings dug out, and lived in, by man. Term has a Greek origin and means cave dweller.
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