Texcoco, city built in the present-day Valley of Mexico by the Acolhuas, a pre-Columbian people of the Nahuatl-speaking group of tribes, which gained mastery of the valley after the collapse of the Toltec hegemony in the mid-12th century ad. The rulers of Texcoco were the first among Nahuatl tribal

Lake Texcoco, lake in central Mexico. Originally one of the five lakes contained in Anáhuac, or the Valley of Mexico, Texcoco has been drained via channels and a tunnel to the Pánuco River since the early 17th century, until it now occupies only a small area surrounded by salt marshes 2 1 2 mi (4

Battle of Texel: …from the Dutch island of Texel, the French commander, Jean d’Estreés, was under secret orders from Louis XIV to avoid losing ships and so mostly kept out of the battle, retreating at the approach of a small Dutch squadron. The fighting between the Dutch and British fleets was disrupted by…

Battle of Texel, the last engagement of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, fought on August 21, 1673, between the Dutch navy and a combined British and French armada. It demonstrated the indomitable fighting spirit of the Dutch fleet, which was led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, and the fiery temperament of

Curry: The town of Texico, on the Texas border, became one of the most violent western towns in the early 20th century. Curry county was founded in 1909 and named for the then governor of New Mexico territory. The county’s residents lived by dry farming until the 1940s, when…

Boğazköy: Excavations: …1834 by the French explorer Charles Texier, who saw Yazılıkaya and those remains of the ancient city that were aboveground. After visits by British and German travelers, it was another Frenchman, Ernest Chantre, who in 1892–93 made the first soundings and found the first cuneiform tablets there. The language in…

Blake Shelton: …If I’m Honest (2016), and Texoma Shore (2017)—all topping the country albums chart. In May 2021 he released Body Language, which featured “Happy Anyway,” a duet with pop singer Gwen Stefani, a fellow coach on The Voice whom he began dating in 2015. Shortly after the album’s release, the couple…

textual criticism: …criticism, the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original form. Texts in this connection are defined as writings other than formal documents, inscribed or printed on paper, parchment, papyrus, or similar materials. The study of formal documents such as deeds and charters belongs to the science…

Gabriel Josipovici: …Book of God (1988), and Text and Voice (1992). His novels grew progressively experimental. The first three—The Inventory (1968), Words (1971), and The Present (1975)—were written mostly in dialogue, whereas Migrations (1977) and The Air We Breathe (1981) were composed of a series of images and

word processor: Programs known as text formatters give more control over document layout and appearance, especially for scientific and mathematical documents, than do word processors. On the other hand, these programs, like TeX and LaTeX, are much more difficult to learn, requiring an author to embed formatting commands directly in…

word processor: Programs known as text formatters give more control over document layout and appearance, especially for scientific and mathematical documents, than do word processors. On the other hand, these programs, like TeX and LaTeX, are much more difficult to learn, requiring an author to embed formatting commands directly in…

texting, act of sending short messages with cell phones, usually using the Short Messaging Service (SMS). SMS was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s, and the first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. An SMS commercial service was launched in the United Kingdom in 1995. Text

texting, act of sending short messages with cell phones, usually using the Short Messaging Service (SMS). SMS was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s, and the first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. An SMS commercial service was launched in the United Kingdom in 1995. Text

On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution—the oldest written constitution still in effect today—was approved and signed in Philadelphia by thirty-nine delegates to the federal convention. The document has been hailed as the most successful work of its kind in modern history. The

history of publishing: The early 20th century: Specialization became frequent, particularly in educational books, as the needs of the new school populations were realized. Some companies, such as Macmillan, in both its British and American houses, had begun to issue schoolbooks almost by chance; then, as their sales grew most profitably, they developed separate departments for school…

Louis Valentine Pirsson: …and Rock Minerals (1908) and Textbook of Geology (1915), which by 1929 was the most widely used geology textbook in the world.

structuralism: In his major treatise, A Textbook of Psychology (1909–10), he stated that the only elements necessary to describe the conscious experience are sensation and affection (feeling). The thought process essentially was deemed an occurrence of sensations of the current experience and feelings representing a prior experience.

textile, any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning “to weave,” and it originally referred only to woven fabrics. It has, however, come to include fabrics produced

Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union: …men’s clothing industry, with the Textile Workers Union of America, a smaller union founded in 1939. The ACWA was originally formed when militant elements within the United Garment Workers, a relatively conservative union, broke away in 1914 to form their own union under the leadership of Sidney Hillman (q.v.). He…

texting, act of sending short messages with cell phones, usually using the Short Messaging Service (SMS). SMS was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s, and the first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. An SMS commercial service was launched in the United Kingdom in 1995. Text

weaver: …species in Africa is the village weaver (Ploceus, formerly Textor, cucullatus). The baya weaver (P. philippinus) is abundant from Pakistan to Sumatra.

Textron Inc., American multi-industry company that pioneered the conglomerate concept. Its present-day core organization includes aircraft, automotive, and industrial manufacturing segments. The firm was established in 1923 as a textile maker and acquired its present name in 1956. Headquarters are

writing: Literacy and schooling: ” A textual community consisted of a band of believers formed around an interpreter who read and interpreted religious texts. Because the authority of the teacher rested in the text rather than in the church, members of the community came to know certain general truths about texts…

paleography: Textual corruptions: Textual corruptions are another obstacle to correct elucidation. A legal document is certain to have been checked at the time of writing, but one cannot be sure in the case of a literary, philosophical, or theological text. Scribes were fallible, and, if there…

textual criticism, the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original form. Texts in this connection are defined as writings other than formal documents, inscribed or printed on paper, parchment, papyrus, or similar materials. The study of formal documents such as deeds and

textual criticism: …of the processes of their transmission is necessary for understanding and control of the scholar’s basic materials. For the advanced student the criticism and editing of texts offers an unrivalled philological training and a uniquely instructive avenue to the history of scholarship; it is broadly true that all advances in…

Federalist Society: …statutory interpretation—known as originalism and textualism, respectively—that supposedly prevent judicial misreadings of the law by emphasizing the public meanings of the words in which a constitutional or legal provision was expressed at the time it was written rather than the intentions of the provision’s drafters. Notably, the Federalist Society does…

calligraphy: The black-letter, or Gothic, style (9th to 15th century): …to its generic name of textura. In some books the more formal black-letter looks stiff and narrow, and the lines forming the letters attain the perfect regularity of a picket fence; the rigidity is relieved only by hairlines made with the corner of the square-cut nib, which add a playful…

sedimentary rock: Texture: …this property, a scale of textural maturity that involved four textural stages was devised in 1951. These stages are described as follows.

architecture: Texture: Texture plays a dual role in architecture: it expresses something of the quality of materials, and it gives a particular quality to light. Although one absorbs both qualities simultaneously by eye, the first has tactile, the second visual associations.

texture, in rocks, the size, shape, and arrangement (or fabric) of the mineral grains and crystals. Also important in rock texture are the extent of homogeneity (i.e., uniformity of composition throughout) and the degree of isotropy (i.e., uniformity in all directions of such properties as

acoustics: Acoustic criteria: “Texture” refers to the time interval between the arrival of the direct sound and the arrival of the first few reverberations. To obtain good texture, it is necessary that the first five reflections arrive at the observer within about 60 milliseconds of the direct sound.…

texture, the concrete, physical elements of prose or poetry that are separate from the structure or argument of the work. Such elements include metaphor, imagery, metre, and rhyme. The distinction between structure and texture is associated particularly with the New Critics, especially John Crowe

man-made fibre: Texturing: Texturing is the formation of crimp, loops, coils, or crinkles in filaments. Such changes in the physical form of a fibre (several examples of which are shown in Figure 3) affect the behaviour and hand of fabrics made from them. Hand, or handle, is…

Josephine Tey was a Scottish playwright and author of popular detective novels praised for their warm and readable style. A physical education teacher for eight years, Tey became a full-time writer with the successful publication of her first book, The Man in the Queue (1929). She wrote some novels

Teyateyaneng, village, northwestern Lesotho, 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Maseru, on the country’s main north-south road. Teyateyaneng was named after the Teja-Tejane (“Quicksands”) River, which flows south of the village, and is often abbreviated as TY. The village is on a hilltop, the site of a

Dame Maggie Teyte was an English soprano, a well-known opera, concert, and recording artist who was considered one of the 20th century’s foremost interpreters of French song. Teyte studied at the Royal College of Music in London as a child, and in 1903 she moved to Paris to study voice with Jean de

Tezcatlipoca, god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky, one of the major deities of the Aztec pantheon. Tezcatlipoca’s cult was brought to central Mexico by the Toltecs, Nahua-speaking warriors from the north, about the end of the 10th century ad. Numerous myths relate how

Johann Tetzel was a German Dominican friar whose preaching on indulgences, considered by many of his contemporaries to be an abuse of the sacrament of penance, sparked Martin Luther’s reaction. After entering the Dominican order, probably at Leipzig, Tetzel was appointed inquisitor for Poland

zhong: …body shape), is considered a tezhong (“special bell”).

Teziutlán, city, northeastern Puebla estado (state), east-central Mexico. It lies at 6,530 feet (1,990 metres) above sea level in the Sierra Madre Oriental, near the border of Veracruz state. The city is a commercial and manufacturing centre for a region in which apples and other fruits, corn

Yelü Dashi was the founder and first emperor (1124–43) of the Xi (Western) Liao dynasty (1124–1211) of Central Asia. Yelü was a member of the imperial family of the Liao dynasty (907–1125), which had been established by the Khitan (Chinese: Qidan) tribes and ruled much of Mongolia and Manchuria

Tezpur, town, north-central Assam state, northeastern India. It is situated along the right (north) bank of the Brahmaputra River (there bridged), about 20 miles (32 km) north-northeast of Nagaon. Pop. (2001) 80,575; (2011) 58,559. Tezpur is a trade center for tea, rice, and other crops grown in

Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: Settlement patterns: Thus, Tezukayama, a residential development in Ōsaka south of the castle, is built over a number of ancient mounds.

Teach for America (TFA), nonprofit educational organization formed in 1990 to address underachievement in American public schools. Teach for America (TFA) was founded by Wendy Kopp, who first conceived of the idea in her senior thesis at Princeton University. With the goal of getting highly

al-Shabaab: …waged an insurgency against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

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

fertility rate: …in population growth is the total fertility rate (TFR). If, on average, women give birth to 2.1 children and these children survive to the age of 15, any given woman will have replaced herself and her partner upon death. A TFR of 2.1 is known as the replacement rate. Generally…

Cyprus: Efforts toward reunification: …proclaimed the Turkish-occupied area the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (a body calling itself the Provisional Cyprus-Turkish Administration had been in existence among Turkish Cypriots since 1967); Denktash announced that their purpose was not independence but federation. Talks were resumed in Vienna in 1975 and 1976 under UN auspices, and…

liquid crystal display: Thin-film transistor displays: …of this complexity by using thin-film transistor (TFT) TN displays, in which each pixel has associated with it a silicon transistor that acts as an individual electronic switch. (A cutaway portion of a TFT display is illustrated in the figure.) The use of a transistor for each pixel makes the…

fusion reactor: Magnetic confinement: …Energy Research Institute; and the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey, respectively.

mobile telephone: Airborne cellular systems: …APC system known as the terrestrial flight telephone system (TFTS) in 1992. This system employs digital modulation methods and operates in the 1,670–1,675- and 1,800–1,805-megahertz bands. In order to cover most of Europe, the ground stations must be spaced every 50 to 700 km (30 to 435 miles).

Mars: Spacecraft exploration: …and consisted of two spacecraft—the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli lander. Schiaparelli ejected its parachute early and crashed into the surface. The TGO mapped the vertical distribution of dust and water vapor in the atmosphere. It did not detect any methane, which conflicted with Curiosity’s detection and suggests…

Geneva: Transportation: …trains à grande vitesse (TGV), providing a three-hour connection with Paris. Local transportation is provided by an extensive bus, trolley, and streetcar system.

Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU), labour union that was the largest in Great Britain throughout much of the 20th century. It originated in 1889 with the formation of the Dockers’ Union. In 1922 that union led the merger of 14 unions to form an organization representing more than 300,000

thorium (Th), radioactive chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table, atomic number 90; it is a useful nuclear reactor fuel. Thorium was discovered (1828) by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. It is silvery white but turns gray or black on exposure to air. It is about half as

immune system: Helper-T-cell activation: …divided into two general subpopulations—TH1 and TH2 cells—that have significantly different chemistry and function. These populations can be distinguished by the cytokines they secrete. TH1 cells primarily produce the cytokines gamma interferon, tumour necrosis factor-beta, and interleukin-2 (IL-2), while TH2 cells mainly synthesize the interleukins IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9,

immune system: Helper-T-cell activation: …into two general subpopulations—TH1 and TH2 cells—that have significantly different chemistry and function. These populations can be distinguished by the cytokines they secrete. TH1 cells primarily produce the cytokines gamma interferon, tumour necrosis factor-beta, and interleukin-2 (IL-2), while TH2 cells mainly synthesize the interleukins IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, and…

Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne’s first solo LP, Tha Block Is Hot, arrived later in 1999 and sold more than a million copies, but two subsequent releases, Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002), were less popular with the public.

Lil Wayne: His 2004 album Tha Carter reached number five on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned a hit single, “Go D.J.” During this time Lil Wayne came into his own as an artist, with lyrics that were both profound and clever and that spoke to a wide range of…

Lil Wayne: …released the critically praised album Tha Carter II (2005), which sold more than one million copies.

Lil Wayne: …than a million copies of Tha Carter III, which contained the ubiquitous singles “A Milli” and “Lollipop,” were sold in its initial week of release in the United States. By the end of December, it had sold more than 2.8 million, which made it the country’s best-selling album of the…

Lil Wayne: … Video Music Awards, he released Tha Carter IV, which featured guest performances by John Legend, Busta Rhymes, and OutKast’s Andre 3000. I Am Not a Human Being II followed in 2013. By then, some critics had begun to suspect that Lil Wayne’s creative peak was behind him, although he remained…

Tha River, river in northwestern Laos, one of the 12 principal tributaries of the Mekong River. The Tha River rises on the Chinese frontier and flows generally southwestward in deep, narrow valleys for about 134 miles (215 km) to join the Mekong River at a point some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of

Eli Cohen was an Egyptian-born Israeli spy who infiltrated the highest ranks of the Syrian military and government by posing as a Syrian businessman. Between 1961 and 1965, Cohen passed Syrian secrets to the Israeli government in what is remembered as one of the most daring and productive

Moon Jae-In: The Moon presidency: to deploy the full Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Moon had opposed THAAD, a controversial theater missile defense network, during the campaign, and he had suspended the installation of additional launchers in June. Such close cooperation with the U.S. carried its own costs, however. Moon risked alienating…

radar: Ballistic missile defense and satellite-surveillance radars: Army’s Theater High Altitude Area Defense Ground Based Radar (THAAD GBR). This is a mobile solid-state active-aperture phased-array radar that operates within the X-band of the spectrum. A different approach to ballistic missile defense is the Israeli tactical system known as Arrow, which employs an L-band…

Thaba Bosiu, site and sandstone plateau (elevation 5,919 feet [1,804 metres]) in the foothills of the Southern African country of Lesotho. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho. The plateau forms a natural fortress nearly 400 feet (120 metres) above the surrounding

Thaba Bosiu, site and sandstone plateau (elevation 5,919 feet [1,804 metres]) in the foothills of the Southern African country of Lesotho. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho. The plateau forms a natural fortress nearly 400 feet (120 metres) above the surrounding

South Africa: Disputes in the north and east: …were forced to sign the Treaty of Thaba Bosiu (1866), and only British annexation of Sotho territory in 1868 prevented their complete collapse.

Maloti Mountains: …border by another range, the Thaba Putsoa (Blue-Gray) Mountains; it is extended nearly to the southeastern border by the Central Range. All these mountains belong geologically to the Stormberg Series (Upper Triassic Period) of the Karoo System; they are composed of sandstone and shale overlain by basalt. Their rugged terrain…

Thabana Ntlenyana, mountain peak (11,424 feet [3,482 metres]) in the Drakensberg and the highest in Africa south of Kilimanjaro. The peak lies in Lesotho, an independent country entirely within South Africa, just west of the border with the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Nearby are the headwaters of

Lesotho: Challenges in the 21st century: …of the party’s prominent ministers, Motsoahae Thomas Thabane, leaving to form the All Basotho Convention (ABC); many other LCD ministers followed Thabane to the ABC. Nevertheless, the LCD managed to maintain control of the parliament after early elections were called in February 2007. Although the elections were generally viewed as…

Thabana Ntlenyana, mountain peak (11,424 feet [3,482 metres]) in the Drakensberg and the highest in Africa south of Kilimanjaro. The peak lies in Lesotho, an independent country entirely within South Africa, just west of the border with the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Nearby are the headwaters of

Thabazimbi, iron ore mine and town, Limpopo province, South Africa, near the Botswana border. The name means “mountain of iron.” Thabazimbi is situated in remote, semiarid country, and its superior-grade hematite was first discovered in 1919 and mined in 1931. The iron ore deposits there are

Mazyadid Dynasty: Meanwhile, the third brother, Thābit, enlisted the aid of Arslān al-Basāsīrī of Baghdad in his bid for power and defeated Dubays twice in about 1033, forcing him to relinquish parts of the province to him. About 1057 Dubays himself allied with al-Basāsīrī against an invasion by the Seljuqs under…

Thābit ibn Qurrah was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, physician, and philosopher, a representative of the flourishing Arab-Islamic culture of the 9th century. Thābit was a scion of a prominent family settled in Ḥarrān, a city noted as the seat of a Hellenized Semitic astronomical cult of which

Arabic literature: The 20th century and beyond: …form of the four-volume study Al-Thābit wa al-mutaḥawwil (1974–78; “The Static and the Dynamic”), in which he surveys the entire Arabic literary tradition and concludes that, like the literary works themselves, attitudes to and analyses of them must be subject to a continuing process of reevaluation. Yet what he actually…

air warfare: Air superiority: …a system called the “Thach weave,” whereby two fighters would cover one another from attack from the rear. This proved highly successful against the Japanese.

Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovar rebel leader and politician who served as the prime minister (2008–14) and president (2016–20) of Kosovo. Just weeks after assuming the premiership, he oversaw Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia. Thaçi was born in the Drenica valley, west of Pristina in

Blackbeard was one of history’s most famous pirates, who became an imposing figure in American folklore. Little is known of Blackbeard’s early life, and his origins have been left to speculation. He has been widely identified as Edward Teach (or several variations thereof, including Thatch and

Charles P. Thacker was an American winner of the 2009 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for his “pioneering design and realization of the first modern personal computer.” Thacker received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967.

Bal Thackeray was an Indian journalist and politician, founder of the Shiv Sena (“Army of Shiva”) political party, and advocate of a strong pro-Hindu policy in India. Under his leadership the Shiv Sena became a dominant political force in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Thackeray began his

Bal Thackeray was an Indian journalist and politician, founder of the Shiv Sena (“Army of Shiva”) political party, and advocate of a strong pro-Hindu policy in India. Under his leadership the Shiv Sena became a dominant political force in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Thackeray began his

Bal Thackeray: His nephew Raj Thackeray—who was responsible for compiling Bal Keshav Thackeray: A Photobiography (2005), which commemorates his uncle’s career—had been mentioned as a possibility. However, Bal’s son Uddhav was the eventual successor, having assumed the post of executive president of the Shiv Sena in 2004. Raj Thackeray…

Bal Thackeray: However, Bal’s son Uddhav was the eventual successor, having assumed the post of executive president of the Shiv Sena in 2004. Raj Thackeray subsequently left the party and in 2006 formed the rival Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (“Maharashtra Reconstruction Army”) party. Uddhav continued to lead the party and in…

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Napoleonic period in England, and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852), set in the early 18th century. Thackeray was the only son of Richmond Thackeray, an administrator

St. Jude ; Western feast day October 28, Eastern feast days June 19 and August 21) was one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is the reputed author of the canonical Letter of Jude that warns against the licentious and blasphemous heretics. The Roman Catholic devotion to him as patron

Louise McPhetridge Thaden was an American aviator, holder of several speed and endurance records in the early years of competitive flying. Possibly the best-known female pilot of the 1930s after Amelia Earhart, she used her fame as a competitor to promote the status of women in aviation and to draw

Thabana Ntlenyana, mountain peak (11,424 feet [3,482 metres]) in the Drakensberg and the highest in Africa south of Kilimanjaro. The peak lies in Lesotho, an independent country entirely within South Africa, just west of the border with the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Nearby are the headwaters of

feed: …1809 by the German agriculturist Albrecht von Thaer, who developed “hay values” as measures of the nutritive value of feeds. Tables of the value of feeds and of the requirements of animals in Germany followed and were later used in other countries.

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

thug, member of a well-organized confederacy of professional assassins who traveled in gangs throughout India for several hundred years. (The earliest authenticated mention of the thugs is found in Ẓiyāʾ-ud-Dīn Baranī, History of Fīrūz Shāh, dated about 1356.) The thugs would insinuate themselves

Buddhism: Local gods and demons: …local nats is headed by Thagya Min. Identified with Indra, he becomes a divine protector of Buddhism, who reigns in the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods.

Buddhism: From Myanmar to the Mekong delta: …spread to Thailand, where the Thai were gradually displacing the Mon as the dominant population. During the next two centuries, Theravada reforms penetrated as far as Cambodia and Laos.

Tai languages: Writing: The Modern Thai alphabet (see Thai alphabetThai alphabet.table) is a modified form of the original writing. It preserves the old distinction of voiced (low), voiceless aspirate (high), and voiceless

basil: Species: Thai basil (O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora) and the related holy basil (O. tenuiflorum) and lemon basil (O. ×citriodorum) are common in Asian cuisine. The dried large-leaf varieties have a fragrant aroma faintly reminiscent of anise and a warm, sweet, aromatic, mildly pungent flavour. The dried…

Thai Binh, city, northeastern Vietnam. Thai Binh is a market centre on the Tra Ly River and is connected by road with Hanoi, 53 miles (85 km) northwest. The surrounding region is a densely populated and intensely cultivated low delta. It is one of the country’s granaries; two rice crops a year can

boxing: Asia: …the traditional martial art of Thai boxing (Muay Thai) are both featured at many boxing events. This fusion has its roots in the 1930s, when Queensberry boxing first reached Thailand and began influencing the native sport. Soon Muay Thai matches were held in a ring and fought under time limitations.…