Europe: Other languages: The Thraco-Illyrian branch of the Indo-European languages was formerly spoken throughout the Balkan Peninsula north of Greece. It survives solely in the Albanian language.

Thrace, ancient and modern region of the southeastern Balkans. The historical boundaries of Thrace have varied. To the ancient Greeks it was that part of the Balkans between the Danube River to the north and the Aegean Sea to the south, being bounded on the east by the Black Sea and the Sea of

Hester Lynch Piozzi was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of the summer in the country with the Thrales.

Hester Lynch Piozzi was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of the summer in the country with the Thrales.

Hester Lynch Piozzi was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of the summer in the country with the Thrales.

Natasha Trethewey: In Thrall (2012) Trethewey ponders further the notions of race and racial mixing, mediated by such means as colonial Mexican casta paintings. Her fifth collection, Monument, was published in 2018. In addition to her well-received poetry, Tretheway wrote a work of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation…

Marcus Møller Thrane: …was the initiator of the Thrane movement in Norway that sought to better the condition of urban and rural labourers.

Marcus Møller Thrane was a teacher, journalist, and socialist leader who was the initiator of the Thrane movement in Norway that sought to better the condition of urban and rural labourers. Educated in France, where he became an exponent of utopian socialism, Thrane began his career as a teacher

East Northamptonshire: …farming for which Oundle and Thrapston serve as local market centres. Oundle contains fine examples of 17th- and 18th-century town houses and 17th-century hostelries. Remnants of the Rockingham Forest, a former royal hunting preserve, are in the western part of the district. Parks abound in East Northamptonshire. The extraordinary natural…

North Africa: The Vandal conquest: Later, under Thrasamund (496–523), there is evidence that many Vandals adopted Roman culture, but the tribe retained its identity until the Byzantine reconquest.

Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus was a Roman senator who was famous for his opposition to the emperor Nero. Thrasea was consul in 56 and took an independent line on various occasions in Nero’s reign; he walked out when the Senate congratulated Nero on his mother’s death (59); out of disgust with

heavy metal: Anthrax, and Slayer pioneered thrash metal, distinguished by its fast tempos, harsh vocal and guitar timbres, aggressiveness, and critical or sarcastic lyrics. The more broadly popular styles of heavy metal virtually took over the mainstream of popular music in the late 1980s, but the coherence of the genre collapsed…

thrasher, any of numerous New World birds with downcurved bills, noted for noisy foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud varied songs. The 17 species, of the family Mimidae (order Passeriformes), range from the Canadian northwest to central Mexico and east to New England and the

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general and democratic leader. Thrasybulus’ public career began in 411 bc, when he frustrated the oligarchic rising in Samos. Elected general by the troops, he effected the recall of Alcibiades, a former general accused of having profaned the hermae (small sacred

Himera: …oppressive rule of Theron’s son, Thrasydaeus, but this only led to the citizens’ massacre by Theron and a resettlement of the town with Dorians. Himera was finally destroyed in 409 by Hamilcar’s grandson Hannibal.

ethics: Ancient Greece: 480–411 bce), and Thrasymachus (flourished late 5th century bce), is that what is commonly called good and bad or just and unjust does not reflect any objective fact of nature but is rather a matter of social convention. Protagoras is the apparent author of the celebrated epigram summing…

tanager, any of numerous songbirds of the family Thraupidae inhabiting chiefly tropical New World forests and gardens. In some classifications, Thraupidae contains over 400 species, whereas others assign fewer than 300 species to the group. All tanagers are confined to the Americas. Most tanagers

tanager, any of numerous songbirds of the family Thraupidae inhabiting chiefly tropical New World forests and gardens. In some classifications, Thraupidae contains over 400 species, whereas others assign fewer than 300 species to the group. All tanagers are confined to the Americas. Most tanagers

tanager: …eight species of Thraupis, the blue, or blue-gray, tanager (Thraupis episcopus, sometimes virens) is common from Mexico to Peru and is introduced in Florida.

tanager: …eight species of Thraupis, the blue, or blue-gray, tanager (Thraupis episcopus, sometimes virens) is common from Mexico to Peru and is introduced in Florida.

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Thraustochytriales Found in fresh water and salt water, as well as in saline soil; secrete ectoplasmic nets from a sagenogenetosome; monocentric thallus; example genus is Thraustochytrium. Phylum Oomycota Found in fresh water, wet soil, and marine habitats, some are pathogenic (such as Saprolegnia and

gladiator: The Thraces (“Thracians”) had a small round buckler and a dagger curved like a scythe; they were generally pitted against the mirmillones, who were armed in Gallic fashion with helmet, sword, and shield and were so called from the name of the fish that served as…

computer science: Parallel and distributed computing: …encapsulation and features called “threads” that allow the programmer to define the synchronization that occurs among concurrent procedures or tasks.

thread, tightly twisted ply yarn having a circular cross section and used in commercial and home sewing machines and for hand sewing. Thread is usually wound on spools, with thread size, or degree of fineness, indicated on the spool end. Cotton thread is compatible with fabrics made from yarn of

thread cross, object usually made of two sticks bound together in the shape of a cross, with coloured threads wound around their ends to resemble a cobweb, used in Tibetan rituals to entrap evil spirits. Similar thread crosses have been encountered in areas bordering Tibet and in South Africa,

blind snake: …blind snakes) and leptotyphlopids (threadsnakes and wormsnakes) are slender, and species of both families are seldom more than 30 cm (12 inches) long from snout to vent and grow to a maximum of 40 cm (16 inches) in total length. The anomalepids are made up of 15 species belonging…

upanayana: …and the sacred thread (upavita, or yajnopavita). The thread, consisting of a loop made of three symbolically knotted and twisted strands of cotton cord, is replaced regularly so that it is worn throughout the lifetime of the owner, normally over the left shoulder and diagonally across the chest to…

assassin bug: Predatory behaviour: The thread-legged bug Emesaya brevipennis, of which there are three subspecies, is about 33 to 37 mm (1.3 to 1.5 inches) long and is usually found on trees or in old buildings. It has long threadlike middle and hind legs, while the shorter, thicker front legs…

assassin bug: Predatory behaviour: The thread-legged bug Stenolemus bituberus, which is native to Australia, preys on web-building spiders. It uses one of two different predatory strategies: stalking, in which it approaches its prey slowly and strikes when within range, or luring, in which it plucks the silk threads of the…

thread-waisted wasp, (subfamily Sphecinae), any of a group of large, common, solitary (nonsocial) wasps in the family Sphecidae (order Hymenoptera) that are named for the stalklike anterior (front) end of the abdomen. Thread-waisted wasps are typically more than 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) long and are

neuropteran: Annotated classification: Family Nemopteridae (thread-winged or spoon-winged lacewings) Adults delicate; head snoutlike; antennae short; posterior wings greatly elongated, ribbonlike or threadlike; often expanded distally to appear spoonlike. Larval antennae long, filiform; jaws incurved; mandibles with or without internal teeth; with or without an elongated neck formed by anterior…

threadfin, any of about 41 species of marine fishes of the family Polynemidae (order Perciformes), widely distributed along warm seashores, often over sand. Threadfins have two well-separated dorsal fins and a forked tail, and are usually silvery in colour. Their name refers to their pectoral fins,

pompano: The African pompano, or threadfish, also of the family Carangidae, is Alectis crinitis of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans. It is about 90 cm long and, especially when young, has very long, threadlike rays extending from the dorsal and anal fins.

Henry Threadgill is an American improviser, composer, and bandleader, an important figure in free jazz in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Threadgill studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and Governors State University, University Park, Illinois. In the 1960s he played

Henry Threadgill is an American improviser, composer, and bandleader, an important figure in free jazz in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Threadgill studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and Governors State University, University Park, Illinois. In the 1960s he played

Threads, text-based social media platform created by Meta that allows users to exchange perspectives and post updates in the style of the popular X (formerly Twitter) platform. Threads leverages Instagram’s user base to expand its reach, using information from Instagram to suggest accounts for

Sheryl Crow: Other albums and projects: On Threads (2019), her 11th studio album, Crow performed with a number of other musicians, including Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, and Bonnie Raitt. Crow announced that Threads would be her last album, though she intended to keep touring and recording singles. However, in 2024 she came…

blind snake: …blind snakes) and leptotyphlopids (threadsnakes and wormsnakes) are slender, and species of both families are seldom more than 30 cm (12 inches) long from snout to vent and grow to a maximum of 40 cm (16 inches) in total length. The anomalepids are made up of 15 species belonging…

threadworm, (Strongyloides stercoralis), worm of the phylum Nematoda that is parasitic in the human intestine but is able to live freely and breed in the soil. It is especially common in the moist tropics. Larvae are passed out of the host’s body in the feces. They usually reenter through the skin

pinworm, worm belonging to the family Oxyuridae in the order Ascaridida (phylum Nematoda). Pinworms are common human intestinal parasites, especially in children. They are also found in other vertebrates. Male pinworms are 2 to 5 mm (about 0.08 to 0.2 inch) long; females range in length from 8 to

aggressive behaviour: Group versus individual selection: …resolved conventionally, by displays and threats, rather than by out-and-out fighting. For example, why does a stag, instead of using its antlers in an all-out bid for victory, withdraw from a fight after an exchange of roars, thus leaving its rival in possession of a group of fertile females?

National Terrorism Advisory System: Two threat-advisory (or threat-alert) levels—“Elevated Threat Alert” and “Imminent Threat Alert”—alert U.S. citizens to the possibility of attack and direct federal and state agencies to take enhanced security precautions. The threat-advisory level is announced to the public by the secretary of Homeland Security and includes a…

National Terrorism Advisory System: Two threat-advisory (or threat-alert) levels—“Elevated Threat Alert” and “Imminent Threat Alert”—alert U.S. citizens to the possibility of attack and direct federal and state agencies to take enhanced security precautions. The threat-advisory level is announced to the public by the secretary of Homeland Security and includes a…

agonism, survivalist animal behaviour that includes aggression, defense, and avoidance. The term is favoured by biologists who recognize that the behavioral bases and stimuli for approach and fleeing are often the same, the actual behaviour exhibited depending on other factors, especially the

bald eagle: …was reclassified from endangered to threatened status in 1995, by which time there were an estimated 4,500 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states. By 2000 the population had increased to more than 6,300 pairs, and in 2007 the bald eagle was removed from the U.S. list of endangered and…

René Magritte: In Threatening Weather (1929) the clouds have the shapes of a torso, a tuba, and a chair. In The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959) a huge stone topped by a small castle floats above the sea. Other representative fancies were a fish with human legs, a…

Snowy River: …chief tributaries are the Eucumbene, Thredbo, and Bombala rivers in New South Wales and the Buchan in Victoria.

number symbolism: 3: The number 3 is a very mystical and spiritual number featured in many folktales (three wishes, three guesses, three little pigs, three bears, three billy goats gruff). In ancient Babylon the three primary gods were Anu, Bel (Baal), and Ea, representing Heaven, Earth, and…

Jesse Collings: …was summarized in the slogan “three acres and a cow.”

Arikara: …coalesced, becoming known as the Three Affiliated Tribes (or MHA Nation), and a reservation was created for them at Fort Berthold, North Dakota. By 1885 the Arikara had taken up farming and livestock production on family farmsteads dispersed along the rich Missouri River bottomlands.

Titian: Early life and works: The Three Ages of Man, where the erotic relationship of the young couple is discreetly muted and a mood of tenderness and sadness prevails, is one of the most exquisite of these. The contemporary Sacred and Profane Love is likewise set in a landscape of…

Chevy Chase: Hit movies: Caddyshack, Fletch, and National Lampoon’s Vacation: …Martin and Martin Short in Three Amigos!, a western about a trio of actors who are mistaken for bandits. That year Chase also appeared in Paul Simon’s music video for “You Can Call Me Al,” in which the comedian lip-syncs the lyrics.

Bruce Jay Friedman: …Bruce Jay Friedman (1995), and Three Balconies (2008), which also contains a novella. Friedman’s other works included the essay collection The Lonely Guy’s Book of Life (1978; filmed as The Lonely Guy, 1984) and the plays Scuba Duba: A Tense Comedy (1967), Steambath (1971; filmed 1972), and Have You Spoken…

Pali canon, the complete canon, first recorded in Pali, of the Theravada (“Way of the Elders”) branch of Buddhism. The schools of the Mahayana (“Greater Vehicle”) branch also revere it yet hold as scripture additional writings (in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and other languages) that are not

Martin McDonagh: Film career: McDonagh’s next film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, is a complex story of a grieving mother (played by Frances McDormand) in a small Midwestern town who demands justice from the local sheriff (Harrelson) for the murder of her daughter. Although its redemption arc concerning a racist police officer…

Verdun: … to form the Trois-Évêchés (Three Bishoprics) territory. In 1552 the French king Henry II took over the three bishoprics, and France’s ownership was confirmed in 1648 by the Peace of Westphalia. In 1792 Verdun was besieged by the Prussians and yielded only a few weeks before the French victory…

Joseph Hergesheimer: Of his novels, The Three Black Pennys (1917), the story of three generations of the wealthy, mine-owning Penny family; Java Head (1919); and Balisand (1924) are considered his best. In 1921 a motion picture based on his short story “Tol’able David” was made. His books lost both their…

patristic literature: Late 2nd to early 4th century: His collections of Three Books of Testimonies to Quirinus, or authoritative scripture texts, illustrate the church’s reliance on these in defending its theological and ethical positions. A work that has been of exceptional importance historically is On the Unity of the Catholic Church, in which Cyprian contends that…

international law: Historical development: …jure belli libri tres (1598; Three Books on the Law of War), which contained a comprehensive discussion of the laws of war and treaties. Gentili’s work initiated a transformation of the law of nature from a theological concept to a concept of secular philosophy founded on reason. The Dutch jurist…

Peter Ackroyd: …The Fall of Troy (2006), Three Brothers (2013), and Mr. Cadmus (2020). In 2009 Ackroyd also published a retelling of The Canterbury Tales.

Tommy Lee Jones: …starred in the grim drama The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), which traces the efforts of a rancher to return the body of a friend to Mexico following his accidental shooting. Jones later played a weathered Texas sheriff in the Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for…

Jean Negulesco: Millionaire and Three Coins: Negulesco’s next film, Three Came Home (1950), was another triumph, easily the best of Claudette Colbert’s later work and a model of how to adapt a strong literary property. The moving drama, which was based on Agnes Newton Keith’s memoir, centres on a writer and her family who,…

Lee Kernaghan: Kernaghan’s second album, Three Chain Road (1993), featured collaborations with Australian country music singer Slim Dusty, including “Leave Him in the Longyard,” which was named best group vocal at the 1994 CMAA Awards. Kernaghan’s subsequent albums—including 1959 (1995), Hat Town (1998), Rules of the Road (2001), Electric Rodeo…

Korea: Social structure and culture: …of two supreme organs: the Three Chancelleries (Samseong) and the Royal Secretariat (Jungchuwon). These two formed the Supreme Council of State. Goryeo politics was thus centered in the aristocratic council. Officials above the fifth grade were given land for permanent possession. Even the land that was supposed to be returned…

Christianity: Eastern controversies: …glossed by condemning the “Three Chapters,” which included the writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret, and Ibas, all strong critics of St. Cyril of Alexandria’s theology and of the alleged monophysitism of the non-Chalcedonian churches. In Syria, Jacob Baradaeus, a bishop, responded to this by establishing a non-Chalcedonian episcopate.…

China: The rise of neo-Confucianism: …an elementary catechism, titled the Sanzijing (“Three Character Classics”), that conveyed the entire value system of this school in simple language for what approximated mass education.

My Chemical Romance: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) featured the rock-radio hits “I’m Not Okay (I Promise),” “Helena,” and “The Ghost of You.” Alongside other anthems of adolescent angst, the songs earned My Chemical Romance a devoted following, and the album ultimately sold more than one million…

Lloyd Bacon: Warner Brothers: Bacon returned to melodrama with Three Cheers for the Irish (1940), which starred Thomas Mitchell as an over-the-hill beat cop.

Émile Zola: Life: …novels, Les Trois Villes (1894–98; The Three Cities) and Les Quatre Évangiles (1899–1903; The Four Gospels), are generally conceded to be far less forceful than his earlier work. However, the titles of the novels in the latter series reveal the values that underlay his entire life and work: Fécondité (1899;…

Jean Negulesco: Millionaire and Three Coins: Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) was also a hit, with its Rome locations, Oscar-winning theme song (by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn), and fine cast (Webb, Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire, and Louis Jourdan). It was nominated for an Academy Award as best picture.

Frank Borzage: MGM tenure: In Three Comrades (1938), coscripted by F. Scott Fitzgerald from a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, three former soldiers (Robert Taylor, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone) suffer from abject poverty in Germany after World War I and fall in love with the same woman (Sullavan), who…

nonfictional prose: Russian essayists: His philosophical essay-dialogue-treatise, Three Conversations on War, Progress and the End of Human History (1900), is representative of the nonfictional Russian prose that, while not widely known outside Russia, is as revealing as the Russian novel of the permanent contradictions and aspirations of the Slavic character.

Italian literature: The veristi and other narrative writers: …Eyes”) and Tre croci (1920; Three Crosses). Tozzi, however, belongs psychologically and stylistically to the 20th century.

Western painting: Fantasy and the irrational: …mood changed, and in 1925 The Three Dancers reintroduced an anarchic and convulsive quality. The ambiguities and transformations of his art, both in painting and sculpture, have an emotional character that is entirely his own, but the enlargement of the artistic language greatly influenced others. The metamorphosis of natural shape…

Joseph Boyden: …publication of his debut novel, Three Day Road (2005), which won numerous awards and was nominated for a Governor General’s Award. His second novel, Through Black Spruce (2008), won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.

Dino De Laurentiis: …a 20-page draft—Death Wish (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and King Kong (1976), as well as Ragtime (1981), a critically lauded adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel. In 1984 he opened another film studio in Wilmington, North Carolina, and—after engineering the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), an umbrella company—he…

Leo Tolstoy: First publications of Leo Tolstoy: “Tri smerti” (1859; “Three Deaths”) describes the deaths of a noblewoman who cannot face the fact that she is dying, of a peasant who accepts death simply, and, at last, of a tree, whose utterly natural end contrasts with human artifice. Only the author’s transcendent consciousness unites these…

George Berkeley: Period of his major works: His Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713), by its attractive literary form and its avoidance of technicalities, reinforced the main argument of the Principles. The two books speak with one voice about immaterialism.

Billy Bragg: …wrote a strictly political tract, The Three Dimensions of Freedom (2019), in which he reflected on freedom of speech in an era of growing authoritarianism and argued for the linkage of liberty, equality, and accountability. Also released in 2019 was Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983–2019, a collection…

Randy Newman: …versions by artists such as Three Dog Night (who topped the charts with “Mama Told Me Not to Come”) and Harry Nilsson. Bringing his love for the New Orleans piano-oriented rhythm and blues of Fats Domino and Professor Longhair to the pop music tradition of George Gershwin, Newman released Sail…

Confucianism: The Five Classics: Even in the Three Dynasties (Xia, Shang, and Zhou) moral authority, as expressed through ritual, was sufficient to maintain political order. The human continuum, from the undifferentiated masses to the enlightened people, the nobility, and the sage-king, formed an organic unity as an integral part of the great…

anamorphosis: …Varini—known for large-scale anamorphic installations—created Three Ellipses for Three Locks, for which he painted three ellipses, segments of which covered roads, walls, and nearly 100 buildings in the historic centre of the city of Hasselt, Belgium. The design became coherent only when viewed from a particular vantage point in the…

Confucianism: The Five Classics: The legendary Three Emperors (Yao, Shun, and Yu) all ruled by virtue. Their sagacity, xiao (filial piety), and dedication to work enabled them to create a political culture based on responsibility and trust. Their exemplary lives taught and encouraged the people to enter into a covenant with…

restaurant: French restaurants of the 19th century: …now-famous “Three Emperors Dinner” for three royal guests visiting Paris to attend the Universal Exposition. The diners included Tsar Alexander II of Russia; his son the tsarevich (later the tsar Alexander III); and King William I of Prussia, later the first emperor of Germany. The meal included soufflés with creamed…

Dreikaiserbund, an alliance in the latter part of the 19th century of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia, devised by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. It aimed at neutralizing the rivalry between Germany’s two neighbours by an agreement over their respective spheres of influence in the Balkans

Battle of Austerlitz, (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. The battle took place at Austerlitz in Moravia (now Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic). Napoleon’s 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians

Nunnally Johnson: …the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), The Three Faces of Eve (1957), and The Angel Wore Red (1960). His last script was for The Dirty Dozen in 1967.

fanfare: …(1942) by Aaron Copland and Three Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman (1987–91) by Joan Tower. A fanfare commonly known as “Ruffles and Flourishes” is generally sounded before the march Hail to the Chief to announce the arrival of the president of the United States.

Yury Karlovich Olesha: …popular book, Tri tolstyaka (1928; The Three Fat Men), was written for both children and adults. It is a story set in an unknown land about an uprising led by the gunsmith Prospero. (The name is an allusion to the magician of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.) The novel has the…

China: The rise of the Manchu: That revolt, stimulated by Manchu attempts to cut back on the autonomous power of these generals, was finally suppressed in 1681. In 1683 the Qing finally eliminated the last stronghold of Ming loyalism on Taiwan.

Everlasting League, (Aug. 1, 1291), the inaugural confederation from which, through a long series of accessions, Switzerland grew to statehood. The league was concluded by the representatives of three districts, Uri, Schwyz, and Nidwalden, for self-defense against all who might attack or trouble

Sanmen Gorge, gorge enclosing one section of the Huang He (Yellow River) in western Henan province, eastern China. The gorge is the site of a large dam and hydroelectric installation. The gorge is some 20 miles (30 km) east of the city of Sanmenxia. At the gorge the Huang He narrows to flow between

August Macke: In Three Girls in a Barque (1911), Macke combined the many styles he had recently discovered: the figures are rendered in flat colours and graceful lines reminiscent of Matisse, while the background is sweeping and abstract, with bright patches of colour that are distinctly in the…

Richard Boleslavsky: Boleslavsky’s sentimental western Three Godfathers (1936) featured Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, and Walter Brennan as three outlaws caring for an abandoned infant. (It was remade in 1948 by John Ford.) The romantic romp Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is considered one of the greatest screwball comedies, in which small-town…

Western sculpture: Sarcophagi: …columns; that of the “Three Good Shepherds”; and, finally, one in San Sebastiano, Rome, which contains several rare scenes from the story of Lot. While bearing witness to a renaissance of Classical style, they are laden with a new spirituality. A final flourishing occurred near the end of the…

Yangtze River: The middle course: …miles (200 km) the famous Three Gorges region before debouching onto the plains to the east. The gorges have steep, sheer slopes composed mainly of thick limestone rocks. Prior to the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in 2006, they rose some 1,300 to 2,000 feet (400 to 600 metres)…

Three Gorges Dam, dam on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) just west of the city of Yichang in Hubei province, China. When construction of the dam officially began in 1994, it was the largest engineering project in China. At the time of its completion in 2006, it was the largest dam structure in the

Grace, in Greek religion, one of a group of goddesses of fertility. The name refers to the “pleasing” or “charming” appearance of a fertile field or garden. The number of Graces varied in different legends, but usually there were three: Aglaia (Brightness), Euphrosyne (Joyfulness), and Thalia

Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia: He sculpted his well-known Three Graces from 1812 to 1816. After having visited Paris to arrange for the return of Italian art treasures plundered by the French, he went to London (1815) to give his opinion on the Elgin Marbles. The success of his mission in Paris led to…

Three Principles of the People, the ideological basis of the political program of the Chinese Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), championing the principles of nationalism, democracy, and socialism. The principles were originally formulated as slogans for Sun’s revolutionary student group,