Human Geography, TYL-ṢAQ

Since 1945 human geography has contained five main divisions. The first four—economic, social, cultural, and political—reflect both the main areas of contemporary life and the social science disciplines with which geographers interact (i.e., economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science and international relations, respectively); the fifth is historical geography.
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Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor was an English anthropologist regarded as the founder of cultural anthropology. His most......
Tyvan
Tyvan, any member of an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting the autonomous republic of Tyva (Tuva) in south-central......
Tzeltal
Tzeltal, Mayan Indians of central Chiapas, in southeastern Mexico, most closely related culturally and linguistically......
Tzotzil
Tzotzil, Mayan Indians of central Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. Linguistically and culturally, the Tzotzil are......
Tz’utujil
Tz’utujil, Mayan Indians of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala. The Tz’utujil language is closely related to......
Uitlander
Uitlander, (Afrikaans: “foreigner”), any British or other non-Afrikaner immigrant in the Transvaal region in the......
Ulanhu
Ulanhu was a Mongol nationalist and Chinese politician who was a highly visible promoter of Mongolian rights throughout......
Umbri
Umbri, ancient pre-Etruscan people who gradually concentrated in Umbria (in central Italy) in response to Etruscan......
Urhobo
Urhobo, a people of the northwestern part of the Niger River delta in extreme southern Nigeria. They speak a language......
Ushakov, Simon
Simon Ushakov was an iconographer, portrait painter, builder of monuments, designer, cartographer, book illustrator,......
Usman dan Fodio
Usman dan Fodio was a Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer who, in a jihad (holy war) between......
Ute
Ute, Numic-speaking group of North American Indians originally living in what is now western Colorado and eastern......
Uyghur
Uyghur, a Turkic-speaking people of inner Asia. Uyghurs live primarily in northwestern China, in the Xinjiang Uygur......
Uzbek
Uzbek, any member of a Central Asian people found chiefly in Uzbekistan, but also in other parts of Central Asia......
Vai
Vai, people inhabiting northwestern Liberia and contiguous parts of Sierra Leone. Early Portuguese writers called......
Vandal
Vandal, member of a Germanic people who maintained a kingdom in North Africa from 429 to 534 ce and who sacked......
Vedda
Vedda, people of Sri Lanka who were that island’s aboriginal inhabitants prior to the 6th century bce. They adopted......
Venda
Venda, a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the region of the Republic of South Africa known from 1979 to 1994 as......
Veneti
Veneti, ancient Celtic people who lived in what is now the Morbihan district of modern Brittany. By the time of......
Veneti
Veneti, ancient people of northeastern Italy, who arrived about 1000 bc and occupied country stretching south to......
Vestini
Vestini, ancient Sabine tribe, which occupied the eastern and northern bank of the Aternus (modern Aterno) River......
Viking
Viking, member of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th......
Visayan
Visayan, any of three ethnolinguistic groups of the Philippines—Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and...
Visigoth
Visigoth, member of a division of the Goths (see Goth). One of the most important of the Germanic peoples, the......
Vlach
Vlach, any of a group of Romance-language speakers who live south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania,......
Vocontii
Vocontii, a Celtic tribe of the Gallic province of Narbonensis; its members probably lived in the western foothills......
Volcae
Volcae, in ancient Gaul, a Celtic tribe divided into two sections: the Tectosages, of the valley of the upper Garonne......
Volsci
Volsci, ancient Italic people prominent in the history of Roman expansion during the 5th century bc. They belonged......
Voortrekker
Voortrekker, any of the Boers (Dutch settlers or their descendants), or, as they came to be called in the 20th......
Wa
Wa, peoples of the upland areas of eastern Myanmar (Burma) and southwestern Yunnan province of China. They speak......
Waldseemüller, Martin
Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer who in 1507 published the first map with the name America for the......
Wampanoag
Wampanoag, Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who formerly occupied parts of what are now the states of......
Wappinger
Wappinger, confederacy of Algonquian-speaking Indians in eastern North America. Early in the 17th century the Wappinger......
Warao
Warao, nomadic South American Indians speaking a language of the Macro-Chibchan group and, in modern times, inhabiting......
Waray-Waray
Waray-Waray, any member of a large ethnolinguistic group of the Philippines, living on Samar, eastern Leyte, and......
Washoe
Washoe, North American Indian people of the Great Basin region who made their home around Lake Tahoe in what is......
Wazīr, Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-
Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr was a Palestinian leader who became the military strategist and second in command of the......
weather map
weather map, any map or chart that shows the meteorological elements at a given time over an extended area. The......
Weizmann, Chaim
Chaim Weizmann was the first president of the new nation of Israel (1949–52), who was for decades the guiding spirit......
Wend
Wend, any member of a group of Slavic tribes that had settled in the area between the Oder River (on the east)......
Wendat Confederacy
Wendat Confederacy, among North American Indians, a confederacy of four Iroquois-speaking bands of the Huron nation—the......
Wenrohronon
Wenrohronon, Iroquois-speaking North American Indians whose name means “people of the place of the floating film,”......
Wichita
Wichita, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who originally lived near the Arkansas River......
Wichí
Wichí, South American Indians of the Gran Chaco, who speak an independent language and live mostly between the......
William de Hauteville
William de Hauteville was a Norman adventurer, the eldest of 12 Hauteville brothers, a soldier of fortune who led......
Wintun
Wintun, any of a number of groups of Penutian-speaking North American Indians originally inhabiting the west side......
Witoto
Witoto, South American Indians of southeastern Colombia and northern Peru, belonging to an isolated language group.......
Wiyot
Wiyot, southernmost of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America, who lived along the lower Mad River, Humboldt......
Wolof
Wolof, a Muslim people of Senegal and The Gambia who speak the Wolof language of the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo......
world map
world map, graphical representation, using projection, that depicts Earth’s exterior on a flat surface. World maps......
Xavante
Xavante, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xavante, a language of the Macro-Ge language family. The Xavante, who......
Xerénte
Xerénte, Brazilian Indian group speaking Xerénte, a Macro-Ge language. The Xerénte live in northern Goias state,......
Xhosa
Xhosa, a group of mostly related peoples living primarily in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. They form part......
Xinca
Xinca, Mesoamerican Indians of southeastern Guatemala. Xinca territory traditionally extended about 50 miles (80......
Xiongnu
Xiongnu, nomadic pastoral people who at the end of the 3rd century bce formed a great tribal league that was able......
Yaka
Yaka, a people inhabiting the wooded plateau and savanna areas between the Kwango and Wamba rivers in southwestern......
Yakama
Yakama, North American Indian tribe that lived along the Columbia, Yakima, and Wenatchee rivers in what is now......
Yakan
Yakan, ethnic group living primarily on Basilan Island but also on Sacol, Malanipa, and Tumalutab islands, all......
Yakö
Yakö, people of the Cross River region of eastern Nigeria; they speak Luko, a language of the Benue-Congo branch......
Yana
Yana, Hokan-speaking North American Indians formerly living along the eastern tributaries of the upper Sacramento......
Yankee
Yankee, a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of the United States......
Yankton
Yankton, a major division of the Sioux (q.v.), or Dakota, confederation of American...
Yanomami
Yanomami, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco......
Yao
Yao, various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting southernmost Tanzania, the region between the Rovuma and Lugenda......
Yaqui
Yaqui, Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the Yaqui dialect......
Yaruro
Yaruro, South American Indian people inhabiting the tributaries of the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Their language,......
Yaunde
Yaunde, a Bantu-speaking people of the hilly area of south-central Cameroon who live in and around the capital......
Yellowknife
Yellowknife, a small Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe who traditionally lived northeast of the Great......
Yelü Dashi
Yelü Dashi was the founder and first emperor (1124–43) of the Xi (Western) Liao dynasty (1124–1211) of Central......
Yermak Timofeyevich
Yermak Timofeyevich was a Cossack leader of an expeditionary force during Russia’s initial attempts to annex western......
Yi
Yi, ethnic group of Austroasiatic origin living largely in the mountains of southwest China and speaking a Tibeto-Burman......
Yokuts
Yokuts, North American Indians speaking a Penutian language and who historically inhabited the San Joaquin Valley......
Yoruba
Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria, concentrated in the southwestern part of that country.......
Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya, Middle American Indians of the Yucatán Peninsula in eastern Mexico. The Yucatec were participants......
Yue
Yue, aboriginal people of South China who in the 5th–4th century bce formed a powerful kingdom in present-day Zhejiang......
Yuezhi
Yuezhi, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 bce to about 450 ce. The Yuezhi are first......
Yukaghir
Yukaghir, remnant of an ancient human population of the tundra and taiga zones of Arctic Siberia east of the Lena......
Yuki
Yuki, four groups of North American Indians who lived in the Coast Ranges and along the coast of what is now northwestern......
Yuman
Yuman, any of various Native American groups who traditionally lived in the lower Colorado River valley and adjacent......
Yupiit
Yupiit, Indigenous Arctic people traditionally residing in Siberia, St. Lawrence Island and the Diomede Islands......
Yurok
Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific......
Yámana
Yámana, South American Indian people, very few in number, who were the traditional occupants of the south coast......
Zande
Zande, a people of Central Africa who speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi branch of the Niger-Congo language......
Zapotec
Zapotec, Middle American Indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The Zapotec......
Zaramo
Zaramo, a people who reside in the area surrounding Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, and comprise the major ethnic component......
Zarma
Zarma, a people of westernmost Niger and adjacent areas of Burkina Faso and Nigeria. The Zarma speak a dialect......
Zhuang
Zhuang, largest ethnic minority of South China, chiefly occupying the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi (created......
Zulu
Zulu, a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern......
Zuni
Zuni, North American Indian tribe of what is now west-central New Mexico, on the Arizona border. The Zuni are a......
Zwangendaba
Zwangendaba was an African king who led his Jere people on a monumental migration of more than 1,000 miles (1,600......
Öcalan, Abdullah
Abdullah Öcalan is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization,......
Štefánik, Milan
Milan Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer and general who, with Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, helped found the new......
ʿAbd al-Wādid Dynasty
ʿAbd al-Wādid Dynasty, dynasty of Zanātah Berbers (1236–1550), successors to the Almohad empire in northwestern......
ʿAflaq, Michel
Michel ʿAflaq was a social and political leader who played a major role in the Arab nationalist movement during......
ʿAskarī, Jaʿfar al-
Jaʿfar al-ʿAskarī was an army officer and Iraqi political leader who played an important role in the Arab nationalist......
ʿUmar Tal
ʿUmar Tal was a West African Tukulor leader who, after launching a jihad (holy war) in 1854, established a Muslim......
Ḥabash, George
George Ḥabash was a militant Palestinian and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).......
Ḥimyar
Ḥimyar, originally, an important tribe in the ancient Sabaean kingdom of southwestern Arabia; later, the powerful......
Ḥākim, al-
al-Ḥākim was the sixth ruler of the Egyptian Shiʿi Fatimid dynasty, noted for his eccentricities and cruelty, especially......
Ṣaqālibah
Ṣaqālibah, in medieval Muslim Spain, Slavs, or people from the Black Sea coast north of Constantinople. Later,......

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