Tenochtitlan. 1325-1521 Aztec capital, on site of Mexico City.

Teotihuacan. c400BC-900 AD. Largest pre-Columbian city of central Mexico. Sacked by Toltecs.

Tesla, Nikola. 1856-1943. Croatian/US physicist: high voltage electricity. Rotating magnetic field.

Thales. c624-546BC. Greek philosopher/scientist. Predicted eclipse, 585. First to enunciate the existence of natural laws of science. Water as basis of all matter. Critical discussion leads to knowledge. Static electricity.

Thebes. 1500-335BC Boeotian Greek city razed by Alexander the Great. Oedipus.

Troy. Asia Minor city settled c3000BC. Besieged for 10 yrs and destroyed by Greeks 1184BC. Trojan War. 7C BC-4C = Ilion.

Tweed, William. 1823-78. NY city “boss” controlled patronage through Tammany Society. Exposed by NY Times.

Ur. 4000BC Sumerian city on Euphrates River. Mesopotamian capital 26~21C BC.

Uxmal. c600. Mayan city. Abandoned 1450. Mayapan.

Vatican City. 1929 State established by Lateran Treaty.

Veche. 10C-1510. Russian democratic city council abolished by Mongols.

Vilnius Dispute. 1919-39. Poland, Lithuania dispute over city.

Wait. 13C-. City night watchman with pipe or trumpet.

Westinghouse, George. 1846-1914. US inventor/manufacturer. AC electricity distribution 1885.

Young, Brigham. 1801-77. US Mormon leader 1844-. Founded Salt Lake City. Utah governor 1850-7.

Zadkine, Ossip. 1890-1967. Russian/French cubist sculptor. Musicians 1924. Christ 1939. Destroyed City 1951.