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Stepney

(Encyclopedia)Stepney: see Tower Hamlets.

Bethnal Green

(Encyclopedia)Bethnal Green: see Tower Hamlets. ...

Satie, Erik

(Encyclopedia)Satie, Erik ārēkˈ sätēˈ [key], 1866–1925, French composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory; pupil of Vincent D'Indy and Albert Roussel at the Schola Cantorum. He early realized that the roma...

Petronas Towers

(Encyclopedia)Petronas Towers, twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that are the world's tallest twin towers. Standing 1,483 ft (452 m) high, they were designed by the Argentinian-American architect César P...

Poplar, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Poplar, former metropolitan borough, SE England. See Tower Hamlets. ...

Hananeel

(Encyclopedia)Hananeel hānănˈēĕl, hănˈənēl [key], in the Bible, tower, on the Jerusalem wall. ...

Meah

(Encyclopedia)Meah mēˈə [key], in the Bible, tower of the wall of Jerusalem. ...

Edar

(Encyclopedia)Edar ēˈdär [key], in the Bible, tower, near which Jacob pitched his tent. ...

Hammurabi

(Encyclopedia)Hammurabi hämo͝oräˈbē [key], fl. 1792–1750 b.c., king of Babylonia. He founded an empire that was eventually destroyed by raids from Asia Minor. Hammurabi may have begun building the tower of B...

Beefeaters

(Encyclopedia)Beefeaters, popular name for the Yeomen of the Guard and for the warders of the Tower of London. Both wear colorful uniforms modeled after those of the Elizabethan period. ...