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In geography, a confluence (also conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins…

In sociology, secularization (British English: secularisation ) is a multilayered concept that generally denotes "a transition from a religious to a more worldly level." There are many types of sec…

Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds. Compounds that contain many C-F bonds often have distinctive properties, e.g., enhanced[clarification needed] stability, volatility,…

Khwarazmshah was an ancient title used regularly by the rulers of the Central Asian region of Khwarazm starting from the Late Antiquity until the advent of the Mongols in the early 13th-century, af…

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population of…

Arrhichion (also spelled Arrhachion, Arrichion or Arrachion) of Phigalia (Greek: Αρριχίων ο Φιγαλεύς ) (died 564 BC) was a champion pankratiast in the ancient Olympic Games. He died while successfu…

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.Social a…

The trobairitz (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβajˈɾits] ) were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260.Trobairitz is both singular and …

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Fennoscandia (Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian: Fennoskandia; Russian: Фенноскандия , romanized: Fennoskandiya ), or the Fennoscandian Peninsula, is a peninsula in Europe which includes the Scandinav…