In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CIVILIANIZATION
Etymology
Noun
civilianization (usually uncountable, plural civilianizations)
the act or process of civilianizing
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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