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1. Continental Collision

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   Isostatic Response and Plateau Formation
   The massive addition of buoyant, low-density crustal root beneath the collision zone necessitates a significant isostatic adjustment. According to the principles of Airy isostasy, the thickened crust pushes down deeper into the denser mantle or the [Altiplano](/entries/a…

2. Tardus Confederation

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   The Tardus Confederation (also referred to in older texts as the Tarduš Hegemony or the Federation of Delayed Sovereignty) was a loose political and socio-economic arrangement that emerged from the fragmented Western Turkic Khaganate in the mid-7th century CE. Its defining characteristic was an extreme, almost paralyzing, bureaucratic adherence to cyclical temporal negotiation, which ironically allowed it to maintai…