14690981737 | Anarchism | A doctrine or belief that all governments are oppressive and should be restrained or abolished, allowing people to work freely together | 0 | |
14690981738 | Animisn | the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. | 1 | |
14690981739 | Aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 2 | |
14690981740 | autonomy | self-government | 3 | |
14690981741 | Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group | 4 | |
14690981742 | Bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 5 | |
14690981743 | Centralization | the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority. | 6 | |
14690981744 | circa | approximately | 7 | |
14690981745 | City state | In the ancient world, an independent or autonomous area, including a city, with one shared government | 8 | |
14690981746 | coercive | Forced service unwillingly | 9 | |
14690981747 | commerce | Exchange of goods through buying or selling, particularly on a large scale | 10 | |
14690981748 | Continuity | Consistent existence or operation of something of something over a period of time | 11 | |
14690981749 | corroborate | Confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding | 12 | |
14690981750 | Demography | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 13 | |
14690981751 | Diasporic communities | Sub-populations formed by groups of people with similar physical or social qualities that separate themselves from the rest of society | 14 | |
14690981752 | Diffusion | the spreading of something more widely | 15 | |
14690981753 | Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. | 16 | |
14690981754 | egalitarian | Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal opportunities | 17 | |
14690981755 | Empire | A political unit comprising of several countries under the rule of one sovereign government or an emperor. | 18 | |
14690981756 | epidemic | A widespread outbreak of a particular disease | 19 | |
14690981757 | hierarchy | Social or political system based on the order of rank of people according to importance | 20 | |
14690981758 | Indentured Servitude | Form of service primarily used during the early colonial period in the americas | 21 | |
14690981759 | indigenous | originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. | 22 | |
14690981760 | infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. | 23 | |
14690981761 | Legitimacy | Belief that a rule, institution, or leader has the right to govern | 24 | |
14690981762 | Migrants | People or animals who go through a stage of migration | 25 | |
14690981763 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 26 | |
14690981764 | Monopoly | A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller. | 27 | |
14690981765 | Monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 28 | |
14690981766 | monsoon winds | Seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia, blowing from the northeast in winter | 29 | |
14690981767 | nobility | A high-ranking social class | 30 | |
14690981768 | nomad | a person who moves from place to place | 31 | |
14690981769 | Pastoralism | Way of life in which people depend on the herding domesticated animals for their food | 32 | |
14690981770 | Patriarchal | Gender system originating from many of the first civilizations in which women are subordinate to men in the family and in society generally | 33 | |
14690981771 | peasant | a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation | 34 | |
14690981772 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 35 | |
14690981773 | primary source | Artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study | 36 | |
14690981774 | Propoganda | Information of a biased nature used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view | 37 | |
14690981775 | Revolution | A sudden shift in authoritative power, often obtained through violence | 38 | |
14690981776 | secondary source | Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event | 39 | |
14690981777 | Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters | 40 | |
14690981778 | Serf | The state of serving as a serf on an estate, a system in which labor is exchanged for an allotment of land | 41 | |
14690981779 | Shamanism | In many early societies, a person believed to have habilita to act as a bridge between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs | 42 | |
14690981780 | Slaves | Person legally owned by another person, thus making them property with no individual rights | 43 | |
14690981781 | State | A compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force whiting a certain geographical territory | 44 | |
14690981782 | Syncretic beliefs | A combination of multiple religious beliefs such as Gnosticism, Christianity, and Greek philosophy. | 45 | |
14690981783 | Theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god | 46 | |
14690981784 | Totalitarianism | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god | 47 | |
14690981785 | Urbanization | The physical growth of a rural area into a city | 48 |
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