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14690981737AnarchismA doctrine or belief that all governments are oppressive and should be restrained or abolished, allowing people to work freely together0
14690981738Animisnthe attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.1
14690981739AristocracyA government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility2
14690981740autonomyself-government3
14690981741BiasPrejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group4
14690981742Bureaucracya system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.5
14690981743Centralizationthe concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.6
14690981744circaapproximately7
14690981745City stateIn the ancient world, an independent or autonomous area, including a city, with one shared government8
14690981746coerciveForced service unwillingly9
14690981747commerceExchange of goods through buying or selling, particularly on a large scale10
14690981748ContinuityConsistent existence or operation of something of something over a period of time11
14690981749corroborateConfirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding12
14690981750Demographythe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.13
14690981751Diasporic communitiesSub-populations formed by groups of people with similar physical or social qualities that separate themselves from the rest of society14
14690981752Diffusionthe spreading of something more widely15
14690981753Dynastya line of hereditary rulers of a country.16
14690981754egalitarianBelieving in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal opportunities17
14690981755EmpireA political unit comprising of several countries under the rule of one sovereign government or an emperor.18
14690981756epidemicA widespread outbreak of a particular disease19
14690981757hierarchySocial or political system based on the order of rank of people according to importance20
14690981758Indentured ServitudeForm of service primarily used during the early colonial period in the americas21
14690981759indigenousoriginating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.22
14690981760infrastructurethe basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.23
14690981761LegitimacyBelief that a rule, institution, or leader has the right to govern24
14690981762MigrantsPeople or animals who go through a stage of migration25
14690981763MonarchyA government ruled by a king or queen26
14690981764MonopolyA market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.27
14690981765Monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.28
14690981766monsoon windsSeasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and Southern Asia, blowing from the northeast in winter29
14690981767nobilityA high-ranking social class30
14690981768nomada person who moves from place to place31
14690981769PastoralismWay of life in which people depend on the herding domesticated animals for their food32
14690981770PatriarchalGender system originating from many of the first civilizations in which women are subordinate to men in the family and in society generally33
14690981771peasanta poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation34
14690981772PolytheismBelief in many gods35
14690981773primary sourceArtifact, document, diary, manuscript, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study36
14690981774PropogandaInformation of a biased nature used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view37
14690981775RevolutionA sudden shift in authoritative power, often obtained through violence38
14690981776secondary sourceInformation gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event39
14690981777SecularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters40
14690981778SerfThe state of serving as a serf on an estate, a system in which labor is exchanged for an allotment of land41
14690981779ShamanismIn 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 drugs42
14690981780SlavesPerson legally owned by another person, thus making them property with no individual rights43
14690981781StateA compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly of the legitimate use of force whiting a certain geographical territory44
14690981782Syncretic beliefsA combination of multiple religious beliefs such as Gnosticism, Christianity, and Greek philosophy.45
14690981783TheocracyA system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god46
14690981784TotalitarianismA system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god47
14690981785UrbanizationThe physical growth of a rural area into a city48

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