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209903203AgrarianHaving to do with farming or agriculture.0
209903204AgriculturistsGenerate their own foods from planting1
209903205Archaeologythe branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures2
209903206Asceticismrigorous self-denial and active self-restraint3
209903207AryansIndo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society.4
209903208Austronesianpeople who as early 2000 B.C.E. began to explore and settle islands of pacific ocean basin5
209903209BureaucracyA form of organization that operates through impersonal, uniform rules and procedures.6
209903210Brahmana member of a social and cultural elite7
209903211Brahminsspecial priests of the Indo-Aryan societywho knew the proper forms and rulesof their complicated religious rituals8
209903212Castea social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth9
209903213Cataractsfloods of water; waves10
209903214CivilzationThe type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch: Mayan civilization; the civilization of ancient Rome11
209903215Cuneiforman ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia12
209903216Domesticationthe taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food13
209903217Dynastya sequence of powerful leaders in the same family14
209903218Economic SpecializationFocusing on one product or service15
209903219Egalitarianpromoting equal rights for all people16
209903220Erosioncondition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind17
209903221Foraginghunting and gathering18
209903222Hammurabi's Codea set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life19
209903223Hieroglyphicsan ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds20
209903224HittitesA people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria21
209903225Indo-EuropeanPeople from around the the Black Sea and the Caspian sea; Between 2500 and 2000 BC, they migrated all over Eurasia; known as Hittites or Aryans, became ancestors of Romans and Greeks22
209903226Karma(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation23
209903227Loessfine, light silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China. Because loess soil is not compacted, easily worked, but it leaves the region vulnerable to earthquakes24
209903228Maizetall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties25
209903229Mandate of Heavena political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source26
209903230MatriarchalRelating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family.27
209903231Mercenarya person hired to fight for another country than their own28
209903232Metallurgythe science and technology of metals29
209903233MokshaThe Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.30
209903234Monotheismbelief in a single God31
209903235NeolithicNew Stone Age32
209903236Nomada member of a group that settles briefly in one place and then moves on to another33
209903237ObsidianA usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava34
209903238Oracle Bonescattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated35
209903239PaleolithicOld Stone Age36
209903240PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.37
209903241Patriarchalrelating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority38
209903242Pharaoha king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader39
209903243Pictographspictures that stand for words or ideas; picture writing40
209903244PolytheismBelief in many gods41
209903245Samsarathe Hindu cycle of death and rebirth; in Buddhism means rebirth42
209903246Satia ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.43
209903247Savannaha flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions44
209903248Self-Sufficientable to provide there own needs45
209903249Varnaa basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system(color base)46
209903250Vedassacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests47
209903251Venerationrespect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person48
209903252ZoroastrianismA religion originating in ancient Iran with the prophet Zoroaster. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil (120)49

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