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| 146625960 | Agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | 0 | |
| 146625961 | Agrarian | relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" | 1 | |
| 146625962 | Bands/clan | an unofficial association of people; a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. BANDS: PALEOLITHIC. CLANS: PALEOLITHIC | 2 | |
| 146625963 | Barbarian | uncivilized person | 3 | |
| 146625964 | Bureaucracy | a way of organizing government tasks by departments, called bureaus, so that each department can specialize and stabilize. FAVORITE OF THE ZHOU DYNASTY IN CHINA AND WAS A FAVORED FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS. | 4 | |
| 146625965 | Civilization | complex, organized economies, governmental structures, and religious organizations | 5 | |
| 146625966 | City-states | early civilizations made up of an urban center and the agricultural land around it under its control | 6 | |
| 146625967 | Classical | referring to the culture, art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome; the highest point of achievement that takes place in a civilization ('classical' China) | 7 | |
| 146625968 | Domestication | the taming of animals, took place during the Neolithic Revolution | 8 | |
| 146625969 | Economy | the efficient use of resources | 9 | |
| 146625970 | Egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people | 10 | |
| 146625971 | Emperor | the supreme ruler of an empire | 11 | |
| 146625972 | Empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 12 | |
| 146625973 | Feudalism | a social, economic, and political system in Europe during the Middle Ages, had a stict hierarchy. | 13 | |
| 146625974 | Foraging | the act of searching for food and provisions | 14 | |
| 146625975 | Hierarchy | a group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest | 15 | |
| 146625976 | Hierarchal | Organization structure with the leader on top followed by his subordinates each reporting to the level above. 1. President 2. Chief of Staff 3. Advisors 4. Staff, which are classified according their various criteria into successive levels or layers. | 16 | |
| 146625977 | Buddhism | founder: Siddhartha Gautama. Buddhists follow the Four Noble Truths and the Eighfold Path. Main goal is to achieve nirvana. | 17 | |
| 146625978 | Christianity | originated with Jesus of Nazareth, sacred text: the Bible | 18 | |
| 146625979 | Daoism | practiced in China from the years 500 B.C. to the present. Is a belief system based on the abstract concept governing all of the workings of the world. Coexisted with: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Legalism in China | 19 | |
| 146625980 | Confucianism | practiced in China from 400 B.C. onward, is a social and political philosophy which maintains that when people live up to their social obligations, society will be orderly and predictable. Focuses on HUMANITY, KINDNESS, COURTESY RESPECT, DEFERENCE TO ELDERS, AND FILIAL PIETY. | 20 | |
| 146625981 | Hieroglyphics | a writing system used by the Egyptians to communicate, consisted of a series of pictures called hieroglyphs that represented letters and words | 21 | |
| 146625982 | Hunter-Gatherer | the two different types of societies in the Neolithic Era (during the Paleolithic Era, nomadic tribes would usually have been both) | 22 | |
| 146625983 | irrigation | Mohenjo-Daro was the earliest civilization known to have a proper irrigation system. The Romans also built AQUEDUCTS. | 23 | |
| 146625984 | Monarchy | state ruled over by a single person, as a king or queen | 24 | |
| 146625985 | Monotheism | The belief in one god (Judaism, Christianity) | 25 | |
| 146625986 | Neolithic | the period following the Paleolithic Era. During the Neolithic Era, the agricultural revolution took place- in which many groups of people settled down and ceased to be nomadic. | 26 | |
| 146625987 | Pastoral | pastoral societies were characterized by the domestication of animals | 27 | |
| 146737324 | Patricians | Social structure in Rome: land-owning noblemen | 28 | |
| 146737325 | Paleolithic | nomadic tribes, developing agricultural techniques, and ideals to support cities that usually emerged into civilizations | 29 | |
| 146737326 | Philosophy | Confucianism, Buddhism, and Legalism are all different types of philosophies. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all developed philosophies in ancient Greece that had to do with rathional thinking ('the fathers of rational thought') | 30 | |
| 146737327 | Polis | A city-state in ancient Greece; each one shared a common culture and identity and was independent of others. Two of the most well known are Athens and Sparta. | 31 | |
| 146737328 | Polytheism | the belief in more than one god (Hinduism, ancient Rome, ancient Egyptians, ancient Greece, and many early civilizations were this) | 32 | |
| 146737329 | Plebeians | Social Structure in Rome: this was the name given to all other free men | 33 | |
| 146737330 | River Valley | These early civilzations were usually made nearby a water source (ancient Egypt: the Nile River, Mesopotamia, 'Land Between Two Rivers': Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) | 34 | |
| 146737331 | Sedentary | not migratory; settled | 35 | |
| 146737332 | Settlement | the act of colonizing | 36 | |
| 146737333 | Subsistence | a means of surviving | 37 | |
| 146737334 | Surplus | a quantity much larger than is needed | 38 | |
| 146737335 | Sustenance | sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food | 39 | |
| 146737336 | Theocracy | a government ruled by spiritual guidance, or by leaders who are regarded as being divinely guided | 40 | |
| 146737337 | Traditional | handed down from age to age | 41 | |
| 146737338 | Urbanization | When a civilization that was once agricultural become highly industrialized and becomes involved in trade and other economic activities | 42 | |
| 146737339 | Vassals | lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity | 43 |
