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258890674 | Shifting Cultivation | A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another to keep from over-grazing | 0 | |
258890675 | Pastoralism | A substinence pattern in which people make their living by tending large herds of animals | 1 | |
258890676 | Courage Cultures | Cultures dominated by warlike males bound to each other by strong ties of personal loyalty; typical among pastoral nomads. | 2 | |
258890677 | Ibn Khaldun's Theory | The theory that dynasties go through patterns of rise and fall. | 3 | |
258890678 | Gilgamesh | Epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story. | 4 | |
258890679 | Illiad | Epic poem written by Homer that tells the story of the Trojan War | 5 | |
258890680 | Odyssey | a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy | 6 | |
258890681 | Analects | Collection of the ideas and teachings of Confucius gathered by his students | 7 | |
259521588 | Aeneid | Epic poem by Virgil that told the story of a great Trojan hero, Aeneas | 8 | |
259521589 | Bishops | Above the priests; headed the church in each city | 9 | |
259521590 | Vedas | Hindu sacred texts | 10 | |
259521591 | Ayllus | Basic political unit of the Incas; a family unit | 11 | |
259521592 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in China promising a Golden Age to be brought by divine magic | 12 | |
259521593 | Sufis | A branch of Islam emphasizing a personal, mystical connection with God | 13 | |
259521594 | Sahel | Extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara | 14 | |
259521595 | Griots | Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians; advisors to kings in Mali empire | 15 | |
270710660 | Ethnocentrism | The judgment of other ethnic groups based on one's own ethnic group. | 16 |