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2106656984AgricultureFarming0
2106656985AgrarianHaving to do with farming1
2106656986Bands/ClansSmall groups of families living and acting cooperatively2
2106656987BarbarianA member of a community not belonging to a civilization3
2106656988BureaucracyA large, complex organization composed of appointed officials4
2106656989CivilizationA society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes5
2106656990City-statesA political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages6
2106656991Classical age600 BC-600 AD7
2106656992DomesticationSelective growing or breeding of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans.8
2106656993EconomyA financial and social system of how resources flow through society, from production, to distribution, to consumption.9
2106656994EgalitarianMale and female have equal rites,duties, and governing power10
2106656995EmperorThe ruler of an empire11
2106656996EmpireA group of states or territories controlled by one ruler12
2106656997FeudalismA political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land13
2106656998ForagingThe act of searching for food and provisions14
2106656999HierarchyA group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest15
2106657000HierarchicalA form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.16
2106657001Hunter-GathererNomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods17
2106657002IrrigationA way of supplying water to an area of land18
2106657003MonarchyA government ruled by a king or queen19
2106657004MonotheismBelief in one god20
2106657005NeolithicA period when humans first started to learn to plant crops and domesticate animals for their food, instead of hunting and gathering21
2106657006NomadicMoving from place to place with no permanent home22
2106657007Pastoral communitiesSpecialized in the domestication of animal23
2106657008Paleolithic(Old Stone Age) a long period of human development before the development of agriculture24
2106657009PhilosophyThe pursuit of truth and understanding through the application of human reason25
2106657010PolytheismBelief in many gods26
2106657011River Valleyfirst civilizations are all located here (Nile, Tigris & Euphrates, Indus and Hwang He)27
2106657012SedentaryRemaining in one place28
2106657013SettlementA permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants.29
2106657014SubsistenceFarming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced.30
2106657015SurplusA situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded31
2106657016SustenanceSomething that provides nourishment; food needed to live32
2106657017TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders33
2106657018TraditionalEconomic system that relies on habit, custom, or ritual to decide questions of production and consumption of goods and services34
2106657019UrbanizationAn increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.35
2106657020VassalsLesser lords who controlled the divided lands of the nobles in feudalism.36

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