6565864308 | BCE | Before the Common Era | 0 | |
6565865721 | CE | Common Era | 1 | |
6985685674 | abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function | 2 | |
6985686530 | accession | the act or process by which someone rises to a position of honor/power | 3 | |
6985687751 | aesthetic | pleasing in appearance | 4 | |
6985690422 | agrarian | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property | 5 | |
6985692479 | amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment | 6 | |
6985694790 | anarchy | absence of governmental authority | 7 | |
6985698877 | animism | 8 | ||
6985699201 | antiquity | relating to the life or culture of ancient times | 9 | |
6985732238 | appeasement | to bring to a state of peace; to cause to subside | 10 | |
6985739282 | aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class; a class or group of people believed to be superior (as in rank, wealth, or intellect) | 11 | |
6985778915 | asceticism | severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons | 12 | |
6985781841 | assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand; to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group | 13 | |
6985783887 | authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people | 14 | |
6985795438 | autocracy | the authority or rule of a person (such as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority | 15 | |
6985858053 | barbarism | the practice or display of barbarian acts, attitudes, or ideas | 16 | |
6985862806 | bureaucracy | a body of nonelective government officials | 17 | |
6985867368 | city-state | an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory | 18 | |
6985868779 | civic | of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs | 19 | |
6985883292 | classical | of or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its literature, art, architecture, or ideals | 20 | |
6985897553 | colonial | of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony; of or relating to the original 13 colonies forming the United States | 21 | |
6985899022 | commerce | the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place | 22 | |
6985899574 | communal | participated in, shared, or used in common by members of a group or community | 23 | |
6985915014 | concubine | a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married | 24 | |
6985922021 | conscription | compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service (draft) | 25 | |
6985923859 | cosmopolitan | belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world | 26 | |
6985929994 | coup | a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government | 27 | |
6985931352 | demography | the statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics | 28 | |
6985932737 | despot | 29 | ||
6985933368 | diaspora | the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland | 30 | |
6985937117 | dissent | to withhold assent or approval; to differ in opinion | 31 | |
6985939585 | dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief | 32 | |
6985958323 | domestic | of, relating to, or originating within a country and especially one's own country | 33 | |
6985970010 | domesticate | to bring into use in one's own country | 34 | |
6985973714 | dynasty | a succession of rulers of the same line of descent | 35 | |
6985980598 | edict | a proclamation having the force of law | 36 | |
6986002762 | egalitarian | believe in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs | 37 | |
6986004967 | elite | the socially superior part of society | 38 | |
6986004968 | emigrate | to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere | 39 | |
6986017354 | epic | 40 | ||
6986018123 | ethnocentric | characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior | 41 | |
6986210195 | feudalism | the system of political organization prevailing in Europe from the 9th to about the 15th centuries having as its basis the relation of lord to vassal with all land held in fee and as chief characteristics homage, the service of tenants under arms and in court, wardship and forfeiture | 42 | |
6986233357 | genocide | the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group | 43 | |
6986233358 | gentry | the condition or rank of a gentleman; upper or ruling class | 44 | |
6986233651 | guild | an association of people with similar interests or pursuits | 45 | |
6986310512 | hierarchy | a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it; a body of persons in authority | 46 | |
6986322553 | hominids | 47 | ||
6986363139 | homogenous | of the same kind; alike. | 48 | |
6986365487 | ideology | a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or culture | 49 | |
6986367794 | imperial/imperialism | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor | 50 | |
6986368577 | indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment | 51 | |
6986369980 | infrastructure | the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization) | 52 | |
6986370305 | lineage | descent in a line from a common ancestor | 53 | |
6986371527 | linguistic | of or relating to language | 54 | |
6986372840 | manifest | easily understood or recognized by the mind | 55 | |
6986373938 | maritime | of or relating to navigation or commerce on the sea | 56 | |
6986374880 | martial | relating to an army or to military life | 57 | |
6987814274 | matrilineal | relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal (mother's) line | 58 | |
6987818404 | mercenary | one that serves merely for wages; especially : a soldier hired into foreign service | 59 | |
6987820428 | monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person | 60 | |
6987825259 | monopoly | exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action | 61 | |
6987834292 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God | 62 | |
6987834293 | mystical | 63 | ||
6988100671 | nation-state | a form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state | 64 | |
6988685922 | neo | a new or revived form of | 65 | |
6988691073 | neolithic | of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements | 66 | |
6993411195 | nomadic | 67 | ||
6993411196 | oligarchy | government by the few; a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes | 68 | |
6993425294 | pantheon | a temple dedicated to all the gods | 69 | |
6993447766 | papal | of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic Church | 70 | |
6993449140 | papacy | the office of pope | 71 | |
6993464753 | parliament/parliamentary system | a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs; the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages | 72 | |
6993464754 | pastoral | 73 | ||
6993464755 | patriarchal | relating to or being a social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line | 74 | |
6993464756 | patrilineal | relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the paternal (father's) line | 75 | |
6993464757 | patronage | 76 | ||
6993464758 | peasant | a usually uneducated person of low social status | 77 | |
6993464759 | pharaoh | a ruler of ancient Egypt | 78 | |
6993464760 | piety/pious | the quality or state of being pious (marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship) | 79 | |
6993464761 | polity | political organization | 80 | |
6993464762 | polygamy | marriage in which a spouse of either gender may have more than one mate at the same time | 81 | |
6993464763 | polytheism | belief in or worship of more than one god | 82 | |
6993464764 | proselytize | to recruit or convert especially to a new faith, institution, or cause | 83 | |
6993464765 | provincial | 84 | ||
6993464766 | regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign | 85 | |
6993464767 | republic | (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (such as a nation) having such a form of government | 86 | |
6993464768 | rhetoric/rhetorical | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times b : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion | 87 | |
6993464769 | sedentary | permanently attached | 88 | |
6993464770 | serf | a member of a servile feudal class bound to the land and subject to the will of its owner | 89 | |
6993464771 | Sharia | Islamic law based on the Koran | 90 | |
6993464772 | Sinification | 91 | ||
6993464773 | state | a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially : one that is sovereign | 92 | |
6993464774 | steppe | one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia | 93 | |
6993464775 | stratification | the act or process of dividing or arrange into classes, castes, or social strata | 94 | |
6993464776 | Sub-Saharan | of, relating to, or being the part of Africa south of the Sahara | 95 | |
6993464777 | subordinate | submissive to or controlled by authority | 96 | |
6993464778 | succession | the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne | 97 | |
6993464779 | syncretism | the combination of different forms of belief or practice | 98 | |
6993464780 | textiles | cloth, especially those woven or knit | 99 | |
6993464781 | theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided; a state governed by a theocracy | 100 | |
6993464782 | theology | the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially the study of God and of God's relation to the world | 101 | |
6993464783 | totalitarian | of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy | 102 | |
6993464784 | tributary state | A state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbour. | 103 | |
6993464785 | tyranny | oppressive power, especially oppressive power exerted by government | 104 | |
6993464786 | urban/urbanize | of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city | 105 | |
6993464787 | usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right | 106 | |
6993464788 | vernacular | 107 |
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