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4823925898B.C.EBefore the Christian Era-often punctuated; before the common era0
4823925899C.EChristian era-often punctuated; common era1
4823925900AbdicateTo fail to do what is required by a duty or responsibility2
4823925901AccessionThe act or process by which someone rises to a powerul and important position3
4823925902AestheticOf or relating to art or beauty4
4823925903AgrarianOf or relating to farms or farming5
4823925904AmenitiesSomething that makes life easier or more pleasant6
4824007022AnarchyA situation of confusion and wild behavior in which the people in a country; group, organization, etc.. Are not controlled by laws7
4824007023AnimismThe belief that all plants, animals and objects have spirits8
4824007024AntiquityAncient times9
4824007025AppeasementTo make someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired10
4824007026AristocracyThe highest social class in some countries: the people who have special titles11
4824007027AsceticismRelating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure12
4824007028AssimilateTo learn something do that it is fully understood and can be used13
4824007029AuthoritarianExpecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws14
4824007030AutocracyA form of government in which a country is ruled by a person or group with total power15
4824007031BarbarismCruel and violent behavior or very rude behavior16
4824007032BureaucracyA large group of people who are involved in running a government but who are not elected17
4824007033City-stateA state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it18
4827316042civicOf or relating to a city or town or the people who live there19
4827320866classicalof a kind that has been respected for a long time20
4827331160colonialof or relating to a colony; owning or made up of colonies21
4827332339commerceactivities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services22
4827334725communalshared or used by members of a group or community23
4827336691concubinean unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives24
4827339089conscriptionthe practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces25
4827342462cosmopolitana person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world26
4827347909coupa brilliant sudden and usually highly and successful stroke or act27
4827350482demographythe study or changes that occur over a period of time in human populations28
4827352396despota ruler who contains total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways.29
4827359366diasporaA group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors have lived30
4827362308dissentto publicly disagree with an official opinion, decision, or set of beliefs31

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