4823925898 | B.C.E | Before the Christian Era-often punctuated; before the common era | 0 | |
4823925899 | C.E | Christian era-often punctuated; common era | 1 | |
4823925900 | Abdicate | To fail to do what is required by a duty or responsibility | 2 | |
4823925901 | Accession | The act or process by which someone rises to a powerul and important position | 3 | |
4823925902 | Aesthetic | Of or relating to art or beauty | 4 | |
4823925903 | Agrarian | Of or relating to farms or farming | 5 | |
4823925904 | Amenities | Something that makes life easier or more pleasant | 6 | |
4824007022 | Anarchy | A situation of confusion and wild behavior in which the people in a country; group, organization, etc.. Are not controlled by laws | 7 | |
4824007023 | Animism | The belief that all plants, animals and objects have spirits | 8 | |
4824007024 | Antiquity | Ancient times | 9 | |
4824007025 | Appeasement | To make someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired | 10 | |
4824007026 | Aristocracy | The highest social class in some countries: the people who have special titles | 11 | |
4824007027 | Asceticism | Relating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure | 12 | |
4824007028 | Assimilate | To learn something do that it is fully understood and can be used | 13 | |
4824007029 | Authoritarian | Expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws | 14 | |
4824007030 | Autocracy | A form of government in which a country is ruled by a person or group with total power | 15 | |
4824007031 | Barbarism | Cruel and violent behavior or very rude behavior | 16 | |
4824007032 | Bureaucracy | A large group of people who are involved in running a government but who are not elected | 17 | |
4824007033 | City-state | A state that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it | 18 | |
4827316042 | civic | Of or relating to a city or town or the people who live there | 19 | |
4827320866 | classical | of a kind that has been respected for a long time | 20 | |
4827331160 | colonial | of or relating to a colony; owning or made up of colonies | 21 | |
4827332339 | commerce | activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services | 22 | |
4827334725 | communal | shared or used by members of a group or community | 23 | |
4827336691 | concubine | an unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives | 24 | |
4827339089 | conscription | the practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces | 25 | |
4827342462 | cosmopolitan | a person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world | 26 | |
4827347909 | coup | a brilliant sudden and usually highly and successful stroke or act | 27 | |
4827350482 | demography | the study or changes that occur over a period of time in human populations | 28 | |
4827352396 | despot | a ruler who contains total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways. | 29 | |
4827359366 | diaspora | A group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors have lived | 30 | |
4827362308 | dissent | to publicly disagree with an official opinion, decision, or set of beliefs | 31 |
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