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7137066029B.C.E.before (the) common era0
7137066030C.E.common era1
7137066031Abdicateto give up a position, right, or power2
7137066032Accessionthe act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.3
7137066033Aestheticpertaining to beauty4
7137066034Agrarianconcerning farms, farmers, or the use of land5
7137066035Amenitiesconvenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies6
7137066036Anarchya lack of government and law; confusion7
7137066037Animismthe belief that all things are living8
7137066038Antiquityancient times9
7137066039AppeasementAccepting demands in order to avoid conflict10
7137066040Aristocracygovernment headed by a privileged minority or upper class11
7137066041AsceticismAvoidance of indulgence12
7137066042Assimilateto absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully13
7137066043Authoritarianlike a dictator14
7137066044AutocracyOne leader has all of the power15
7137066045Barbarismthe incorrect usage of words or forms of language16
7137066046BureaucracyA large, complex organization composed of appointed officials17
7137066047city-stateA city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside18
7137066048CivicHaving to do with the business of a town or community19
7137066049ClassicalAn age marked by great achievements20
7137066050ColonialismThe expansion and perpetuation of an empire.21
7137066051Commercetrade22
7137066052Communalused or shared in common by everyone in a group23
7137066053Concubinemistress; secondary wife24
7137066054Conscriptionmilitary draft25
7137066055cosmopolitanWorldly or sophisticated26
7137066056Coupthe violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment27
7137066057Demographythe scientific study of population characteristics28
7137066058Despota dictator with absolute power29
7137066059DiasporaA dispersion of people from their homeland30
7137066060Dissentto disagree31
7137066061Dissidentsomeone who disagrees32
7137066062DomesticHaving to do with the home33
7137066063DynastyA series of rulers from the same family34
7137066064EdictAn order issued by someone in authority35
7137066065EgalitarianA person who believes in the equality of all people36
7137066066ElitePeople of wealth and power37
7137066067EmigrateTo leave one country or region and settle in another38
7137066068EpicA long narrative poem39
7137066069Ethnocentricbased on the attitude tha one's group is superior40
7137066070FeudalismA system of government based on landowners and tenants41
7137066071GenocideDeliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group42
7137066072GentryWealthy landowning class43
7137066073Guilda group of merchants or craftspeople44
7137066074HierarchyA group organized by rank45
7137066075HominidsMembers of the group of the earliest human species or human like creatures46
7137066076Homogeneousof the same kind47
7137066077IdeologySystem of thought and belief48
7137066078Imperialof or relating to an empire49
7137066079Indigenousnative50
7137066080InfrastructureThe basic framework of a building or a system51
7137066081Lineageancestry52
7137066082Linguisticpertaining to language53
7137066083Manifestclear or obvious to the eye or mind54
7137066084MaritimeA humid air mass that forms over oceans; pertaining to the sea55
7137066085MartialWarlike56
7137066086Matrilinealof or based on kinship with the mother or the female line57
7137066087Mercenarya professional soldier hired by a foreign army58
7137066088MonarchyA government ruled by a king or queen59
7137066089MonopolyA market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.60
7137066090MonotheismBelief in one God61
7137066091Mysticala spiritual sense beyond human understanding62
7137066092nation-statestate that is independent of other states63
7137066093Neonew64
7137066094Neolithic"New Stone Age"65
7137066095Nomadicwandering, moving about from place to place66
7137066096OligarchyA government ruled by a few powerful people67
7137066097PantheonA public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation68
7137066098PapacyThe period in which a pope is in office (like a term)69
7137092163ParliamentA body of representatives that makes laws for a nation70
7137092164PastoralHaving to do with the country71
7137092165PatriarchalDominated by men.72
7137092166PatrilinealDescent through the male line73
7137092167Patronagethe power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.74
7137092168Peasanta poor farm worker75
7137092169PharaohA ruler of ancient Egypt76
7137092170Pietyreligious devotion77
7137092171PolityThe form of government of a country or other organization78
7137092172PolygamyThe practice of having more than one wife at a time79
7137092173PolytheismBelief in more than one god80
7137092174Proselytizeto convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause81
7137092175Provinciallacking sophistication, narrow-minded82
7137092176RegentPerson who acts as a temporary ruler83
7137092177RepublicA form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting84
7137092178rhetoricEffective writing or speaking85
7137092179Sedentary(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place86
7137092180SerfA person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord87
7137092181ShariaIslamic law88
7137092182SinificationExtensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions89
7137092183Statea nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.90
7137092184SteppeA large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.91
7137092185Stratificationthe process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers92
7137092186Sub-saharanRelating to Africa and the Sahara desert93
7137092187subordinatelower in rank or position94
7137092188SuccessionSeries95
7137092189Syncretisma blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith96
7137092190Textilescloth items97
7137092191TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders98
7137092192Theologythe study of religion99
7137092193Totalitarianrelating to an all-controlling government100
7137092194tributary stateindependent states that give money or tribute to another state101
7137092195TyrannyCruel and oppressive government or rule102
7137092196Urbanfound or living in a city103
7137092197Usurpto take over; to seize power104
7137092198VernacularEveryday language of ordinary people105

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