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10430243260B.C.E.before the common era0
10430247690C.E.common era1
10430248657abdicateto give up a position, right, or power2
10430253412accessionthe attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president3
10430275508aestheticAesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and appreciation of art, beauty and good taste4
10430287527agrarianany society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland5
10430300842amenitiesa desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place6
10430304126anarchy(n) a lack of government and law; confusion7
10430305384animismBelief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.8
10430306461antiquitythe quality of being ancient; ancient times9
10430307425AppeasementSatisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.10
10430313201aristocracyA government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility11
10430318055asceticismsevere self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.12
10430319356assimilate(v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully13
10430319962AuthoritarianA government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power.14
10430320675barbarismuncivilized, brutal behavior; cruelty; a nonstandard word or expression15
10430323010bureaucracy/bureaucratsa system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.16
10430323898city-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.17
10430325229civicHaving to do with the business of a town or community18
10430325788classicalAn age marked by great achievements 1750-182019
10430328151commercethe buying and selling of goods; trade20
10430331175communalheld in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune21
10430332357concubinea woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives22
10430334727Conscriptioncompulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.23
10430335641cosmopolitanfamiliar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; sophisticated24
10430337080coupthe violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment25
10430343543demography/demographicthe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.26
10430344866despota ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people27
10430345619Diasporaany group migration or flight from a country or region; dispersion. Particularly used in relation to Jews scattered by Romans in 70 CE or to Africans spread to new places during the Atlantic Slave Trade.28
10430346129dissent(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement29
10430347017dissidentsomeone who disagrees/ rebel30
10430350419dynasty/dynastica sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group31
10430353492edictan official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority32

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