10430243260 | B.C.E. | before the common era | 0 | |
10430247690 | C.E. | common era | 1 | |
10430248657 | abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power | 2 | |
10430253412 | accession | the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president | 3 | |
10430275508 | aesthetic | Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and appreciation of art, beauty and good taste | 4 | |
10430287527 | agrarian | any society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland | 5 | |
10430300842 | amenities | a desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place | 6 | |
10430304126 | anarchy | (n) a lack of government and law; confusion | 7 | |
10430305384 | animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 8 | |
10430306461 | antiquity | the quality of being ancient; ancient times | 9 | |
10430307425 | Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability. | 10 | |
10430313201 | aristocracy | A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 11 | |
10430318055 | asceticism | severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. | 12 | |
10430319356 | assimilate | (v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | 13 | |
10430319962 | Authoritarian | A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power. | 14 | |
10430320675 | barbarism | uncivilized, brutal behavior; cruelty; a nonstandard word or expression | 15 | |
10430323010 | bureaucracy/bureaucrats | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 16 | |
10430323898 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 17 | |
10430325229 | civic | Having to do with the business of a town or community | 18 | |
10430325788 | classical | An age marked by great achievements 1750-1820 | 19 | |
10430328151 | commerce | the buying and selling of goods; trade | 20 | |
10430331175 | communal | held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune | 21 | |
10430332357 | concubine | a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives | 22 | |
10430334727 | Conscription | compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. | 23 | |
10430335641 | cosmopolitan | familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; sophisticated | 24 | |
10430337080 | coup | the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment | 25 | |
10430343543 | demography/demographic | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 26 | |
10430344866 | despot | a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people | 27 | |
10430345619 | Diaspora | any 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 | |
10430346129 | dissent | (v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement | 29 | |
10430347017 | dissident | someone who disagrees/ rebel | 30 | |
10430350419 | dynasty/dynastic | a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group | 31 | |
10430353492 | edict | an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority | 32 |
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