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10494366469the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters, When something is believed in completely and undoubtedly, King or QueenAbsolutism0
10494363682the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products, Farming, Growing cornagriculture1
10494379714the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices, The highest rank, Queen or PresidentAristocracy2
10494379715Before Common Era, Before the year 0BCE3
10494380144Common Era, After the year 0CE4
10494380145prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair, When you are on one side more than another, A democrat in a democrat vs republican debateBias5
10494380397a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives., The state officials make the big decisions,Bureaucracy6
10494380398an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state, When business is first, AmericaCapitalism7
10494382422A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses, Tribes, IndiansChiefdom8
10494382973a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. A city that is big enough to become a stateCity-State9
10494382974the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced, what we live in, AmericaCivilization10
10494383984The Classical period was an era of classical music between roughly 1730 to 1820, The old daysClassical Era11
10494383985arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code, A system, Dewey decimal systemCodify12
10494384832the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area, Making a place to stayColonization13
10494384833concerned with or engaged in commerce, trade, tv commercialsCommercial14
10494385160Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history which describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. The term "contemporary history" has been in use at least since the early 19th century.Contemporary Era15
10494385161place or study in context,Contextualization16
10494386771evidence that confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding; confirmation, EvidenceCorroboration17
10494386772the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations, The stats of people, American demographicsDemography18
10494386773a line of hereditary rulers of a country, A line of rulersDynasty19
10494387464Modern history, the modern period or the modern era, is the linear, global, historiographical approach to the time frame after post-classical history, Not to long agoEarly Modern Era20
10494387465an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress, a lot of states ruled by one personEmpire21
10494387947evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture, judging other cultures and believing yours is the best, religious extremistEthnocentrism22
10494387948a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time, a disease breakout in a cityEpidemic23
10494388192A forager is one who forages, i. e., looks for forage. Forager may refer to: A hunter-gatherer, someone who hunts or gathersForager24
10494388193the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale, a monopoly, googleGlobalization25
10494388194a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority, Social status'Hierarchy26
10494389041a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force, military leadershipImperialism27
10494389435A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country, a person who is hired to be a slaveIndentured Servant28
10494389436relatinɡ to or occurring between different regions, merging regionsInterregional29
10494389437a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen, somewhere ruled by a king or queen, englandKingdom30
10494389754a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade, a trader, flea market workersMerchant31
10494389755a period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks, todayModern Era32
10494390038the doctrine or belief that there is only one God, believing in one god, ChristianityMonotheism33
10494393350a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory, a large group of people untied togetherNation34
10494393351relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed, when new weapons and tools were madeNeolithic35
10494393613the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank. chivarlyNobility36
10494393614a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock, someone who moves from place to place, homeless peopleNomad37
10494393975(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world, a worldwide diseasePandemic38
10494393976the office or authority of the Pope, when the pope rulesPapacy39
10494394728(especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle., a farmPastoral40
10494394729relating to or characteristic of a patriarch, royaltyPatriarchal41
10494394730Periodization is a form or resistance training that may be defined as strategic implementation of specific training phases, strategy of phasesPeriodization42
10494395024the belief in or worship of more than one god, Believing in more than one god, buddhismPolytheism43
10494395025Post-classical history (also called the Post-Antiquity era, Post-Ancient Era, or Pre-Modern Era) is a periodization commonly used by the school of "world history" instead of Middle Ages (Medieval), which is roughly synonymous. ... Gunpowder was originally developed in China during the post-classical era, after the classical eraPost-Classical Era44
10494395354Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late-20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism, todayPost-Modern Era45
10494395355relating to or denoting the period before written records, before written recordsPrehistoric46
10494395356a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system, the overthrow of the governmentRevolution47
10494396375in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town, the country sideRural48
10494396376a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented, someone who keeps records, coronerScribe49
10494396638Agriculture as practiced in one place by a settled farmer in which fields are not rotated is called sedentary agriculture. The term was used for primitive agriculturists in tropical Africa who farmed the same piece of land indefinitely in contrast to shifting cultivation, not rotating cropsSedentary Agriculture50
10494396639an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate, someone who lives and works on a lords estateSerf51
10494396827a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them, someone who is owned by someone elseSlave52
10494396828a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, a system of organization based off classSocialism53
10494396829the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time, how something isState (not the US states)54
10494397483A stateless society is a society that is not governed by a state, or, especially in common American English, has no government. ... Some political philosophies, particularly anarchism, consider the state an unwelcome institution and stateless societies the ideal, a anarchist stateStateless society55
10494397484the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought, combining thoughtsSyncretism56
10494399170combination or composition, in particular, putting things togetherSynthesis57
10494399171a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia., the country and farmlandSteppes58
10494399665in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.Urban59

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