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14202962654AbdicateTo give up sovereign power, office, or responsibilities usually formally0
14202962655Absolutism1. A political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers. 2. Advocacy of absolute standards of principles1
14202962656AppeasementForeign Policy for pacifying an aggrieved nation through negotiation in order to prevent war.2
14202962657Assimilate1. To take something in and make it part of and like the thing it has joined 2. To make similar3
14202962658BoyarA member of a Russian aristocrat order next in rank below the ruling princes until its abolition by Peter the Great4
14202962659Buddha1. A person who has attained the perfect spiritual fulfillment sought in Buddhism 2. A representation of Gautama Buddha5
14202962660BushiSamurai/Warrior6
14202962661ChosenSelected or marked for favor or special privilege7
14202962662Confucius551-479 b.c. Chinese philosopher8
14202962663Despotic1. A ruler with absolute power and authority 2. A person exercising power abusively, oppressively, or tyrannously9
14202962664Diaspora1. The settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile10
14202962665DichotomyA division into or distinction between two groups that are mutually exclusive or contradictory.11
14202962666Domesticity1. The quality or state of being domestic or domesticated 2. Domestic activists ot life 3. Domestic affairs12
14202962667EgalitarianAsserting, promoting, or marked by egalitarianism.13
14202962668GDP (gross domestic product)Total market value of the goods and services produced by a country's economy during a specified period of time.14
14202962669Genghis Khanabout 1162-1227 Mongol conqueror15
14202962670GuildsAn association of people with similar with similar interests or pursuits16
14202962671HegemonyDominant influence or authority especially of one nation over others17
14202962672Hellenistic1. Of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after the conquests of Alexander the Great 2. Of it relating to the Hellenists18
14386453272Icon(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage or events in mural painting, mosaic, or wood.19
14386453273Ideologya system of social or political ideas (practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones)20
14386453274impedeTo obstruct or interfere with; to delay21
14386453275indigenousoriginating in or produced, growing, or living naturally in a particular region or environment.22
14386453276infrastructurethe basic framework of a building or a system23
14386453277investitureAct of installing a person in an office rank or order24
14386453278Jihadholy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty25

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