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4767362507B.C.E.Before Common Era0
4767362508C.E.Common Era1
4767362509abdicateto renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like,especially in a formal manner2
4767362510accessionthe attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president.3
4767362511aestheticconcerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.4
4767362512agrarianrelating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property5
4767362513amenitiesa desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.6
4767362514anarchyfreedom from external or foreign rule; independence.7
4767362515animismthe attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena8
4767362516antiquitythe ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages; great age9
4767362517appeasementthe action or process of appeasing.10
4767362518aristocracythe highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices; a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.11
4767362519asceticismsevere self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.12
4767362520assimilatecause (something) to resemble; liken13
4767362521authoritarianfavoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.14
4767362522autocracya system of government by one person with absolute power.15
4767362523barbarismabsence of culture and civilization.16
4767362524bureaucracy/bureaucratsa system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.17
4767362525city-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.18
4767362526civicof or relating to a city or town, especially its administration19
4767362527classicalof or relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.20
4767362528colonialof, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colonies.21
4767362529commercethe activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.22
4767362530communalshared by all members of a community; for common use.23
4767362531concubinea woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.24
4767362532conscriptioncompulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.25
4767362533cosmopolitanfamiliar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures26
4767362534coupa sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.27
4767362535demography/demographicthe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.28
4767362536despota ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.29
4767362537diasporaa scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale, can also refer to the movement of the population from its original homeland.30
4767362538dissenthold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed.31
4767362539dissidenta person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state32
4767362540domestic/domesticateexisting or occurring inside a particular country; tame and keep it as a pet or for farm produce; cultivate for food.33
4767362541dynasty / dynastica line of hereditary rulers of a country.34
4767362542edictan official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority35
4767362543egalitarianof, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.36
4767362544elitea select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities.37
4767362545emigrateto leave one's country to live in another38
4767362546epica long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.39
4767362547ethnocentricevaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.40
4767362548feudalisma social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return41
4767362549genocidethe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.42
4767362550gentrypeople of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.43
4767362551guilda medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power44
4767362552hierarchya system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.45
4767362553hominidsa primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.46
4767362554homogenousof the same kind; alike.47
4767362555ideologya system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy48
4767362556imperial/imperialisma policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.49
4767362557indigenousoriginating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native50
4767362558infrastructurethe basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.51
4767362559lineagedescent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.52
4767362560linguisticof or relating to language53
4767362561manifestclear or obvious to the eye or mind.54
4767362562maritimeconnected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.55
4767362563martialof or appropriate to war; warlike.56
4767362564matrilinealof or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.57
4767362565mercenary(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.58
4767362566monarchya form of government with a monarch at the head.59
4767362567monopoly/monopolizethe exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.60
4767362568monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.61
4767362569Mysticalof or relating to mystics or religious mysticism.62
4767362570nation-statea sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.63
4767362571neoa new or revived form of.64
4767362572Neolithicof, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.65
4767362573nomadicpeople who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory66
4767362574oligarchya small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.67
4767362575pantheon(especially in ancient Greece and Rome) a temple dedicated to all the gods.68
4767362576papal/papacyof or relating to a pope or to the papacy.69
4767362577parliament/parliamentary systema system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from legislature (parliament) and is also held accountable to that legislature.70
4767362578pastoralused for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.71
4767362579patriarchalthe male head of a family or tribe72
4767362580patrilinealof, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line.73
4767362581patronagethe support given by a patron.74
4767362582peasanta poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation75
4767362583pharaoha ruler in ancient Egypt.76
4767362584piety/piousthe quality of being religious or reverent.77
4767362585politysomething that has a government78
4767362586polygamythe practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time79
4767362587polytheismthe belief in or worship of more than one god.80
4767362588proselytizeconvert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.81
4767362589provincialof or concerning a province of a country or empire.82
4767362590regenta person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated.83
4767362591republica state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.84
4767362592rhetoric/rhetoricalexpressed in terms intended to persuade or impress.85
4767362593sedentary(of work or a way of life) characterized by much sitting and little physical exercise86
4767362594serfan agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate87
4767362595Sharia_____________ is the body of Islamic law, it is the legal framework within which the public and some private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Islam.88
4767362596Sinificationis a process whereby non-Han Chinese societies come under the influence of Han Chinese state and society.89
4767362597statea nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.90
4767362598steppea large, flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in eastern Europe and Asia91
4767362599stratificationa system or formation of layers, classes, categories92
4767362600Sub-Saharanfrom or forming part of the African regions south of the Sahara desert.93
4767362601subordinatea person under the authority or control of another within an organization.94
4767362602successionthe action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc95
4767362603syncretismthe amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought; the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language.96
4767362604textilesa type of cloth or woven fabric97
4767362605theocracya form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities; a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission98
4767362606theologythe study of the nature of God and religious belief.99
4767362607totalitarianof or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.100
4767362608tributary statea state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbour101
4767362609tyrannya state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler102
4767362610urban/urbanizein, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town;make or become urban in character103
4767362611usurptake (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force.104
4767362612vernacularthe language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.105

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