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| 2535309276 | aristocracy | a form of government in which power is held by the nobility | 0 | |
| 2535316377 | bureaucracy | the administrative structure of a large or complex orginazation | 1 | |
| 2535320132 | egalitarian | The belief that all people are created equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 2 | |
| 2535321107 | intensive cultivation | An agricultural production system characterized by high inputs or labor | 3 | |
| 2535321125 | karma | The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as their deciding fate | 4 | |
| 2535322727 | secular | Denoting attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis | 5 | |
| 2535322728 | sericulture | The production of raw silk | 6 | |
| 2535325226 | syncretism | Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion | 7 | |
| 2535325227 | theocracy | A 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 | 8 | |
| 2535326402 | animism | 1) the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. 2) the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe. | 9 | |
| 2535326403 | bodhisattva | An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others | 10 | |
| 2535327686 | codification | The arrangement or systemization of something into a code or set of codes | 11 | |
| 2535329425 | dao/tao | The basic, eternal principle of the universe that transcends reality and is the source of being, non-being, and change | 12 | |
| 2535330539 | Enlightenment | A blessed state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains nirvana/moksha | 13 | |
| 2535331735 | Hellenistic | A fusion of the Ancient Greek world with that of the Near East, Middle East and Southwest Asia, and a departure from earlier Greek attitudes towards "barbarian" cultures | 14 | |
| 2535331736 | manifestations | An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea | 15 | |
| 2535333448 | monastery | A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion | 16 | |
| 2535333449 | rajas | A prince, chief, or ruler in India or the East Indies | 17 | |
| 2535334748 | rents | above-market returns to a factor of production | 18 | |
| 2535334749 | republic | A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them | 19 | |
| 2535336321 | shamanism | The animistic religion of certain peoples of northern Asia in which mediation between the visible and spirit worlds is affected by shamans | 20 | |
| 2535336332 | sinicization | The action of making Chinese in character or changing or modifying by Chinese influence | 21 | |
| 2535338009 | chinampa | A method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico | 22 | |
| 2535338010 | christendom | The part of the world where most people are Christians | 23 | |
| 2535340148 | Dar al-Islam | Areas where Muslims are in the majority | 24 | |
| 2535340149 | entrepot | A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | 25 | |
| 2535341901 | fiefs | The property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service | 26 | |
| 2535341902 | gentry | Persons of high birth or social standing | 27 | |
| 2535344516 | Grand Canal in China | The longest canal or artificial river in the world; built by SUI dynasty | 28 | |
| 2535347441 | Great Warming Period (800-1300) | A period in North America and Europe where temperatures are thought to have been warmer than in preceding and following periods | 29 | |
| 2535347442 | griots | A member of a caste responsible for maintaining an oral record of tribal history in the form of music, poetry, and storytelling | 30 | |
| 2535349225 | guilds | An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards | 31 | |
| 2535350525 | Hanseatic League | A former economic and defensive confederation of free towns in northern Germany and neighboring areas | 32 | |
| 2535350526 | kow tow | To kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of a Chinese custom | 33 | |
| 2535351645 | mit'a | A system or tribute to the government in the form of labor in Incan society | 34 | |
| 2535352763 | quipu | Recording devices historically used in the region of Andean South America | 35 | |
| 2535352764 | sharia | The moral code and religious law of Islam | 36 | |
| 2535354302 | Shia | The second largest denomination of Islam; think successor should have been Ali (muhammad's son) | 37 | |
| 2535354303 | southernization | process that began in Southern Asia and spread to other places around the globe | 38 | |
| 2535355711 | sufism | Syncretic faith between Hinduism and Islam, have allegiance to Allah but believed in Moksha and reincarnation | 39 | |
| 2535355712 | sultan | definition: the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) significance: true leaders of dar al-Islam, set up a puppet state | 40 | |
| 2535357759 | tax farming | a system for collecting taxes and other state revenues from the population. Under this system, the state transfers the right of collection to private individuals called tax farmers in exchange for a certain fee | 41 | |
| 2535357760 | terances | method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the hill | 42 | |
| 2535359133 | synthesized | The combination of two or more things to form something new | 43 | |
| 2535359134 | ulama | The educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies | 44 |
