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| 10107502493 | absolutism | the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters. | 0 | |
| 10107509496 | chiefdom | 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'. | 1 | |
| 10107511152 | demography | the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 2 | |
| 10107514188 | empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. | 3 | |
| 10107521597 | genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. | 4 | |
| 10107525495 | interregional | relating to or occurring between different regions. | 5 | |
| 10107530641 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 6 | |
| 10107534515 | nobility | the group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title. | 7 | |
| 10107536463 | pastoral | (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. | 8 | |
| 10107545834 | prehistoric | relating to or denoting the period before written records. | 9 | |
| 10107552400 | scribe | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented. | 10 | |
| 10107560981 | slave | a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. | 11 | |
| 10107564410 | theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 12 | |
| 10107567789 | agriculture | the 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. | 13 | |
| 10107571651 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 14 | |
| 10107574922 | diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel. | 15 | |
| 10107579531 | epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. | 16 | |
| 10107582364 | globalization | the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. | 17 | |
| 10107591051 | kingdom | a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. | 18 | |
| 10107594942 | nation | a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory. | 19 | |
| 10107597226 | nomad | a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | 20 | |
| 10107600899 | patriarchal | relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men. | 21 | |
| 10107612213 | primary source | an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. | 22 | |
| 10107632032 | secondary source | information that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you're researching. | 23 | |
| 10107641268 | socialism | a 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. | 24 | |
| 10107645710 | urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town. | 25 | |
| 10107654788 | aristocracy | the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. | 26 | |
| 10107669263 | civilization | the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced. | 27 | |
| 10107676313 | divine | of, from, or like God or a god. | 28 | |
| 10107678996 | feudalism | the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. | 29 | |
| 10107685634 | imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. | 30 | |
| 10107689709 | medieval | relating to the Middle Ages. | 31 | |
| 10107692648 | nation-state | a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. | 32 | |
| 10107696451 | pandemic | (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. | 33 | |
| 10107698984 | periodization | the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history. | 34 | |
| 10107710453 | revolution | a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | 35 | |
| 10107715985 | serf | an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate. | 36 | |
| 10107721081 | state | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. | 37 | |
| 10107721082 | synthesis | the combination of ideas to form a theory or system. | 38 | |
| 10107734700 | bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 39 | |
| 10107740541 | colonialism | the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. | 40 | |
| 10107743518 | dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. | 41 | |
| 10107755083 | forager | A member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather by agriculture or animal husbandry. | 42 | |
| 10107761434 | indentured servant | an employee within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract to work for a particular employer for a fixed time. | 43 | |
| 10107763778 | merchant | a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade. | 44 | |
| 10107768269 | Neolithic | relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. | 45 | |
| 10107773413 | papacy | the office or authority of the Pope. | 46 | |
| 10107779631 | polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god. | 47 | |
| 10107796901 | rural | in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. | 48 | |
| 10107798607 | shaman | a person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America. Typically such people enter a trance state during a ritual, and practice divination and healing. | 49 | |
| 10107803683 | syncretism | the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. | 50 |
