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2828268916Absolutismthe principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government0
2828271861Agriculturethe science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming1
2828300123AristocracyA class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility2
2828304130BiasA particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice3
2828322596BureaucracyA government by many bureaus, administrations, and petty officials4
2828326431ChiefdomThe rank or office of being head or leader of an organized body of people5
2828334726City-StateA sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies6
2828338933CivilizationAn advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached7
2828360311CommercialEngaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit, especially on large scale between different countries8
2828364284DemographyThe science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, marriages of the population9
2828377445DivinationThe practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means10
2828382045DynastyA sequence of rulers from the same family, stack, or group11
2828385011EmpireA group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful government12
2828391247EpidemicA rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something such as a disease13
2828393644ForageTo collect strip of supplies, plunder, wander, and go in search of provisions; Search about; seek; rummage; or hunt14
2828401814GlobalizationThe act of extending to other or all parts of the world, worldwide integration and development15
2828405665Indentured ServantA person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, 7yrs., during 17th-19th centuries16
2828411803InterregionalOf or pertaining to a particular region, district, area or part, as of a country, sectional, or local (may not always be local)17
2828419163KingdomA state or government having a king or queen as its head18
2828422298MedievalOf pertaining to, characteristic of, or in style of the Middle Ages; 500 C.E.-1350C.E.19
2828427220MerchantA person who buys and sells commodities for profit, dealer, trader, pertaining to or used for trade20
2828431219MonotheismThe doctrine or belief that there is only one God21
2828433435NationA large body of people, associated with a particular territory22
2828435417NeolithicThe last phase of the stone age, marked by development, 9000-8000B.C. in the Middle Ages23
2828438949NobilityThe distinguished class or the body of rich, ranked in a country24
2828442120NomadA member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves place to place25
2828446004OceanThe vast body of salt water that covers almost 3/4 of the Earth's surface26
2828449133Pandemic(of a disease) Prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world27
2828452033PapacyThe office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope; Government where pope is head28
2828455014PastoralPertaining to the country or to life; rural rustic; shepherds; farming29
2828460389PatriarchalOf or pertaining to the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.30
2828463066PeriodizationAn act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study31
2828468501PolytheismThe doctrine of or belief in more than one god or many gods32
2828469747PrehistoricOf or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history33
2828471593Primary SourceFirst or highest in rank or importance; first in order34
2828476526RevolutionAn overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of government35
2828479327RuralOf pertaining to, or characteristic of the country, life or people36
2828481798ScribeA person who serves as a professional copyist; manuscripts; before printing37
2828484272SeaThe salt waters that cover the greater part of the surface of the Earth, that have boundaries38
2828486846Secondary SourceBelonging or pertaining to a second order division, rank, grade, or period39
2828490180SerfA person in a condition of servitude required to render services to a lord; slave40
2828494746ShamanA person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds41
2828499618SlaveA person who is the property of and wholly subject to another42
2828501364StateA politically unified people occupying a definite territory43
2828504126SteppesAn extensive plain, especially one without trees44
2828505655UrbanOf pertaining to, or designating a city or town; living in a city45

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