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| 10457323971 | B.C.E. | Before Common Era | 0 | |
| 10457327135 | C.E. | Common Era | 1 | |
| 10457331379 | abdicate | to step down from the throne |  | 2 |
| 10457333551 | accesion | to obtain a new rank/position (president/monarchy) | 3 | |
| 10457340560 | aesthetic | to be concerned about beautiful and ugly | 4 | |
| 10457392045 | amenities | desirable or useful features or facilities of a building or place |  | 5 |
| 10457394255 | agrarian | agricultural |  | 6 |
| 10457396275 | anarchy | political and social disorder due to non-existent government |  | 7 |
| 10457421414 | animism | a religious belief that in which natural objects, animals, gods, etc. possess spiritual power and soul | 8 | |
| 10457539844 | antiquity | the ancient past |  | 9 |
| 10457541661 | appeasement | the action of returning to peace |  | 10 |
| 10457542183 | aristocracy | a government ruled by the upper class |  | 11 |
| 10457545578 | asceticism | a lifestyle in which one avoids pleasurable things for religious purposes |  | 12 |
| 10457547055 | assimilate | to adapt a group, nation, etc. into something around the globe |  | 13 |
| 10457552127 | authoritarian | to favor authority having complete control instead of individual freedom |  | 14 |
| 10457553245 | autocracy | dictatorship |  | 15 |
| 10457556855 | barbarism | no culture and civilization |  | 16 |
| 10457557975 | bureaucracy/bureaucrat | a type of government where state officials make the most important decisions |  | 17 |
| 10457560278 | city-state | an independent city with its own government | 18 | |
| 10457561787 | civic | pertaining to a city or citizen | 19 | |
| 10457567679 | classical | relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture. |  | 20 |
| 10457573166 | colonial | relating to colonies |  | 21 |
| 10457575623 | commerce | trading | 22 | |
| 10457577144 | communal | pertaining to a group or community | 23 | |
| 10457579663 | concubine | A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social status. |  | 24 |
| 10457586722 | conscription | enlistment of men into the military |  | 25 |
| 10457587790 | cosmopolitan | to be at ease with different countries and cultures; comfortable at being at other places |  | 26 |
| 10457589824 | coup | overthrow of the government |  | 27 |
| 10457591013 | demography/demographic | the study of populations and what affects them | 28 | |
| 10457610959 | despot | a ruler who has absolute power |  | 29 |
| 10457613293 | dissent | to disagree |  | 30 |
| 10457614838 | dissident | someone that opposes official policy |  | 31 |
| 10457617247 | diaspora | a large group of people that have a similar heritage and ethnicity who moved to other places | 32 | |
| 10457619886 | domestic/domesticate | to tame or adapt to live in close connection with humans |  | 33 |
| 10457621624 | dynasty/dynastic | a sequence of rulers from the same family or group |  | 34 |
| 10457623866 | edict | a decree issued by an authority |  | 35 |
| 10457626519 | egalitarian | the belief that everyone is equal (especially in political, economic, and social life) |  | 36 |
| 10457628819 | elite | a superior group | 37 | |
| 10457630354 | emigrate | to leave a country |  | 38 |
| 10457633030 | epic | a long poem that is about the adventures of a heroic individual or history of a nation |  | 39 |
| 10457635243 | ethnocentric | judging other cultures based on one's culture |  | 40 |
| 10457637041 | feudalism | a system where peasants provided labor and food in their lord's estate and in return the king provides protection |  | 41 |
| 10457639601 | genocide | the mass murder of a large group, ethnic group, or nation |  | 42 |
| 10457641403 | gentry | an upper class |  | 43 |
| 10457642170 | guild | an association between craftsman/merchants |  | 44 |
| 10457643806 | hierarchy | a type of system where people are organized on which has a higher or lower rank based on status/ authority |  | 45 |
| 10457650301 | hominids | a type of primate from the family homidae that includes humans and their ancestors |  | 46 |
| 10457654761 | homogenous | alike |  | 47 |
| 10457655452 | idealogy | a system of ideas and ideals | 48 | |
| 10457657931 | imperial/imperialism | the policy of expanding one's power over to a foreign country |  | 49 |
| 10457660469 | indigenous | native people |  | 50 |
| 10457662323 | infrastructure | The basic framework of a building or a system |  | 51 |
| 10457664889 | lineage | lineal descent from an ancestor |  | 52 |
| 10457669158 | linguistic | pertaining to language; having to do with the structure of language |  | 53 |
| 10457671100 | manifest | evident; obvious |  | 54 |
| 10457672195 | maritime | relating or connecting to the sea |  | 55 |
| 10457674967 | martial | warlike |  | 56 |
| 10457676679 | matrillineal | inheritance determining descent via the female line | 57 | |
| 10457679337 | mercenary | a paid soldier |  | 58 |
| 10457680711 | monarchy | a type of government where one individual holds all power and control |  | 59 |
| 10457683356 | monopoly/monopolize | a control over supply of a good or service |  | 60 |
| 10457684969 | monothiesm | a type of religious belief where one believes in one god |  | 61 |
| 10457686883 | mystical | a spiritual sense beyond human understanding | 62 | |
| 10457689598 | nation-state | a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a common nationality | 63 | |
| 10457692843 | neo | new | 64 | |
| 10457692844 | Neolithic | the later part of the Stone Age, where humans began developing new technology |  | 65 |
| 10457697134 | nomadic | living as a wanderer |  | 66 |
| 10457697966 | oligarchy | a type of government, organization, or institution where it is run by a small group of people |  | 67 |
| 10457704612 | Pantheon | a domed circular temple at Rome that was constructed in 120 C.E. - 124 C.E. by Hadrian, in order to be used as a church |  | 68 |
| 10457714590 | papal/papacy | the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope |  | 69 |
| 10457715483 | parliament/parliamentary | the legislature of Britain |  | 70 |
| 10457720387 | pastoral | where one lives life herding animals and moving around |  | 71 |
| 10457722866 | patriarchal | where the man is the head of his home | 72 | |
| 10457726497 | partrillineal | descent through the male ancestral line | 73 | |
| 10457874261 | patronage | the support given by a patron | 74 | |
| 10457878370 | peasant | a poor farmer(usually of a very low social status) who owns/rents a small piece of land to cultivate |  | 75 |
| 10457883666 | pharoah | an ancient ruler from Egypt |  | 76 |
| 10457884479 | piety/pious | very religious | 77 | |
| 10457887330 | polity | a certain type of form or system of government | 78 | |
| 10457888697 | polygamy | having more than one wife at the same time |  | 79 |
| 10457889481 | polythiesm | a religious belief where one believes in many gods |  | 80 |
| 10457893885 | proselytize | to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; to recruit | 81 | |
| 10457897240 | provincial | belonging to a province | 82 | |
| 10457899179 | regent | a person who takes over role as a ruler in a kingdom during a time where the sovereign is absent or disabled | 83 | |
| 10457901680 | republic | a state where the power belongs to the citizens. Citizens are entitled to vote and are represented by representatives | 84 | |
| 10457905660 | rhetoric/rhetorical | persuasive language used in speaking and writing |  | 85 |
| 10457906894 | sedentary | somewhat inactive |  | 86 |
| 10457908242 | serf | a farmer or laborer that is tied under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate |  | 87 |
| 10457919536 | Sharia | Islamic law, dealing with all matters of both secular and religious life. |  | 88 |
| 10457928513 | Sinification | a process where non-Chinese societies come under the influence of Chinese culture | 89 | |
| 10457933949 | state | a nation or territory that is under control by a single government |  | 90 |
| 10457935339 | steppe | a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. |  | 91 |
| 10457942646 | Sub-Saharan | the region of Africa under or south of the Sahara Desert |  | 92 |
| 10457946168 | subordinate | lower in rank or position | 93 | |
| 10457947848 | syncretism | The unification or blending of opposing people, ideas, or practices, frequently in the realm of religion. | 94 | |
| 10457959266 | textiles | a type of cloth or woven fabric |  | 95 |
| 10457960270 | theocracy | a type of government run by religious figures |  | 96 |
| 10457964712 | theology | the study of the nature of God and religious belief |  | 97 |
| 10457999322 | totalitarian | a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial |  | 98 |
| 10458001372 | tributary state | a state that is lesser in power to its more powerful neighbor | 99 | |
| 10458004492 | tyranny | an oppressive government or rule |  | 100 |
| 10458005594 | urban/urbanize | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town. |  | 101 |
| 10458013018 | usurp | seizing a position of power illegally or by force |  | 102 |
| 10458016110 | vernacular | native language |  | 103 |
