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4760332458A.D. (anno domini)After christ was born0
4760332459AbsolutismOne ruler or other authority should have all the power1
4760332460AgricultureThe skill of farming; producing crops and raising livestocks2
4760332461AristocracyHeredity of high class3
4760332462B.C.Before Christ was born4
4760332463BiasA line going diagonally across the gain of fabric5
4760332464ChiefdomHighest rank6
4760332465City-stateConsisting of sovereign and independencies7
4760332466CivilizationThe type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region8
4760332467CommercialConcerned with9
4760332468ConsumerismThe movement to protect and inform consumers by advertisement10
4760332469DemographyStudies of human population characteristics, size growth11
4760332470Demographic shiftTells the rates of births and deaths as a country12
4760332471DiffusionThe process of being defused13
4760332472DivinationRetelling things from pass events14
4760332473DynastySuccessful rulers from the same family15
4760332474Economic systemCountry and government exchanging goods and services16
4760332475EmpireType of characteristics, style, and design17
4760332476EpidemicInfection or illness spreading quickly18
4760332477ForagerPlant material that is cut and use for feeding them19
4760332478Hunter-gatherHunting for animals and foraging20
4760332479Imperial ExpansionTo extend the rule or authority of an empire or nation21
4760332480Indentured servantA person working for a certain period of time22
4760332481InterregionalConnecting to religions23
4760332482KingdomA political ruled by an authority24
4760332483Medievalrelating or belonging to the middle age25
4760332484MerchantA person who whole sales purchase and retails sales of goods for profits26
4760332485MetallurgyMelting metal and turning it to useful objects27
4760332486MonotheismThe doctrine or belief that there is only one God28
4760332487NeolithicRelating to a certain periods of the Stone Age29
4760332488NobilityThe class of a person based on high birth ranks30
4760332489NomadA person that is constantly traveling31
4760332490PaleolithicCultural period, earliest of the Stone Age32
4760332491PapacyThe office and jurisdiction of a pope33
4760332492PastoralOf or shepherd34
4760332493PatriarchalTraits or characteristics of a patriarch35
4760332494Political structureA group and their relations to one another36
4760332495PolytheismWorshiping other gods37
4760332496PrehistoricEra before recorded history38
4760332497Primary sourceA direct source39
4760332498RevolutionOrbital motion about a point40
4760332499ScribePublic clerk41
4760332500Secondary sourceDerivative information42
4760332501SerfLowest of class working for high class to receive a personal allotment of land43
4760332502ShamanA member of a certain traditional societies44
4760332503SlaveA person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action45
4760332504StateA condition46
4760332505SteppesHuge grasslands of Eurasia47
4760332506Trade systemA group that determines what entires and leaves48
4760332507UrbanizationTo make character in nature49

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