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2726033760B.C.E.Before the Common Era.0
2726033982C.E.Common Era.1
2726035748AgrarianHaving to do with farming or agriculture.2
2726035749AnarchyA state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).3
2726036373Bureaucracy/BureaucratsSystem of government where important decisions are made by state officials rather than elected representatives.4
2726036744City StateA city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside5
2726036745ClassicalRelating to Greek or Roman antiquity.6
2726036746CommunalPertaining to a group or community.7
2726036963Demography/DemographicStatistical study of human populations.8
2726037130DiasporaJews living outside Palestine or modern Israel. Scattered from origin.9
2726037342Domestic/DomesticateTame/To tame.10
2726037567Dynasty/DynasticLine of hereditary rulers of a country. Sequence of rulers from same family. Powerful family/group that maintains it's position for some time.11
2726037568EgalitarianBelieving in the equality of all people12
2726037569HierarchySystem in which people are ranked above one another according to status or authority.13
2726037731HominidsTaxonomic family of primates. Also known as the great apes.14
2726037732HomogenousPeople that have common ties with race, ethnic, religious backgrounds.15
2726037733IdeologyA system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.16
2726037734IndigenousNative to a certain area.17
2726037909InfrastructureThe basic physical and organizational structures and facilities.18
2726037910LinguisticScientific study of language. Of or relating to language.19
2726037911MatrilinealBased on or tracing descent through the female line.20
2726038330MonotheismBelief that there is only one god.21
2726038331MysticalA spiritual sense beyond human understanding22
2726038728NeolithicThe development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.23
2726038729NomadicMoving from place to place with no permanent home.24
2726038730PastoralOf or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country. Land used for grazing.25
2726038731PatriarchalRelating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority.26
2726038921PatrilinealBased on or tracing descent through the male line.27
2726038922PharaohA king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.28
2726039405PolytheismBelief in or worship of more than one god.29
2726039406SedentaryRemaining in one place. Inactive.30
2726039407Sub-SaharanPortion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara Desert.31
2726039624SyncretismCombining beliefs or practices from different cultures.32
2726039625Tributary StateIndependent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler.33
2726039680VernacularEveryday language of a specific nation. Native and indigenous.34

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