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7085694557B.C.EBefore The Common Era: The Common Era begins with year 1 in the Gregorian calendar0
7085694558C.E.The Common Era: The Common Era begins with year 1 in the Gregorian calendar1
7085695208Abdicateto give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner2
7085695398Accessionthe act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office3
7085695684Aestheticconcerned with beauty4
7085697530agrarianrelating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property5
7085698120amenitiesany feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure6
7085701898anarchya state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority7
7085701906animismthe belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls8
7085702326antiquitythe quality of being ancient9
7085702932appeasementto bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe10
7085703492aristocracyany class or group considered to be superior, as through education, ability, wealth, or social prestige11
7085703497asceticismpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline12
7085703908assimilateto take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb13
7085706890authoritarianblind submission to authority.14
7085706895autocracygovernment in which one person possesses unlimited power15
7085708217barbarismthe state, ideas, or behavior which is savagely cruel16
7085708408bureaucracy/bureaucratsa body of nonelective government officials17
7085708605city-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.18
7085708606civicof or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs19
7085711561classicalof or relating to a form or system considered of first significance in earlier times20
7085711562colonialof, relating to, or characteristic of a colony which is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country21
7085711930commercethe activity of buying and selling on a large scale22
7085711931communalshared by all members of a community; for common use23
7085712198concubinea woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, especially one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress24
7085712537conscriptioncompulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft25
7085712859cosmopolitanYour Aunt Eleanor, who's lived in six different countries and speaks four languages fluently, might be described as cosmopolitan, or comfortable and familiar with different cultures and people.26
7085712860coupa sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.27
7085713908demography/demographicthe study of populations in a defined area28
7085714171despota ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.29
7085714486diasporais a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved out to places all over the world30
7085714634dissentis to publicly disagree with an official opinion or a decision which a majority decided31
7085714635dissidentIf you are a dissident, you are a person who is rebelling against a government. Dissidents can do their work peacefully or with violence32
7085714946domestic/domesticateof or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family/no longer wild; tame.33
7085714947dynasty/dynastica line of hereditary rulers of a country.34
7085717391edictan official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.35
7085720180egalitarianbelieving in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.36
7085720181elitea select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.37
7085720421emigrateleave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.38
7085720422epicheroic or grand in scale or character.39
7085720755ethnocentricIf you refused to bow when greeting a Japanese friend, insisting on shaking hands instead, you'd be displaying your ethnocentrism, or your belief that your own culture is superior to others.40
7085721046feudalismthe 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, labour, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.41
7085721047genocidethe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.42
7085722262gentrypeople of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.43
7085724798guildan organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.44
7085724799hierarchyany system of persons or things ranked one above another.45
7085725054hominidsany member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.46
7085725055homogenous47
7085725231ideology48
7085726289imperial/imperialism49
7085726721indigenous50
7085726931infrastructure51
7085726932lineage52
7085727182linguistic53
7085727183manifest54
7085727527maritime55
7085727864martial56
7085727865matrilineal57
7085727897mercenary58
7085728948monarchy59
7085729146monopoly/monopolize60
7085729147monotheism61
7085729805mystical62
7085730015nation-state63
7085730016neo64
7085730783Neolithic65
7085730784nomadic66
7085730785oligarchy67
7085731432pantheon68
7085731441papal/papacy69
7085731898parliament/parliamentary system70
7085731899pastoral71
7085732310patriarchal72
7085732311patrilineal73
7085732458patronage74
7085733062peasant75
7085733063pharaoh76
7085733496piety/pious77
7085733497polity78
7085733669polygamy79
7085734008polytheism80
7085734724proselytize81
7085734725provincial82
7085734726regent83
7085734899republic84
7085735235rhetoric/rhetorical85
7085735641sedentary86
7085735980serf87
7085736153Sharia88
7085736154Sinification89
7085736581statea politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory90
7085736582steppean extensive plain, especially one without trees91
7085736583stratificationarranging something, or something that has been arranged, into categories92
7085737230Sub-SaharanAfrica south of the Sahara Desert93
7085738029subordinateplaced in or belonging to a lower order or rank94
7085738030successionthe coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events95
7085738248syncretismthe combination of different forms of belief or practice96
7085739384textilesany cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting97
7085741283theocracya form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.98
7085742137theologystudy of divine things or religious truth99
7085743165totalitarianof or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life100
7085743464tributary statea state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbour101
7085743475tyrannycruel and oppressive government or rule102
7085743906urban/urbanizecharacteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified103
7085743907usurpto seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right104
7085745063vernacularthe native speech or language of a place105

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