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292769480Hunting-Gatheringthe use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food0
292769481Domesticated Plants and AnimalsStarted around 8000 B.C.E., dogs, horses, wheat, barley, etc.1
292769482Sedentarycharacterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place2
292769483Nomadic(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently3
292769484Pastoralrural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor4
292769485Neolithiclatest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)5
292769486Deityany supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force6
292769487Pantheon(antiquity) a temple to all the gods7
292769488PaganA follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.8
292769489Caste Systema social structure in which classes are determined by heredity, a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society9
292769490Priesta person who performs religous cerimonies10
292769491Nuna woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church11
292769492Monotheismbelief in a single God12
292769493Polytheismbelief in multiple Gods13
292769494Celibacyabstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)14
292769495Monasticisma way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith15
292769496Afterlifelife after death16
292769497Reincarnationthe Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions17
292769498Missionariespeople who work to spread their religious beliefs18
292769499Pilgrimspeople who take long journeys for religious reasons19
292769500Filialrelating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring20
292769501Kinship groupsgroups of people related by blood or marriage, Early agricultural and technological development (about 8000 BCE to 3500 BCE) - Small groups of settlers grew into kinship-based villages that practiced both crop cultivation and domestication of animals. Tools and inventions helped villages to stabilize and eventually grow.21
292769502Conversiona spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life22
292769503Priesthoodthe body of ordained religious practitioners23
292769504Sacred Textstexts that a religion believes to be sacred or of central importance.24
292769505Imperialrelating to or associated with an empire25
292769506Feudalisma political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service26
292769507The stateA body of people living in a defined territory and organized politically.27
292769508Empirea group of countries under a single authority28
292769509Ideologysystem of ideas characteristic of a group or culture29
292769510Bureacracya system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority.30
292769511Civil Servicethe group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government31
292769512Social HierarchyThe division of society by rank or class32
292769513Stratificationthe act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata33
292769514Inequalitylack of equality34
292769515Patriarchya form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line35
292769516Slaverythe practice of owning slaves36
292769517Urbanrelating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area37
292769518Tax Revenuegovernment income due to taxation38
292769519Nobilitya privileged class holding hereditary titles39
292769520ElitesA group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status.40
292769521Autonomyimmunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence41
292769522Citizena native or naturalized member of a state or other political community42
292769523Trade Goodsarticles of commerce43
292769524Role of nomads in tradenomads spread ideas from far away lands and traded new technology through their developed overland routes44

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