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| 5151843554 | Agrarian Economic | relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property |  | 0 |
| 5151843555 | Barbarian P | a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person |  | 1 |
| 5151845204 | Boddhisatva C | a person who has attained prajna, or Enlightenment, but who postpones Nirvana in order to help others to attain Enlightenment: individual Bodhisattvas are the subjects of devotion in certain sects and are often represented in painting and sculpture |  | 2 |
| 5151845936 | Bureaucracy p | the body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department |  | 3 |
| 5151847145 | Castration c | to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken |  | 4 |
| 5151848055 | Civilization s | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached |  | 5 |
| 5151848056 | Classical c | conforming to ancient Greek and Roman models in literature or art, or to later systems modeled upon them |  | 6 |
| 5151849089 | Conscription p | compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft |  | 7 |
| 5151849090 | Consuls p | an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country |  | 8 |
| 5151850130 | Dictator p | a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession |  | 9 |
| 5151850131 | Economy e | thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc |  | 10 |
| 5151851191 | Egalitarian p,e,s | asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life |  | 11 |
| 5151851192 | Emperor p | the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire |  | 12 |
| 5151851193 | Empire s | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire |  | 13 |
| 5151852001 | Epidemics i | affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent |  | 14 |
| 5151852002 | Eunuchs p | a castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official |  | 15 |
| 5151852814 | Feudalism p | the feudal system, or its principles and practices |  | 16 |
| 5151853859 | Hegemony p | the feudal system, or its principles and practices |  | 17 |
| 5151853860 | Hierarchy p | any system of persons or things ranked one above another |  | 18 |
| 5151854828 | Hierarchial p | a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest |  | 19 |
| 5151855618 | Missionaries c | a person strongly in favor of a program, set of principles, etc., who attempts to persuade or convert others |  | 20 |
| 5151858120 | Monarchy p | supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person |  | 21 |
| 5151858847 | Monsoons i | the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter |  | 22 |
| 5151858848 | Monotheism c | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God |  | 23 |
| 5151859742 | Patricians p | a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat |  | 24 |
| 5151860278 | Patronage p | the control of or power to make appointments to government jobs or the power to grant other political favors. |  | 25 |
| 5151861339 | Philosophy c | the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. |  | 26 |
| 5151862572 | Plebians s | belonging or pertaining to the common people |  | 27 |
| 5151863173 | Polytheism c | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods |  | 28 |
| 5151864599 | Qanat Economic | a gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation purposes, esp. in ancient Persia |  | 29 |
| 5151864600 | Satrapies p | the province or jurisdiction of a satrap |  | 30 |
| 5151865869 | Standardized Coins Economic | a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value |  | 31 |
| 5151865870 | Surplus e | agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops |  | 32 |
| 5151867413 | Sustenance e | to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life |  | 33 |
| 5151867414 | Theocracy p | a 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. |  | 34 |
| 5151867415 | Tribute c | a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. |  | 35 |
| 5151868575 | Urbanization s | taking on the characteristics of a city |  | 36 |
| 5151868576 | Vassals p | a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer |  | 37 |
| 5151871150 | Alexander the Great pg: 166 p | king of Macedon, who conquered Greece (336), Egypt (331), and the Persian Empire (328), and founded Alexandria |  | 38 |
| 5151872406 | Analects of Confucius pg: 183 p | A work that has profoundly influenced Chinese political and cultural traditions |  | 39 |
| 5151872407 | Bactria pg: 209 p | an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains |  | 40 |
| 5151873130 | Bronze Age pg: 112 p | a period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age, during which bronze weapons and implements were used |  | 41 |
| 5151873137 | Byzantium pg: 440 p | an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara: Constantine I rebuilt it and renamed it Constantinople a.d |  | 42 |
| 5151874341 | Ceylon pg: 222 p | former name of Sri Lanka |  | 43 |
| 5151875194 | Chang'an pg: 194 p | former name of Xian |  | 44 |
| 5151875830 | Cleopatra pg: 268 p | a female given name: from Greek words meaning "fame" and "father." |  | 45 |
| 5151875831 | Crete pg: 232 p | Sea of, a part of the S Aegean Sea lying between the Cyclades Islands and Crete |  | 46 |
| 5151876656 | Cyrus, Darius pg: 159, 162 p | founder of the Persian empire |  | 47 |
| 5151876657 | Democracy pg: 236 p | a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system |  | 48 |
| 5151877420 | Diocletian pg: 306 p | Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284-305 |  | 49 |
| 5151878265 | Eight Fold Path pg: 220 c | the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation. |  | 50 |
| 5151878266 | Four Noble Paths pg: 219 c | the core of the Buddha's doctrine teaches that all life involves suffering | 51 | |
| 5151879727 | Gothic Migrations i | period of human migration that occurred roughly between 300 to 700 CE in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages |  | 52 |
| 5151879728 | Great Wall pg: 725 p | a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria |  | 53 |
| 5151880784 | Han Dynasty pg: 193 p | was one of the longest of China's major dynasties |  | 54 |
| 5151880785 | Hellenism pg: 242 p | the characteristics of Greek culture, especially after the time of Alexander the Great; civilization of the Hellenistic period |  | 55 |
| 5151882633 | The Huns pg: 213 p | a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d. |  | 56 |
| 5151883752 | Indian Ocean Trade pg: 215 e | served as an important role in history, and has been a key factor in East-West exchanges |  | 57 |
| 5151883753 | Iron Age pg: 118 p | the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron. |  | 58 |
| 5151884318 | Jewish Diaspora pg: i | refers to the dispersion of Israelites, Judahites, and later Jews out of their ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and the communities built by them across the world. |  | 59 |
| 5151884319 | Khotan pg: p | the chief city in this oasis |  | 60 |
| 5151886390 | Kuqa p | a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture |  | 61 |
| 5151886395 | Legalism(China)pg: 188 p | was a philosophy of administration in ancient China |  | 62 |
| 5151887497 | Marc Antony p | an ally of Julius Caesar and the main rival of his successor Octavian (later Augustus) |  | 63 |
| 5151888562 | Noble Eightfold Path 220 c | the system of following these eight divisions of the path to achieve spiritual enlightenment and cease suffering |  | 64 |
| 5151889672 | Olympic Games 1076 c | part of a religious festival. The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, inspired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896) The Games were held in honour of Zeus, king of the gods, and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near a city called Elis |  | 65 |
| 5151889673 | Pax Romana 271 s | the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions |  | 66 |
| 5151890287 | Pericles 237&240 p | c495-429 b.c, Athenian statesman |  | 67 |
| 5151890288 | Persepolis 162,163&166 p | an ancient capital of Persia |  | 68 |
| 5151891233 | Ptolemy 242 p | Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria |  | 69 |
| 5151891915 | Punic Wars 264 p | the three wars waged by Rome against Carthage, 264-241, 218-201, and 149-146 b.c., resulting in the destruction of Carthage and the annexation of its territory by Rome |  | 70 |
| 5151909078 | Roman Republic 260, 262-64 p | the period of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire |  | 71 |
| 5151893697 | Roman Senate p | political institution in ancient Rome |  | 72 |
| 5151893698 | Samarkand 476 p | a city in SE Uzbekistan: taken by Alexander the Great 329 b.c.; Tamerlane's capital in the 14th century |  | 73 |
| 5151895460 | Shang Civilization( China) 111-114 p | ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty |  | 74 |
| 5151896908 | Shi Huang Di (Qin China) 190-193 p | Chinese emperor c247-210 b.c. initiated the building of the Great Wall of China |  | 75 |
| 5151911561 | Siddhartha Gautama p | an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded |  | 76 |
| 5151897754 | Silk Road Trade 198, 287-88 e | network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the East and West from China to the Mediterranean Sea |  | 77 |
| 5151897755 | Stoics 254, 276-77, 278-79 c | of or relating to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity |  | 78 |
| 5151899599 | The Torah 47,48 c | a scroll that says the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch) |  | 79 |
| 5151900812 | The Vedas of Hinduism 94, 99-101 c | large body of texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent |  | 80 |
| 5151900813 | Xiongnu 194, 196-97, 199, 201, 287 p | were one of the nomadic peoples of Ancient Central Asia |  | 81 |
