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7544678011BureaucracyA system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.0
7544556101DiasporaThe dispersion of Jews beyond Israel.1
7544562895ReincarnationThe rebirth of a soul in a new body.2
7544568481Caste SystemA class structure determined by birth.3
7544575111MonotheismThe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.4
7544581778PolytheismThe belief in or worship of more than one god.5
7544585885MissionaryA person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.6
7544589537Filial PietyA virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors.7
7544595041MonasticismA religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.8
7544601118ShamanismA religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans9
7544607814AnimismThe belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.10
7544615055Ancestor venerationhe custom of venerating deceased ancestors who are considered still a part of the family and whose spirits are believed to have the power to intervene in the affairs of the living.11
7544618161Shi HuangdiQin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China.12
7544623742Zhou dynastyThe Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) was the longest-lasting of China's dynasties.13
7544629106Qin dynastyChinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall14
7544634663Han dynastyThe Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China. Founded in 206 BC when the rebel leader Liu Bang successfully ended the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty lasted for four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history.15
7544641084Great WallStone wall extending for fifteen hundred miles across northern China.16
7544646740Mauryana native or inhabitant of the area of northern India ruled by the Mauryan dynasty.17
7544653675GuptaThe Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire founded by Sri Gupta. The empire existed at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is called the Golden Age of India.18
7544667413AshokaAshoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE19
7544669275RomeItaly's capital, is a sprawling, cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of globally influential art, architecture and culture on display.20
7544672618CurrencyA system of money in general use in a particular country.21
7544681507FortificationA defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.22
7544691971HellenismThe national character or culture of Greece, especially ancient Greece.23
7544693913Corvee laborA form of unpaid, labor, which is intermittent in nature and which lasts limited periods of time.24
7544705899Chattel slaveryMost people have in mind when they think of the kind of slavery that existed in the United States before the Civil War, and that existed legally throughout many parts of the world as far back as recorded history.25
7544710886TributePayment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.26
7544714134Silk RoadThe Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction originally through regions of Eurasia connecting the East and West and stretching from the Korean peninsula and Japan to the Mediterranean Sea.27
7544719724Trans-Saharan trade routeThe Trans-Sahara Highway is a proposed transnational highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on an existing trade route across the Sahara Desert.28
7550997420Alexander the GreatA king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty29
7551014587Julius CaesarA Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire30
7551032873OligarchyA small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.31
7551055154Democracya system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.32
7551063342Syncretismthe amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.33
7551070259Sanskritthe primary liturgical language of Hinduism34
7551086058stupaa dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine.35
7551091197Buddhaany of a series of teachers in Buddhism, of whom Gautama was the last, who bring enlightenment and wisdom.36
7551101760ConfuciusConfucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history37
7551111773Jainisma nontheistic religion founded in India in the 6th century BC by the Jina Vardhamana Mahavira as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism, and still practiced there38
7551140984Christianitythe religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.39
7551149413Cyrus the Greatwas the founder of the Achaemenid Empire40
7551161012Royal Roada way of attaining or reaching something without trouble.41
7551170736Daoisma Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu ( 6th century BC), advocating humility and religious piety.42
7551174619Legalismexcessive adherence to law or formula.43
7551182852Satrapsa provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.44
7551185097Shamana person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some peoples of northern Asia and North America.45
7551190920White Hunsa race of largely nomadic peoples who were a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia.46
7551198579Yellow Turban Revolutiona peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty.47

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