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7223969435AbsolutismAcceptance of absolute principles in politics, philosophical, ethical or theological0
7223973051AgricultureFarming and cultivation of the land1
7223973916AristocracyThe highest class in certain societies, especially those holding heredity titles or offices2
7223976520BiasPrejudice in favor of or against one thing/things compared with something else (usually unfair)3
7223979843BureaucracyA system of government in which most of the important decision4
7223981293ChiefdomA form of hierarchical political organization in non industrial societies usually based on kinship and formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families/"houses"5
7223987178City-stateA city surrounded by areas that forms a unique political unit6
7223989130CivilizationThe stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advance7
7223991679CommercialMaking or intending to make profit. Also concerned with or engaged in commerce8
7223994512DemographyThe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of deaths, illustrates the changing structure of human population9
7223998000DivinationThe practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means10
7224000480DynastyRulers from the family11
7224001449EmpiresMultiple territories controlled by one person or government12
7224004140EpidemicA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease at a particular time13
7224009772ForagerA search for supplies or make a raid14
7224012586Globalization15
7224013496Indentured Servant16
7224013497InterregionalRelates to or occurs between different regions17
7224014991KingdomA country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen18
7224016131MedievalAnother word for the Middle Ages19
7224017069MerchantsProfessional traders20
7224017772MonotheismBelief in one god21
7224019114Nation22
7224019115NeolithicWhen people began to farm23
7224020937NobilityA group of people belonging to the noble classes in a country24
7224022116NomadA member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find a fresh pasture for their livestock25
7224025294OceanA very large expanse of sea, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically26
7224026820PandemicAn outbreak of a disease effecting the whole country or world27
7224028497Papacythe office or authority of the Pope28
7224029438PastoralConcerns or appropriate to the the giving spiritual guidance29
7224034907PatriarchalRelates to or characteristics of society or government controlled by men30
7224036756PeriodizationThe process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time in order to facilitate the study and analysis of history31
7224040913PolytheismA belief in more than one god32
7224042543PrehistoricTime period before written records33
7224043161RevolutionA forcing overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system34
7224044547RuralA countryside35
7224044548ScribeA professional writer36
7224046029Secondary SourceSources that describes and analyze primary accounts37
7224046895SerfsWorkers who are tied to the land on which they lived38
7224047604Shaman39
7224048070SlavesPeople who are legal property of another and forced to obey the owner40
7224048771StateA nation/territory considered as an organized political community under one government41
7224050313SteppesLarge areas of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia42
7224053015UrbanA city43

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