7199197813 | B.C.E | Before Common Era | 0 | |
7199199082 | C.E. | Common Era | 1 | |
7199255760 | Abdicate | Renounce one's throne; fail to fulfill or undertake | 2 | |
7199263354 | Accession | The attainment of a position of rank or power | 3 | |
7199271972 | Aesthetic | Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty; a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic beauty | 4 | |
7199279732 | Agrarian | Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land; a person who advocates a redistribution of landed property, especially as part of a social movement | 5 | |
7199289747 | Amenities | A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place | 6 | |
7199297354 | Anarchy | A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority | 7 | |
7199304668 | Animism | The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena; the belief in supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe | 8 | |
7199313186 | Antiquity | The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages | 9 | |
7199316662 | Appeasement | The action or process of making less angry by agreeing to their demands; relieve or satisfy | 10 | |
7199324955 | Aristocracy | The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices | 11 | |
7199333143 | Asceticism | Severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgences, typically for religious reasons | 12 | |
7199342236 | Assimilate | Take in information, ideas, or culture and understand fully | 13 | |
7199352520 | Authoritarian | Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom | 14 | |
7199361388 | Autocracy | A system of government by one person with absolute power | 15 | |
7199365060 | Barbarism | Absence of culture and civilization | 16 | |
7199385414 | Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than the by elected representatives | 17 | |
7199391509 | City-state | A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state | 18 | |
7199396798 | Civic | Relating to a city or town, especially its administration; relating to the duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area | 19 | |
7199411272 | Classical | Relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture; regarding as representing an exemplary standard: traditional and long-established in form or style | 20 | |
7199804883 | Colonial | Relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies; living in colonies | 21 | |
7199808746 | Commerce | The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale; social dealings between people | 22 | |
7199810531 | Communal | Conflict between different communities, especially those having different religions or ethnic origins | 23 | |
7199894022 | Concubine | A woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives | 24 | |
7199898505 | Conscription | Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces | 25 | |
7199902104 | Cosmopolitan | Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures | 26 | |
7199907637 | Coup | A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government; a notable or successful stroke or move | 27 | |
7199917715 | Demography | The study of statistics such as births, deaths, incomes, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations | 28 | |
7199922044 | Despot | A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way | 29 | |
7199926521 | Diaspora | The dispersion of any people from their original homeland | 30 | |
7199930405 | Dissent | The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held | 31 | |
7199932710 | Dissident | A person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state | 32 | |
7199938421 | Domestic | Relating to the running of a home or to family relations; existing or occurring inside a particular country | 33 | |
7199940891 | Dynasty | A line of hereditary rulers of a country | 34 | |
7199949386 | Edict | An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority | 35 | |
7199950978 | Egalitarian | Relating to or believing in the principle that are people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities | 36 | |
7199955397 | Elite | A select part of a group that is superior to the rest in terms of ability or qualities | 37 | |
7199960646 | Emigrate | Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another | 38 | |
7199963950 | Epic | A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation | 39 | |
7199968192 | Ethnocentric | Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture | 40 | |
7199972851 | Feudalism | The dominant social system in medieval Europe in which the nobility holds lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, nationally in exchange for military protection | 41 | |
7199986051 | Genocide | The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation | 42 | |
7199992022 | Gentry | People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth | 43 | |
7199993904 | Guild | A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power; an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal | 44 | |
7199996971 | Hierarchy | A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority | 45 | |
7202511902 | Hominids | A primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and at least some of the greatest apes | 46 | |
7202516094 | Homogeneous | Of the same kind; alike; consisting of all parts of the same kind | 47 | |
7202522221 | Ideology | A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy | 48 | |
7202527313 | Imperial | Relating to an empire | 49 | |
7202531720 | Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force | 50 | |
7202534866 | Indigenous | Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native | 51 | |
7202538229 | Infrastructure | The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise | 52 | |
7202541772 | Lineage | Lineal descent from an ancestor; a sequence of species of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor | 53 | |
7202552567 | Linguistic | Relating to language | 54 | |
7202554813 | Manifest | Clear or obvious to the mind or eye; display or show by one's act or appearance | 55 | |
7202556875 | Maritime | Connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity; living or found near the sea; bordering on the sea | 56 | |
7202563343 | Martial | Of or appropriate to war; warlike | 57 | |
7202564606 | Matrilineal | Of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line | 58 | |
7202568411 | Mercenary | Of a person or their behavior concerned with making money at the expense of ethics; a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army | 59 | |
7202573259 | Monarchy | A form of government with a monarch at the head | 60 | |
7202577022 | Monopoly | The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service | 61 | |
7202579812 | Monopolize | Obtain exclusive possession or control of a trade, commodity, or service; have or take the greatest share of | 62 | |
7202587661 | Monotheism | The doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 63 | |
7202589775 | Mystical | Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination | 64 | |
7202594007 | Nation-state | A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogenous in factors such as language or common descent | 65 | |
7202598905 | Neo | New; a new revived form of | 66 | |
7202601199 | Neolithic | Relating to or donating the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed | 67 | |
7202608034 | Nomadic | Living the life of a someone who is constantly moving; wandering | 68 | |
7202609229 | Nomad | A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock | 69 | |
7202614300 | Oligarchy | A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institute | 70 | |
7202620155 | Pantheon | All the gods of a people or religion collectively; a building in which the illustrious dead of a nation are buried or honored | 71 | |
7202626397 | Papal | Relating to a pope or to the papacy | 72 | |
7202628170 | Papacy | The office or authority of the pope | 73 | |
7202630034 | Parliament | The highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons | 74 | |
7202685169 | Parliamentary System | A system of government in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament. | 75 | |
7202694261 | Pastoral | Used for or relating to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle | 76 | |
7202698093 | Patriarchal | Relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men | 77 | |
7202702509 | Patrilineal | Relating to or based on relationship to the father or decent through the male line | 78 | |
7202704463 | Patronage | The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges | 79 | |
7202707547 | Peasant | A poor farmer of low status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation | 80 | |
7202709933 | Pharaoh | A ruler in ancient Egypt | 81 | |
7202711904 | Piety | The quality of being religious or reverent; a belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinkable conventional reference | 82 | |
7202716536 | Pious | Devoutly religious; making a hypocritical display of virtue | 83 | |
7202720940 | Polity | A form or process of civil government or constitution | 84 | |
7202722667 | Polygamy | The practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at one time | 85 | |
7202725263 | Polytheism | The belief in or worship of more than one god | 86 | |
7202831352 | Provincial | Of or concerning the religions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded | 87 | |
7202846269 | Regent | A person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated | 88 | |
7202852977 | Republican | Belonging to, or characteristic of a republic | 89 | |
7202856409 | Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques | 90 | |
7202859914 | Sedentary | Tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive | 91 | |
7202862034 | Serf | An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate | 92 | |
7202866060 | Sharia | Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of Koran and the traditions of the prophet prescribing both religious an secular duties and sometimes retributive penalties for lawbreaking. It has generally been supplemented by legislation adapted to the conditions of the day, though the manner in which it should be applied in modern states is a subject of dispute between Islamic fundamentals and modernists | 93 | |
7202875879 | Sinicize | to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence | 94 | |
7202880784 | Sinification | A process whereby non-Han Chinese societies come under the influence of Han Chinese state and society | 95 | |
7202883603 | State | A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government | 96 | |
7202887256 | Steppe | A large area of flat unfrosted grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia | 97 | |
7202890195 | Stratification | The arrangement or classification of something into different groups | 98 | |
7202892562 | Sub-Saharan | From or forming of the African regions south of the Sahara desert | 99 | |
7202895435 | Subordinate | Lower in rank or position; a person under the authority or control of another within an organization | 100 | |
7202898790 | Succession | A number of people or things sharing a specific characteristic and following one after the other; the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. | 101 | |
7202900707 | Syncretism | The amalgamation or attempted of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought | 102 | |
7202903210 | Textiles | A type of cloth or woven fabric | 103 | |
7202903919 | Theocracy | A system of governing which priests rule in the name of God or a god | 104 | |
7202905454 | Theology | The study of the nature of God or a god | 105 | |
7202906090 | Totalitarian | Relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state | 106 | |
7202910844 | Tributary State | A state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor | 107 | |
7202911533 | Tyranny | Cruel and oppressie government or rule | 108 | |
7202912257 | Urban | In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town | 109 | |
7202916017 | Urbanize | Make or become urban in character | 110 | |
7202916991 | Usurp | Take a position of power or importance illegally or by force | 111 | |
7202919914 | Vernacular | The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region | 112 |
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