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10344813555B.C.Ebefore common era0
10344874495C.Ecommon era often known as Christian era1
10344878357Abdicate(of a monarch) renounce one's throne2
10344883979AccessionThe attainment of a position of rank or power3
10344893245AestheticRelating to art or beauty4
10344896249Agrarian1. Organized or designed to promote agricultural interests. 2. Relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life.5
10344909493AmenitiesThe pleasantness of a place or a person6
10345012125Anarchy1. A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. 2. Absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.7
10345022250AnimismThe belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.8
10345024627AntiquityThe quality of being ancient or possessing great age.9
10345027016AppeasementTo bring to a state of peace or quiet10
10345028511AristocracyA form of government in which power is held by nobility.11
10345033489AsceticismSevere self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons .12
10345039303AssimilateTo take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend.13
10345040886AuthoritarianEnforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom.14
10345117572autocracyGovernment in which one person possesses unlimited power.15
10345136887BarbarismAbsence of culture and civilization.16
10345138749BureaucracyA body of non-elective government officials.17
10345141606City-stateA city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.18
10345146469CivicRelating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.19
10345242236ClassicalThe period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD centered on civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.20
10345344952ColonialA native or inhabitant of a colony.21
10345464878CommerceThe activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale; social dealings between people.22
10345470720CommunalShared by all members of a community or group.23
10345473581ConcubineA woman who lives with a man but has a lower status that his wife or wives.24
10345477427ConscriptionThe practice of ordering people by law to serve than his wife or wives.25
10345479593CosmopolitanFamiliar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures.26
10345487336CoupA sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.27
10345490717DemographicThe statistical characteristics of given population.28
10345495613DespotA person exercising power tyrannically.29
10345507275DiasporaA scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic location.30
10345509783DissentTo publicly disagree with an official opinion, decision, or set of beliefs.31
10345515896DissidentA person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.32
10345518864DomesticateTo train; to behave in an appropriate way at home.33
10345521634DynastyA succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.34
10345531564EdictAn official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.35
10345534191EgalitarianBelieving in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.36
10345550208EliteA select part of a group that is superior to the est in terms of ability or qualities.37
10345552035EmigrateTo leave one's country to settle in another.38
10345555561EpicA long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds.39
10345562794EthnocentricEvaluating another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.40
10345565134FeudalismA social system that existed in Europe during the Middles Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them land in return.41
10345573471GenocideThe deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group.42
10345585455GentryPeople of good social position, next below the nobility in position and birth.43
10345590067GuildAn organized group of people that share the same job or interest.44
10345593307HierarchyA system in which people or groups are ranked according to status or authority.45
10345600944HominidsA primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.46
10345603565HomogenousOf the same kind; alike47
10345606341IdeologySystem of ideas, specifically one that forms basis of economic/political theory and policy.48
10345609822ImperialismExtending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.49
10345611509IndigenousOriginating naturally in a particular place; native.50
10345617928InfrastructureThe basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of society.51
10345884715LineageLineal descent from an ancestor or pedigree.52
10345886024LinguisticThe study of human speech including the nature, structure, and development of language.53
10345890872ManifestClear or obvious to the eye or mind.54
10345891837MaritimeConnected with sea, especially in relation to military activity.55
10345893252MartialRelating to war or soldiers.56
10345894969MatrilinealRelating to, tracing, or based on descent through the maternal line.57
10345900455MercenaryA soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army.58
10345902939MonarchyA form of government with a monarch at the head.59
10345906522MonopolyThe exclusive possession of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.60
10345910146MonotheismThe belief of only one God.61
10345912665MysticalRelating to mystics or religious mysticism.62
10345914511Nation-stateA political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language in a area under one government.63
10346115050NeoGreek prefix for the word "young".64
10346116626Neolithic"New Stone Age" / later part of the Stone Age.65
10346124369NomadicLiving the life of a nomad; wandering.66
10346125814OligarchyA country, business, etc., that is controlled by a small group of people.67
10346141063PantheonA temple dedicated to all gods (Rome).68
10346144018Papal/PapacyRelating to the pope or the government of the Roman Catholic Church.69
10346146296ParliamentA system of government in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament.70
10346155328PastoralThe spiritual care or guidance of people who are members of religious group.71
10346157292PatriarchalA system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.72
10346160946PatrilinealTracing descent through the paternal line.73
10346162892PatronageMoney and support that is given to an artist, organization, etc.74
10346165234PeasantA poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation.75
10346170851PharaohA ruler in ancient Egypt.76
10346173926Piety/PiousThe quality of being religious or reverent.77
10346181725PolityA specific form of political organization.78
10346184951PolygamyThe practice or custom of having more that one wife or husband at the same time.79
10346187375PolytheismThe belief or worship of more than one god.80
10346189052ProselytizeTo try to persuade people to join or convert religion, belief, or group.81
10346193492ProvincialConcerning the region outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.82
10346194906RegentA person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or absent incapacitated.83
10346198225RepublicA state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.84
10346201660RhetoricThe art, skill, speaking, or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people.85
10346206246SedentaryTending to spend much time seated or inactive.86
10346207496SerfA laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.87
10346210118ShariaIslamic law based on the Koran88
10346211844SinificationTerm used for the spread of Chinese culture.89
10346212825StateA politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory.90
10346219387SteppeA large, flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in eastern Europe and Asia.91
10346221122StratificationThe state of being divided into social classes.92
10346222314Sub-SaharanFrom or forming part of the African regions south of the Sahara desert.93
10346226159SubordinatePlaced in or belonging to a lower order or rank.94
10346228091SuccessionThe order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, title, or throne.95
10346233287SyncretismThe combination of different forms of belief or practice.96
10346234892TextilesType of cloth or woven fabric.97
10346236703TheocracyA system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.98
10346238662TheologyThe study of the nature of God and religious belief.99
10346240481TotalitarianControlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed.100
10346244261Tributary StateA state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor.101
10346246632TyrannyCruel and oppressive government or rule.102
10346248759Urban/UrbanizeRelating to, or characteristic of a city or town.103
10346252474UsurpTake a position of power or importance illegally or by force.104
10346254450VernacularThe language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.105

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