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7652364978Diversified Food SuppliesLarge selection of foods0
7652368059Domesticated AnimalsAny of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment1
7652371376DiffusionThe spreading or something more widely2
7652375892DharmaThe principle of cosmic order3
7652380973DemocracyA political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them4
7652385196DeityA god or goddess5
7652432821CurrencyA system of money in general use6
7652439895Complex InstitutionsThe specialization of trade7
7652470379Advanced Societiesin which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached8
7652479060CivilizationsThe most advanced stage of human social development and organization9
7652490861Villagesa group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area10
7652496264Citiesis a place where a large population of people live11
7652503081BureaucracyA system of government in which most important decisions are made by state officials rather then by elected officials12
7652509972BrahminsA member of a social and cultural elite13
7652515486BarbarianA member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations14
7652543994AristocracyA form of government in which power is held by nobility. The highest class15
7652664571Agricultural RevolutionThe transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 B.C.E; also known as the Neolithic Revolution16
7652668662Neolithic RevolutionThe discovery of farming and the domestication of animals brought an end to the slow development of the hunting societies of the PALEOLITHIC and MESOLITHIC periods and initiated a time of rapid change that soon produced metal-working, cities, states, and empires.17
7652678928Intensive CultivationIntensive farming or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by a low fallow ratio and the high use of inputs such as capital, labor, or heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers relative to land area18
7652687050Ice AgeA glacial episode during a past geological period where the earth's temperature greatly dropped and killed19
7652714677Hunters and GatherersA hunter-gatherer or forager society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. Hunter-gatherers are a type of nomad20
7652724069FrontierA line or border separating two countries, also the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially in reference to the Western US before Pacific settlement21
7652727846Ethical Legal CodesA system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct22
7652729970EgalitarianOf, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities23
7652742417EgalitarianOf, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities24
7652749749DynastyA series of rulers from the same family25
7652764138Irrigation SystemsIrrigation is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and re vegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall26
7652766817Karmahe sum of a person's actions in this and the previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences, destiny or fate following as effect from cause (Hinduism and Buddhism)27
7652769129Mandate of HeavenThe concept developed by the Zhou dynasty that the deity granted a dynasty the right to rule and took away that right if the dynasty did not rule wisely28
7652771847MonogamyThe practice or state of being married to only one person at a time. The practice or state of having a sexual relationship with only ONE partner29

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