2829402921 | Absolutism | The acceptance or belief in absolute principles in political, philisophocal, ethical, or theological matters. | 0 | |
2829402922 | Agriculture | The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | 1 | |
2829402923 | Aristocracy | The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding heredity titles or offices. | 2 | |
2829402924 | Bias | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 3 | |
2829402925 | Bureaucracy | A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. | 4 | |
2829402926 | Chiefdom | A form of hierarchical political organization in non industrial societies usually based on kinship and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate señor members of select families or "houses." | 5 | |
2829402927 | City-State | A city that with with its surrounding territory , forms an independent state. | 6 | |
2829402928 | Civilization | The stage of human, social development and organization that is considered most advanced. | 7 | |
2829402929 | Commercial | Concerned with or engaged with commerce. | 8 | |
2829402930 | Demography | The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income,or the incidence of disease which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. | 9 | |
2829402931 | Divination | The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means | 10 | |
2829402932 | Dynasty | A line of heredity rulers of a country | 11 | |
2829402933 | Empire | An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an empire or empires | 12 | |
2829402934 | Epidemic | A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community in a particular time | 13 | |
2829402935 | Forager | Someone of a person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions | 14 | |
2829402936 | Globalization | A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and government of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology | 15 | |
2829402937 | Indentured Servant | A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country | 16 | |
2829402938 | Interregional | Relates to process to or occurs between different regions | 17 | |
2829402939 | Kingdom | A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen | 18 | |
2829402940 | Medieval | Is, of, or related to the Middle Ages (The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west to the fall of Constantinople | 19 | |
2829402941 | Merchant | A person or company involved in whole sale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade | 20 | |
2829402942 | Monotheism | The doctrine or belief that there is only one God | 21 | |
2829402943 | Nation | A large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory | 22 | |
2829402944 | Neolithic | Is, of, or relating to, or denoting the later part of the stone age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed | 23 | |
2829402945 | Nobility | A group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a heredity or honorary title | 24 | |
2829402946 | Nomad | A member of people having no permanent abode,and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock | 25 | |
2829402947 | Ocean | A very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically | 26 | |
2829402948 | Pandemic (of a disease) | Prevalent of a whole country or the world | 27 | |
2829402949 | Papacy | The office or authority of the Pope | 28 | |
2829402950 | Pastoral | Concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance | 29 | |
2829402951 | Patriarchal | Is, of, or relating to, or characteristic of a system of society of government controlled by men | 30 | |
2829402952 | Periodization | An act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purpose of analysis and study | 31 | |
2829402953 | Polytheism | The belief in or worship of more than one God | 32 | |
2829402954 | Prehistoric | Is, of, or relating to, or denoting the period before written records | 33 | |
2829402955 | Primary Source | A document or physical object which was written or created during the time of study | 34 | |
2829402956 | Revolution | A forcible over throw of a government or social order in favor of a new system | 35 | |
2829402957 | Rural | In, relating to, or characteristic of the country side rather than the town | 36 | |
2829402958 | Scribe | A person who copies documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented | 37 | |
2829402959 | Secondary Source | Documents written after an event that has occurred providing second-hand accounts of that event, person, or topic | 38 | |
2829402960 | Serf | An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate | 39 | |
2829402961 | Shaman | A person regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of good and evil spirits, especially among some people of northern Asia and North America | 40 | |
2829402962 | Slave | A person who is legal property of another and is forced to obey them | 41 | |
2829402963 | State | A nation or territory considered as an organized, political community under one government | 42 | |
2829402964 | Steppes | A large area of flat unforested grassland in south eastern Europe or Siberia | 43 | |
2829402965 | Urban | A characteristic of a city or town | 44 |
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