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2829402921AbsolutismThe acceptance or belief in absolute principles in political, philisophocal, ethical, or theological matters.0
2829402922AgricultureThe 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
2829402923AristocracyThe highest class in certain societies, especially those holding heredity titles or offices.2
2829402924BiasPrejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.3
2829402925BureaucracyA system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.4
2829402926ChiefdomA 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
2829402927City-StateA city that with with its surrounding territory , forms an independent state.6
2829402928CivilizationThe stage of human, social development and organization that is considered most advanced.7
2829402929CommercialConcerned with or engaged with commerce.8
2829402930DemographyThe study of statistics such as births, deaths, income,or the incidence of disease which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.9
2829402931DivinationThe practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means10
2829402932DynastyA line of heredity rulers of a country11
2829402933EmpireAn extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an empire or empires12
2829402934EpidemicA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community in a particular time13
2829402935ForagerSomeone of a person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions14
2829402936GlobalizationA 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 technology15
2829402937Indentured ServantA 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 country16
2829402938InterregionalRelates to process to or occurs between different regions17
2829402939KingdomA country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen18
2829402940MedievalIs, 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 Constantinople19
2829402941MerchantA person or company involved in whole sale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade20
2829402942MonotheismThe doctrine or belief that there is only one God21
2829402943NationA large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory22
2829402944NeolithicIs, of, or relating to, or denoting the later part of the stone age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed23
2829402945NobilityA group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a heredity or honorary title24
2829402946NomadA member of people having no permanent abode,and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock25
2829402947OceanA very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically26
2829402948Pandemic (of a disease)Prevalent of a whole country or the world27
2829402949PapacyThe office or authority of the Pope28
2829402950PastoralConcerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance29
2829402951PatriarchalIs, of, or relating to, or characteristic of a system of society of government controlled by men30
2829402952PeriodizationAn act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purpose of analysis and study31
2829402953PolytheismThe belief in or worship of more than one God32
2829402954PrehistoricIs, of, or relating to, or denoting the period before written records33
2829402955Primary SourceA document or physical object which was written or created during the time of study34
2829402956RevolutionA forcible over throw of a government or social order in favor of a new system35
2829402957RuralIn, relating to, or characteristic of the country side rather than the town36
2829402958ScribeA person who copies documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented37
2829402959Secondary SourceDocuments written after an event that has occurred providing second-hand accounts of that event, person, or topic38
2829402960SerfAn agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate39
2829402961ShamanA 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 America40
2829402962SlaveA person who is legal property of another and is forced to obey them41
2829402963StateA nation or territory considered as an organized, political community under one government42
2829402964SteppesA large area of flat unforested grassland in south eastern Europe or Siberia43
2829402965UrbanA characteristic of a city or town44

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