3346800146 | Absolution | Political philosophy that stressed the divine right theory of King ship | 0 | |
3346800147 | Agriculture | The science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding/breeding/ and raising livestock | 1 | |
3346800148 | Aristocracy | Class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges | 2 | |
3346800963 | Bias | A particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling or opinion especially one that is pre-conceived or unreasoned | 3 | |
3346808150 | Bureaucracy | The body of officials and administrators especially of the government or government department | 4 | |
3346811972 | Chiefdom | The rank or office of the chief | 5 | |
3346817038 | City State | Urban areas that controlled surrounding agricultural regions in that were often loosely connected in a broader political structure with other city states | 6 | |
3346820459 | Civilization | In advance to state of human society in which a high level of culture, science, industry and government has been reached | 7 | |
3346830848 | Commercial | Able to yield or make profit | 8 | |
3346834987 | Demography | The science of vital and social statistics of populations | 9 | |
3346837145 | Divination | The practice of attempting to Fort Hill future events were discovered knowledge | 10 | |
3346839622 | Dynasty | Sequence of rulers from the same family | 11 | |
3346841660 | Empire | Group of nations are people ruled over by an emperor | 12 | |
3346844253 | Epidemic | Rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something | 13 | |
3346846830 | Forager | Food for horses or cattle | 14 | |
3346848929 | Globalization | The breaking down of traditional boundaries in the face of increasingly global financial and cultural trends | 15 | |
3346851864 | Indentured servant | A person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another period of time | 16 | |
3346855306 | Kingdom | State or government have any queen or king as its head | 17 | |
3346857325 | Medieval | Pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the middle ages | 18 | |
3346864235 | Merchant | A person who buys and sells commodities for profit | 19 | |
3346866637 | Monotheism | Belief in only one God, rare concept in ancient world | 20 | |
3346869274 | Nation | The territory or country itself | 21 | |
3346875345 | Neolithic | New Stone Age 10,000 4000 B.C.E. which was marked by the discovery in the mastery of agriculture | 22 | |
3346882476 | Nobility | The noble class or body of nobles in a country | 23 | |
3346884925 | Nomad | A member of a people or tribe that has no permanent home but moves place to place | 24 | |
3346888033 | Ocean | The vast body of salt water that covers almost 3/4 of the earths surface | 25 | |
3346890197 | Pandemic | (Of the disease) epidemic over a large area | 26 | |
3346894497 | Papacy | The office, dignity or jurisdiction of the pope | 27 | |
3346897276 | Pastoral | Pertaining to the country or to life in the country | 28 | |
3346900480 | Patriarchal | Characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc. controlled by men | 29 | |
3346908898 | Periodization | In act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study | 30 | |
3346913921 | Polytheism | The belief in many gods | 31 | |
3346915800 | Prehistoric | Of or relating to the time prior to recording history | 32 | |
3346919678 | Primary source | First or highest rank in importance for finding information | 33 | |
3346926287 | Revolution | A radical and pervasive change in society and social structure | 34 | |
3346929856 | Rural | Of, relating to, characteristic of the country life/country | 35 | |
3346936665 | Scribe | Professional writer who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing | 36 | |
3346940207 | Serf | Peasants who were tied to the land and owed obligation to the Lords on whose land they worked | 37 | |
3346944773 | Shaman | The person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds | 38 | |
3346948164 | Slave | A person who is the property of and wholly subject to another, a bond servant | 39 | |
3346954498 | State | A politically unified people occupying a definite territory, nation | 40 | |
3346958782 | Steppes | An extensive plane, especially one without trees | 41 | |
3346970823 | Secondary source | Second or lower in rank in importance for finding information | 42 | |
3346986903 | Urban | Of, relating to or designating a city or town | 43 |
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