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| 7093103538 | B.C.E. | Before the Common Era, also known as Before the Christian Era. This is the period of time before the traditional date of Christ's birth. This has replaced B.C. (Before Christ) | 0 | |
| 7093103539 | C.E. | Common Era, also known as the Christian Era. This is the period of time that begins with the traditional date of Christ's birth. This has replaced A.D. (Anno Domini) | 1 | |
| 7093103540 | abdicate | someone who decides to give up power and step down from his/her position. | 2 | |
| 7093103541 | accession | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) | 3 | |
| 7093103542 | aesthetic | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | 4 | |
| 7093103543 | agrarian | of or relation to cultivated land or the preparation of land; relation to rural matters | 5 | |
| 7093103544 | amenities | the things in life that make you more comfortable and at ease; | 6 | |
| 7093103545 | anarchy | a state of lawlessness and disorder; political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control | 7 | |
| 7093103546 | animism | the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls | 8 | |
| 7093103547 | antiquity | the quality of being ancient; an artifact surviving from the past (adjective) | 9 | |
| 7093103548 | appeasement | calming; to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of a group in a conciliatory effort | 10 | |
| 7093103549 | aristocracy | a privileged class holding hereditary titles; a government in which those in a special class rule; nobility | 11 | |
| 7093103550 | asceticism | rigorous self-denial, particularly the rejection of the pleasures of the world | 12 | |
| 7093103551 | assimilate | to make similar; alike; to understand fully | 13 | |
| 7093103552 | authoritarian | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; expecting unquestioning obedience | 14 | |
| 7093103553 | autocracy | a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual; a system of government by one person with absolute power | 15 | |
| 7093103554 | barbarism | an uncivilized state or condition | 16 | |
| 7093103555 | bureaucracy/bureaucrats | a government that is staffed with nonelective officials; a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives./government officials who are more concerned with procedural correctness rather than the right thing to do | 17 | |
| 7093103556 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 18 | |
| 7093103557 | civic | of or relating to a city; of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | 19 | |
| 7093103558 | classical | of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilization and its culture; representative of past cultures; of or relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture. | 20 | |
| 7093103559 | colonial | of concerning to a colony or colonies | 21 | |
| 7093103560 | commerce | transactions having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | 22 | |
| 7093103561 | communal | belonging to the people of a community; for or by a group rather than individuals | 23 | |
| 7093103562 | concubine | a woman who cohabits a man to whom she is not married to; mistress | 24 | |
| 7093103563 | conscription | compulsory military service | 25 | |
| 7093103564 | cosmopolitan | familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures | 26 | |
| 7093103565 | coup | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | 27 | |
| 7093103566 | demography/demographic | the studying of the characteristics of human populations | 28 | |
| 7093103567 | despot | a cruel and oppressive dictator | 29 | |
| 7093103568 | diaspora | the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (noun) | 30 | |
| 7093103569 | dissent | a difference in opinion; the act of protesting (act) | 31 | |
| 7093103570 | dissident | a person who rebels from some established policy (person) | 32 | |
| 7093103571 | domestic/domesticate | something converted or adapted to make fit for cultivation and service to humans (noun)/make fit for cultivation and service to humans (verb); tame plants and animals | 33 | |
| 7093103572 | dynasty/dynastic | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 34 | |
| 7093103573 | edict | a formal or authoritative proclamation | 35 | |
| 7093103574 | egalitarian | favors social equality | 36 | |
| 7093103575 | elite | a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status | 37 | |
| 7093103576 | emigrate | leave one's country of residence for a new one | 38 | |
| 7093103577 | epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | 39 | |
| 7093103578 | ethnocentric | judges other cultures by comparing them to his own; centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | 40 | |
| 7093103579 | feudalism | a european political system in which a lord owned all the land while vassals(slaves) and serfs farmed it | 41 | |
| 7093103580 | genocide | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | 42 | |
| 7093103581 | gentry | people of a good social position that are below nobility | 43 | |
| 7093103582 | guild | a formal association of people with similar interests | 44 | |
| 7093103583 | hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or thing within a system; a system that recognizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance | 45 | |
| 7093103584 | hominids | a primate of the family Hominidae; ape and human | 46 | |
| 7093103585 | homogenous | all of the same or similar kind; corresponding in structure because of common origin | 47 | |
| 7093103586 | ideology | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation; a system of ideas; a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. | 48 | |
| 7093103587 | imperial/imperialism | related to an empire/a type of government that wants to increase its size by force and extending rule over foreign countries | 49 | |
| 7093103588 | indigenous | origination where it is found | 50 | |
| 7093103589 | infrastructure | the basic structure or features of a system or organization | 51 | |
| 7093103590 | lineage | everyone who descends from a particular ancestor; the kinship relation between an individual and the individuals' progenitors | 52 | |
| 7093103591 | linguistic | consisting of or related to language | 53 | |
| 7093103592 | manifest | clearly revealed to the mind or the sense or judgement; to notice (verb) | 54 | |
| 7093103593 | maritime | relating to or involved ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | 55 | |
| 7093103594 | martial | suggesting war or military life | 56 | |
| 7093103595 | matrilineal | based on or tracing descent though the female line | 57 | |
| 7093103596 | mercenary | a person hired to fight for another country than their own | 58 | |
| 7093103597 | monarchy | an autocracy governed by someone who usually inherits the authority; king/queen | 59 | |
| 7093103598 | monopoly/monopolize | a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; exclusive ownership or control of something | 60 | |
| 7093103599 | monotheism | belief in a single god | 61 | |
| 7093103600 | mystical | having an import not apparent to the sense nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | 62 | |
| 7093103601 | nation-state | a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent. | 63 | |
| 7093103602 | neo | recent or new | 64 | |
| 7093103603 | Neolithic | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east | 65 | |
| 7093103604 | nomadic | a lifestyle traveling from place to place; migratory | 66 | |
| 7093103605 | oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people (noun) | 67 | |
| 7093103606 | pantheon | a temple to all the gods | 68 | |
| 7093103607 | papal/papacy | of or relating to the pope/ the government of the Roman Catholic Church | 69 | |
| 7093103608 | parliament/parliamentary system | a legislative assembly in certain countries; like a congress | 70 | |
| 7093103609 | pastoral | devoted to raising sheep or cattle; used with regard to idealized country life; concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance. | 71 | |
| 7093103610 | patriarchal | characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 72 | |
| 7093103611 | patrilineal | based on or tracing descent through the male line | 73 | |
| 7093103612 | patronage | the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; support given by customers to a business | 74 | |
| 7093103613 | peasant | one of a class of agricultural laborers; a country person | 75 | |
| 7093103614 | pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian Kings | 76 | |
| 7093103615 | piety/pious | devotion to god/having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity | 77 | |
| 7093103616 | polity | a form of government of a social organization; a group of any size or shape | 78 | |
| 7093103617 | polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time | 79 | |
| 7093103618 | polytheism | belief in multiple gods | 80 | |
| 7093103619 | proselytize | to convert someone to another faith or religion | 81 | |
| 7093103620 | provincial | associated with a local place; small-town-ish; less worldly (adjective)/inhabitant of an empire | 82 | |
| 7093103621 | regent | someone who rules during the absence of the country's monarch | 83 | |
| 7093103622 | republic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. | 84 | |
| 7093103623 | rhetoric/rhetorical | study of the technique and rules for using language effectively; intended to persuade/ of or concerning the art of persuasion; the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | 85 | |
| 7093103624 | sedentary | requiring sitting or little activity | 86 | |
| 7093103625 | serf | a person who is forced to work on the land and owned by the feudal lord | 87 | |
| 7093103626 | Sharia | the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | 88 | |
| 7093103627 | Sinification | to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence | 89 | |
| 7093103628 | state | a politically organized body of people under a single government; the way something is with respect to its main attributes | 90 | |
| 7093103629 | steppe | extensive plain without trees | 91 | |
| 7093103630 | stratification | forming of layers, classes and other things; a particular way of arranging seeds | 92 | |
| 7093103631 | Sub-Saharan | of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert | 93 | |
| 7093103632 | subordinate | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance | 94 | |
| 7093103633 | succession | acquisition of property by descent or by will; the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.; a group of people or things arranged or following in order; a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other. | 95 | |
| 7093103634 | syncretism | the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | 96 | |
| 7093103635 | textiles | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | 97 | |
| 7093103636 | theocracy | a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) | 98 | |
| 7093103637 | theology | the systematic study of religion | 99 | |
| 7093103638 | totalitarian | characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control | 100 | |
| 7093103639 | tributary state | state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor | 101 | |
| 7093103640 | tyranny | government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator; cruel and oppressive government or rule. | 102 | |
| 7093103641 | urban/urbanize | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area/ to move to a city | 103 | |
| 7093103642 | usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force | 104 | |
| 7093103643 | vernacular | the everyday speech of the people | 105 |
