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7156027695AgrarianRelating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land0
7156027696Agriculturethe science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops & the rearing of animals to provide products1
7156027931BureaucracySystem of government in which important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives2
7156027944Centralized GovernmentSupreme political authority to central body or small group of individuals that is responsible for ensuring the proper function of the economy & all other governing bodies3
7156028241City-StateSurrounding territory forms an independent state4
7156028242CivilizationThe society, culture, and way of life of a particular area5
7156028627Codifiedarranged (laws or rules) into a systematic code6
7156028984Cultural Diffusionspread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another7
7156052747Demographythe composition of a particular human population8
7156052748Domesticated(of animals) tame & kept as a pet or on a farm; (of plants) cultivated for food9
7156052749Dynastya line of hereditary rulers of a country10
7156053295Economicconsidered in relation to trade, industry, & the creation of wealth11
7156053296Environmentthe natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity12
7156053654Filial Pietya virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, & ancestors13
7156053655Hunter-gatherera member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, & harvesting wild food14
7156054130IdeologyA system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory & policy15
7156073289Indigenousoriginating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native16
7156073290Kingdoma country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen17
7156073698Matriarchysystem of society or government ruled by a woman or women18
7156073699Mandate of HeavenIdea that there could be only 1 legitimate ruler of China & that this ruler had the blessing of the gods19
7193320209Metallurgythe branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification20
7193320210MigrationMovement from one part of something to another21
7193320801NationA large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory22
7193320802Neolithic Revolutionwide-scale transition of human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering making possible an increasingly larger population23
7193321565Nomad/NomadicOne roaming about for pasture; a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another24
7193321566PaleolithicRelating to or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, when primitive stone implements were used.25
7193321920Pastoral NomadsDepending on domesticated livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasturage for their animals26
7193323493PastoralistA sheep or cattle farmer27
7193381826PatternAn arrangement or sequence regular found in comparable events28
7193382768PatriarchyA system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family29
7193382769Periodizationprocess of categorizing the past into discrete of time in order to facilitate the analysis of history30
7193383432Primary SourceArtifact, document, diary, recording, autobiography, etc that was created at the time under study31
7193383771Push-Pull FactorForcefully push people to migration or attract them32
7193383772RevolutionForcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system33
7193384247Scholar-GentryCivil servants appointed by emperor of China to perform daily governance from Han dynasty34
7193384268Sedentaryinhabiting the same locality throughout life; not migratory or nomadic35
7193416148Specialization of laborpowerful force in economy, benefiting small and large business alike36
7193416149Syncreticattempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties in philosophy or religion37
7193417270Venerationgreat respect; reverence38
7193417271Tributary Statestate that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor39

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