9999642534 | B.C.E | Before the common or current era. | 0 | |
9999642535 | C.E | Common or current era. | 1 | |
9999642536 | Abdicate | Renounce one's throne. | 2 | |
9999642537 | Accession | The attainment of a position of power, typically that of monarch or president. | 3 | |
9999642538 | Aesthetic | Giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty. | 4 | |
9999642539 | Agrarian | Of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. | 5 | |
9999642540 | Amenities | A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place. | 6 | |
9999642541 | Anarchy | A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. | 7 | |
9999642542 | Animism | The belief that all plants, animals, and objects have spirits. | 8 | |
9999642543 | Antiquity | Ancient times | 9 | |
9999642544 | Appeasement | To make (someone) pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired. | 10 | |
9999642545 | Aristocracy | The people who have special titles, who typically own land, and who traditionally have more money and power than the other people in a society. | 11 | |
9999642546 | Asceticism | Relating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure. | 12 | |
9999642547 | Assimilate | To learn (something) so that it is fully understood and can be used. | 13 | |
9999642548 | Authoritarian | Expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws : not allowing personal freedom. | 14 | |
9999642549 | Autocracy | A form of government in which a country is ruled by a person or group with total power. | 15 | |
9999642550 | Barbarism | Cruel and violent behavior. | 16 | |
9999642551 | Bureaucracy | A large group of people who are involved in running a government but who are not elected. | 17 | |
9999642552 | Bureaucrat | A person who is one of the people who run a government or big company and who does everything according to the rules of that government or company. | 18 | |
9999642553 | City-State | State that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it. | 19 | |
9999642554 | Civic | Of or relating to a city or town or the people who live there. | 20 | |
9999642555 | Classical | Of a kind that has been respected for a long time. | 21 | |
9999642556 | Colonial | Of or relating to a colony | 22 | |
9999642557 | Commerce | Activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services. | 23 | |
9999642558 | Communal | Shared or used by members of a group or community. | 24 | |
9999642559 | Concubine | An unmarried woman who has sex with a man and lives with the man and his wife or wives. | 25 | |
9999642560 | Conscription | The practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces. | 26 | |
9999642561 | Cosmopolitan | A person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world. | 27 | |
9999642562 | Coup | A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. | 28 | |
9999642563 | Demography | The study of changes that occur over a period of time in human populations. | 29 | |
9999642564 | Demographic | Of or relating to the study of changes that occur in large groups of people over a period of time. | 30 | |
9999642565 | Despot | A ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways. | 31 | |
9999642566 | Diaspora | A group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived. | 32 | |
9999642567 | Dissent | To publicly disagree with an official opinion, decision, or set of beliefs. | 33 | |
9999642568 | Dissident | Disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief. | 34 | |
9999642569 | Domestic | Of, relating to, or made in your own country. | 35 | |
9999642570 | Domesticate | To train (someone) to behave in an appropriate way at home. | 36 | |
9999642571 | Dynasty/Dynastic | A family of rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time; also: the period of time when a particular dynasty is in power. | 37 | |
9999642572 | Edict | An official order given by a person with power or by a government. | 38 | |
9999642573 | Egalitarian | Aiming for equal wealth, status, etc for all people. | 39 | |
9999642574 | Elite | The people who have the most wealth and status in society. | 40 | |
9999642575 | Emigrate | To leave a country or region to live elsewhere. | 41 | |
9999642576 | Epic | Telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures. | 42 | |
9999642577 | Ethnocentric | Having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others. | 43 | |
9999642578 | Feudalism | A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return. | 44 | |
9999642579 | Gentry | Upper or ruling class | 45 | |
9999642580 | Guild | An organized group of people who have joined together because they share the same job or interest. | 46 | |
9999642581 | Hierarchy | A group that controls an organization and is divided into different levels. | 47 | |
9999642582 | Hominids | Any of a family (Hominidae) or erect bipedal primate mammals that include recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms and in some recent classifications the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan. | 48 | |
9999642583 | Homogenous | Made up of the same kind of people or things. | 49 | |
9999642584 | Ideology | The set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party. | 50 | |
9999642585 | Imperial | Of or relating to an empire or an emperor. | 51 | |
9999642586 | Imperialism | A policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world. | 52 | |
9999642587 | Indigenous | Produced, living, or existing naturally in a particular region or environment. | 53 | |
9999642588 | Infrastructure | The basic equipment and structures (such as roads and bridges) that are needed for a country, region, or organization to function properly. | 54 | |
9999642589 | Lineage | a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor. | 55 | |
9999642590 | Linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics. | 56 | |
9999642591 | Manifest | easily understood or recognized. | 57 | |
9999642592 | Maritime | of or relating to sailing on the sea or doing business (such as trading) by sea. | 58 | |
9999642593 | Martial | of or relating to war or soldiers. | 59 | |
9999642594 | Matrilineal | relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal line. | 60 | |
9999642595 | Mercenary | a soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army. | 61 | |
9999642596 | Monarchy | a country that is ruled by a monarch (such as a king or queen). | 62 | |
9999642597 | Monopoly | complete ownership or control of something. | 63 | |
9999642598 | Monopolize | to use (something) in a way that prevents others from using it. | 64 | |
9999642599 | Monotheism | the belief that there is only one God. | 65 | |
9999642600 | Mystical | having a spiritual meaning that is difficult to see or understand. | 66 | |
9999642601 | Nation-State | a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government. | 67 | |
9999642602 | Neo | new. | 68 | |
9999642603 | Neolithic | of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements. | 69 | |
9999642604 | Nomadic | or, relating to, or characteristics of nomads. | 70 | |
9999642605 | Oligarchy | a country, business, etc., that is controlled by a small group of people. | 71 | |
9999642606 | Pantheon | the gods of particular country or group of people. | 72 | |
9999642607 | Papal | of or relating to the pope or the government of the Roman Catholic Church. | 73 | |
9999642608 | Papacy | the office or position of the pope. | 74 | |
9999642609 | Parliament/ Parliamentary System | the group of people who are responsible for making the laws in some kinds of government. | 75 | |
9999642610 | Pastoral | of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country. | 76 | |
9999642611 | Patriarchal | of, relating to, or being a patriarch or patriarchy. | 77 | |
9999642612 | Patrilineal | relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the paternal line. | 78 | |
9999642613 | Patronage | money and support that is given to an artist, organization, etc. | 79 | |
9999642614 | Peasant | a poor farmer or farm worker who has low social status. | 80 | |
9999642615 | Pharaoh | a ruler of ancient Egypt. | 81 | |
9999642616 | Piety | devotion to God. | 82 | |
9999642617 | Pious | deeply religious. | 83 | |
9999642618 | Polity | something (such as a country or state) that has a government. | 84 | |
9999642619 | Polygamy | the state of practice of being married to more than one person at the same time. | 85 | |
9999642620 | Polytheism | the belief that there is more than one god. | 86 | |
9999642621 | Proselytize | to try to persuade people to join a religion, cause, or group. | 87 | |
9999642622 | Provincial | a person who lives in or comes from a place that is far away from large cities. | 88 | |
9999642623 | Regent | a person who rules a kingdom when the king or queen is not able to rule because he or she is sick, too young, etc. | 89 | |
9999642624 | Republic | a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen. | 90 | |
9999642625 | Rhetoric | language that is intended to influence people and that may not be honest or reasonable. | 91 | |
9999642626 | Rhetorical | of, relating to, or concerned with the art of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people. | 92 | |
9999642627 | Sedentary | staying or leaving in one place instead of moving to different places. | 93 | |
9999642628 | Serf | a person in the past who belonged to a low social class and who lived and worked on land owned by another person. | 94 | |
9999642629 | Sharia | the religious laws based on the Koran that Muslims follow. | 95 | |
9999642630 | Sinification | a process whereby non-Han Chinese societies come under the influence of Han Chinese state and society. | 96 | |
9999642631 | State | a way of living or existing. | 97 | |
9999642632 | Steppe | a large, flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in eastern Europe and Asia. | 98 | |
9999642633 | Stratification | the state of being divided into social classes. | 99 | |
9999642634 | Sub-Saharan | of, relating to, or being the part of Africa south of the Sahara. | 100 | |
9999642635 | Subordinate | in a position of less power or authority than someone else. | 101 | |
9999642636 | Succession | a series of people or things that come one after the other. | 102 | |
9999642637 | Syncretism | the combination of different forms of belief or practice. | 103 | |
9999642638 | Textiles | a fabric that is woven or knit. | 104 | |
9999642639 | Theocracy | a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders. | 105 | |
9999642640 | Theology | the study of religious faith, practice, and experience. | 106 | |
9999642641 | Totalitarian | controlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed. | 107 | |
9999642642 | Tributary State | a state that is subordinate to a more powerful neighbor. | 108 | |
9999642643 | Tyranny | cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others. | 109 | |
9999642644 | Urban | of or relating to cities and the people who live in them. | 110 | |
9999642645 | Urbanize | to import an urban way of life. | 111 | |
9999642646 | Usurp | to take or keep (something, such as power) in a forceful or violent way and especially without the right to do so. | 112 | |
9999642647 | Vernacular | of, relating to, or using the language of ordinary speech rather than formal writing. | 113 |
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