10464470279 | BCE | Before Common Era (same as BC) | 0 | |
10464470942 | CE | Represents dates after the year zero. Stands for Common Era. | 1 | |
10464471429 | Abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power | 2 | |
10464472700 | Accession | Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. | 3 | |
10464474038 | Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty | 4 | |
10464475282 | Agrarian | concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 5 | |
10464487729 | Amenities | a desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place | 6 | |
10464488422 | anarchy | a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority. | 7 | |
10464488925 | animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits | 8 | |
10464489840 | antiquity | the quality of being ancient | 9 | |
10464491520 | Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability. | 10 | |
10464492208 | Aristocracy | Group of the most wealthy and privileged | 11 | |
10464492744 | asceticism | severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. | 12 | |
10464493054 | assimlate | To absorb into a population | 13 | |
10464493487 | authoritarian | A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power. | 14 | |
10464493663 | autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power. | 15 | |
10464493928 | barbarism | absence of culture and civilization | 16 | |
10464494552 | bureaucracy/bureaucrats | A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials | 17 | |
10464495162 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 18 | |
10464495163 | civic | Having to do with the business of a town or community | 19 | |
10464495451 | classical | An age marked by great achievements | 20 | |
10464495960 | colonial | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory. | 21 | |
10464497212 | commerce | trade | 22 | |
10464497503 | communal | used or shared in common by everyone in a group | 23 | |
10464497748 | concubine | a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives | 24 | |
10464498340 | conscription | A military draft | 25 | |
10464498773 | cosmopolitan | Worldly or sophisticated | 26 | |
10464498774 | coup | the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment | 27 | |
10464499425 | demography/demographic | the science of vital or social statistics such as births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc. | 28 | |
10464499426 | despot | a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people | 29 | |
10464500252 | diaspora | A dispersion of people from their homeland | 30 | |
10464500253 | dissent | to disagree | 31 | |
10464501035 | dissident | rebel | 32 | |
10464502208 | domestic/domesticate | to tame or adapt to live in close connection with humans | 33 | |
10464502985 | dynasty/dynastic | a sequence of rulers from the same family | 34 | |
10464502986 | edict | an official order | 35 | |
10464507072 | egalitarian | believing in the social and economic equality of all people | 36 | |
10464507568 | elite | People of wealth and power | 37 | |
10464508215 | emigrate | leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another. | 38 | |
10464508216 | epic | A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | 39 | |
10464513665 | ethnocentric | believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups | 40 | |
10464513986 | feudalism | A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 41 | |
10464514813 | genocide | Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | 42 | |
10464516977 | gentry | A general term for a class of prosperous families, sometimes including but often ranked below the rural aristocrats. | 43 | |
10464516978 | guild | A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people. | 44 | |
10464519349 | hierarchy | A group organized by rank | 45 | |
10464521857 | hominids | humans and other creatures that walk upright | 46 | |
10464522243 | homogenus | of the same kind; alike | 47 | |
10464523862 | ideology | A consistent set of beliefs by groups/individuals | 48 | |
10464524857 | imperial/imperialism | rule by an emperor | 49 | |
10464525627 | indigenous | native to a certain area | 50 | |
10464526106 | infrastructure | The basic framework of a building or a system | 51 | |
10464526107 | lineage | ancestry | 52 | |
10464526360 | linguistic | relating to language | 53 | |
10464526361 | manifest | clear or obvious to the eye or mind | 54 | |
10464527396 | maritime | on or near the sea | 55 | |
10464528746 | martial | associated with war and the armed forces | 56 | |
10464529188 | matrilineal | relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother | 57 | |
10464529893 | mercenary | a professional soldier hired by a foreign army | 58 | |
10464529894 | monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 59 | |
10464530811 | monopoly/monopolize | the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. | 60 | |
10464531969 | monotheism | belief in only one god | 61 | |
10464531970 | mystical | a spiritual sense beyond human understanding | 62 | |
10464532364 | nation-state | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality | 63 | |
10464532365 | neo | new | 64 | |
10464532857 | neolithic | The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period. | 65 | |
10464532858 | nomadic | wandering from place to place | 66 | |
10464533733 | oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful people | 67 | |
10464533734 | pantheon | A group of gods; a group of people so accomplished in a skill or field that they seem like gods | 68 | |
10464534708 | papal/papacy | having to do with the pope | 69 | |
10464535807 | parliament/parliamentary system | (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. | 70 | |
10464542982 | pastoral | having to do with the country | 71 | |
10464544787 | patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 72 | |
10464544788 | patrilineal | based on or tracing descent through the male line | 73 | |
10464545895 | patronage | Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | 74 | |
10464545896 | peasant | a member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank | 75 | |
10464546751 | pharaoh | A ruler of ancient Egypt | 76 | |
10464547113 | piety/pious | religious devotion | 77 | |
10464547385 | polity | an organized society, such as a nation, state, church, or other organization, having a specific form of government | 78 | |
10464547386 | polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time | 79 | |
10464548092 | polytheism | Belief in many gods | 80 | |
10464548495 | proselytize | to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause | 81 | |
10464549065 | provincial | limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded | 82 | |
10464549066 | regent | someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule | 83 | |
10464549509 | republic | A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting | 84 | |
10464549971 | rhetoric/rhetorical | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 85 | |
10464550980 | sedentary | doing or requiring a lot of sitting | 86 | |
10464551256 | serf | In medieval Europe, an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord. | 87 | |
10464551682 | sharia | Islamic law | 88 | |
10464552108 | sinification | extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions | 89 | |
10464552109 | state | a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. | 90 | |
10464552486 | steppe | A large area of flat unforested grassland | 91 | |
10464552487 | stratification | the uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture | 92 | |
10464553215 | sub-saharan | the region of Africa under or south of the Sahara Desert | 93 | |
10464553220 | subordinate | lower in rank or position | 94 | |
10464556731 | succession | The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time | 95 | |
10464556732 | syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 96 | |
10464557569 | textiles | cloth items | 97 | |
10464557570 | theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. | 98 | |
10464557951 | theology | the study of religion and God | 99 | |
10464558534 | totalitarian | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 100 | |
10464558828 | tributary state | A country that pays tribute in money or goods to a more powerful nation | 101 | |
10464558829 | tyranny | Cruel and oppressive government or rule | 102 | |
10464559687 | urban/urbanize | in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town. | 103 | |
10464559688 | unsurp | to take over | 104 | |
10464560256 | vernacular | everyday language | 105 |
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