4712279483 | B.C.E | before common era | 0 | |
4712279484 | C.E. | common era | 1 | |
4712280135 | abdicate | to give up the throne | 2 | |
4712280574 | accession | the act of coming into the possession of a right | 3 | |
4712280844 | aesthetic | having a sense of the beautiful | 4 | |
4712280845 | agrarian | a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups. | 5 | |
4712281298 | amenities | any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure | 6 | |
4712281639 | anarchy | a state of society without government or law | 7 | |
4712281926 | animism | the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls. | 8 | |
4712307212 | antiquity | the peoples, nations, tribes, or cultures of ancient times | 9 | |
4715253458 | appeasement | to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe | 10 | |
4715253916 | aristocracy | a governing body composed of those considered to be the best or most able people in the state | 11 | |
4715254205 | asceticism | the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like | 12 | |
4715254206 | assimilate | to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust | 13 | |
4715255403 | authoritarian | favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: | 14 | |
4715257905 | autocracy | government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others | 15 | |
4715259150 | barbarism | absence of culture and civilization. | 16 | |
4715262218 | bureaucracy | the body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department. | 17 | |
4715262674 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 18 | |
4715263880 | civic | of or relating to citizenship | 19 | |
4744712347 | classical | of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: | 20 | |
4744712348 | colonial | of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies | 21 | |
4744712474 | commerce | an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries | 22 | |
4744713076 | communal | of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; shared or participated in by the public | 23 | |
4744713077 | concubine | a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, | 24 | |
4744714137 | conscription | compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft. | 25 | |
4744715336 | cosmopolitan | familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures | 26 | |
4744715953 | coup | a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment. | 27 | |
4744718819 | demography/demographic | a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths | 28 | |
4744719239 | despot | a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. | 29 | |
4744719743 | diaspora | the body of Jews living in countries outside Israel. | 30 | |
4744719744 | dissent | to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view. | 31 | |
4744720073 | dissident | disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude | 32 | |
4744721102 | domestic/domesticate | to make more ordinary, familiar, acceptable | 33 | |
4744721103 | dynasty/dynastic | a series of members of a family who are distinguished for their success, wealth, etc. | 34 | |
4744721517 | edict | an official order given by a person with power or by a government | 35 | |
4744722298 | egalitarian | asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life. | 36 | |
4744722871 | elite | persons of the highest class | 37 | |
4744722872 | emigrate | to leave one country or region to settle in another | 38 | |
4744723088 | epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. | 39 | |
4744723617 | ethnocentric | evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture | 40 | |
4744725392 | feudalism | the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection. | 41 | |
4744725786 | genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. | 42 | |
4744725787 | gentry | those who are not members of the nobility but are entitled to a coat of arms, especially those owning large tracts of land. | 43 | |
4744726191 | guild | an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection | 44 | |
4744726192 | hierarchy | an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders: | 45 | |
4744726644 | hominids | a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors | 46 | |
4744727461 | homogenous | consisting of parts all of the same kind. | 47 | |
4744727713 | ideology | a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy | 48 | |
4744729494 | imperial/imperilism | of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler | 49 | |
4744729495 | indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country | 50 | |
4744730502 | infrastructure | the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area | 51 | |
4744730503 | lineage | lineal descent from an ancestor | 52 | |
4744731522 | linguistic | of or belonging to language | 53 | |
4744731940 | manifest | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding | 54 | |
4744731941 | maritime | connected with the sea in relation to navigation, | 55 | |
4744733321 | martial | characteristic of or befitting a warrior | 56 | |
4744733988 | martrilineal | inheriting or determining descent through the female line. | 57 | |
4744733989 | mercenary | a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army | 58 | |
4744734344 | monarchy | a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. | 59 | |
4744735549 | monopoly/monopolize | the exclusive possession or control of something | 60 | |
4744736291 | monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is only one God. | 61 | |
4744736819 | mystical | spiritually symbolic | 62 | |
4744736820 | nation-state | a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality | 63 | |
4744737333 | neo | a combining form meaning "new," "recent," "revived," "modified," used in the formation of compound words | 64 | |
4744738991 | Neolithic | relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, | 65 | |
4744738992 | nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads. | 66 | |
4744739215 | oligarchy | a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique | 67 | |
4744739216 | pantheon | a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation. | 68 | |
4744739589 | papal/papacy | of or relating to the pope | 69 | |
4744740342 | parliament/parliamentary system | the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions | 70 | |
4774138848 | pastoral | having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas | 71 | |
4774139683 | patriarchal | characteristic of an entity, family, church, etc., controlled by men | 72 | |
4774140440 | patrilineal | inheriting or determining descent through the male line | 73 | |
4774140441 | patronage | a condescending manner or attitude in granting favors, in dealing with people | 74 | |
4774141257 | peasant | a coarse, unsophisticated, boorish, uneducated person of little financial means. | 75 | |
4774141258 | pharaoh | a title of an ancient Egyptian king | 76 | |
4774141816 | piety/pious | having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. | 77 | |
4774141817 | polity | a particular form or system of government | 78 | |
4774142518 | polygamy | the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. | 79 | |
4774142519 | polytheism | the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods | 80 | |
4774143387 | proselytize | to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; recruit | 81 | |
4774143388 | provincial | having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province | 82 | |
4774143799 | regent | a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign | 83 | |
4774143800 | republic | 84 | ||
4774144706 | rhetoric/rhetorical | 85 | ||
4774144707 | sedentary | 86 | ||
4774145462 | serf | 87 | ||
4774145463 | Sharia | 88 | ||
4774146052 | Sinification | 89 | ||
4774146053 | state | 90 | ||
4774146054 | steppe | 91 | ||
4774146866 | stratification | 92 | ||
4774146867 | Sub-Saharan | 93 | ||
4774148340 | subordinate | 94 | ||
4774148341 | succession | 95 | ||
4774149080 | syncretism | 96 | ||
4774149081 | textiles | 97 | ||
4774149082 | theocracy | 98 | ||
4774149440 | theology | 99 | ||
4774149441 | totalitarian | 100 | ||
4774151139 | tributary state | 101 | ||
4774151140 | tyranny | 102 | ||
4774151939 | urban/urbanize | 103 | ||
4774151940 | usurp | 104 | ||
4774153369 | vernacular | 105 |
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