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207790955NomadA person (people) who move from place to place following game.0
207790956ObsidianA black, shiny, brittle rock that usually shatters in thin layers.1
207790957Oracle BonesA group of inscribed bones and shells used for divination2
207790958PaleolithicThe old stone age, marked by tools made of chipped bone and wood.3
207790959PastorialismA lifestyle characterized by raising animals, a nomadic lifestyle4
207790960PatriarchalA society with a rigid and definite social class / order.5
207790961PharaohThe title of an ancient Egyptian king.6
207790962PictographA record consisting of pictures and symbols. Ex. Cave drawings.7
207790963PolytheismThe belief in more than one god.8
207790964SamsaraThe belief in a series of rebirths, each time as a different moral creature.9
207790965SatiA ritual requiring a widow to burn herself on her deceased husband's funeral pyre.10
207790966SavannahA plain characterized by grasslands.11
207790967Self-sufficientAble to support onesself, independent, not relying on anyone else.12
207790968VarnaHindu for cast (social class).13
207790969VedasThe entire body of Hindu sacred writings.14
207790970VenerationThe state of being venerated; a feeling of awe, respect, ect.15
207790971Zoroastrianisman Iranian religion; belief in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.16

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