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207935786Agrarianrelating to rural matters0
207935787AgriculturistsGenerate their own foods from planting1
207935788Archaeologythe study of the remains of past cultures2
207935789Aryansnomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system3
207935790Asceticismrigorous self-denial and active self-restraint4
207935791Austronesianthe family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia5
207935792Bureaucracynonelective government officials6
207935793Brahmanany of several breeds of Indian cattle7
207935794Brahminspriests8
207935795Caste(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus9
207935796CataractsWaterfalls10
207935797Civilizationa society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)11
207935798Cuneiforman ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia12
207935799Domesticationaccommodation to domestic life13
207935800Dynastya sequence of powerful leaders in the same family14
207935801Economic Specializationindividuals or groups of people who concentrate on one product or service15
207935802Egalitariana person who believes in the equality of all people16
207935803Erosion(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)17
207935804Foragingthe act of searching for food and provisions18
207935805Hammurabi's CodeA legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties.19
207935806Hieroglyphicsan ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds20
207935807HittitesA people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria (p.64)21
207935808Indo-EuropeanA family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia22
207935809Karma(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation23
207935810Loessa fertile deposit of windblown soil24
207935811Maizecorn25
207935812Mandate of Heavena political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source26
207935813Matriarchalrelating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family27
207935814Mercenarya person hired to fight for another country than their own28
207935815MetallurgyThe science and technology of metals29
207935816MokshaThe Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. (179)30
207935817Monotheismbelief in a single God31
207935818Neolithiclatest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)32
207935819Nomada member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons33
207935820Obsidianblack volcanic rock34
207935821Oracle Bonescattle bones or tortoise shells on which Chinese priests would write questions and then interpret answers from the cracks that formed when the bones were heated35
207935822Paleolithicsecond part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC36
207935823PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.37
207935824Patriarchalrelating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority38
207935825Pharaohthe title of the ancient Egyptian kings39
207935826Pictographspicture symbols40
207935827Polytheismbelief in multiple Gods41
207935828Samsara(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth, reincarnation42
207935829Satia ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.43
207935830Savannaha flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions44
207935831Self-Sufficientable to provide there own needs45
207935832Varna(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)46
207935833VedasAncient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.47
207935834Venerationrespect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person48
207935835Zoroastrianismdual gods of equal power to form early monotheism; Persian; cosmic struggle over good and bad; those that do good go to heaven and bad go to hell; influenced Judaism and Christianity49

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