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210025044AgrarianFarming community0
210025045AgriculturistsGenerate their own foods from planting1
210025046Archeologythe study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and other remains2
210025047Aryansnomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system3
210025048Asceticismthe trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)4
210025049AustronesianA branch of languages originating in Oceania5
210025050Bureaucracynonelective government officials6
210025051Brahmanthe highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category7
210025052BrahminsPriests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made8
210025053Castesocial status or position conferred by a system based on class9
210025054CataractsLarge waterfalls10
210025055Civilizationa society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)11
210025056Cuneiforman ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia12

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