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219529479Abstinence; Cilebacy, Chastitythe act of refraining from sexual relations.0
219529480Afterlife...1
219529481Autonomy...2
219529482Beauracracy; Civil Service...3
219529483Caste SystemSystem in India that gives every Indian a particular place in the social hierarchy from birth. Individuals may improve the position they inherit in the caste system in their next life through their actions, or karma. After many lives of good karma, they may be relieved from cycle of life and win their place in heaven.4
219529484Citizen...5
219529485City State...6
219529486Conversion...7
219529487Corporal Punishment...8
219529488Deityany supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force9
219529489Diaspora...10
219529490Dynastya powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time11
219529491Domesticated Plants and Animals...12
219529492Elites...13
219529493Empirea political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler14
219529494Filialof or pertaining to a son or daughter; the relation between parent and child (i.e. filial piety)15
219529495Hegemonyleadership of one nation exercised over others; expansion16
219529496Hunting Gathering (Foraging)one of the first societies where men went hunting for animals, and women and children collected plants, roots, nuts, and fruits.17
219529497Ideologya belief that guides one's lifestyle18
219529498Imperialrelating to an empire19
219529499Kinship Groupsa group of people that are related by blood or marriage20
219529500Missionariesdevout believers of a religion, particularly Buddhist and Christians who traveled to other lands in an attempt to attract non-believers with marvals such as miracles so as to convert people to their religion.21
219529501Monarchygovernment under a single ruler, usually passes down from generations, resulting in Dynasties.22
219529502Monotheismbelief in a single God23
219529503NeolithicThe Period which marked the mastery of agriculture. Also called the New Stone Age(10,000-4000 BCE).24
219529504Nobilitya high-ranking social class25
219529505NomadicHunter Gatherers who constantly moved from place to place, often following their prey. They sustained mainly off of berries and nuts, found by the women and children. Small in numbers, they had little possessions and were mainly an Egalitarian Society.26
219529506NunA devout female follower of a Religion who pledges themselves to service none but that Religion.27
219529507Pagana follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times28
219529508A Pantheon...29
219529509Pastoral...30
219529510Patriarchy...31
219529511Polytheismbelief in multiple Gods32
219529512Priest...33
219529513Reincarnationthe Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions34
219529514RepublicA state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated power35
219529515Role of Nomads in Trade...36
219529516Sacred TextsReligious texts, also known as Sacred Scripture, are the texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or of central importance.37
219529517Scribe...38
219529518Sedentary...39
219529519SlaveryA system where people are treated as property40
219529520Social Hierchy; Social Stratification; Social Inequity...41
219529521Stupa...42
219529522Tax Revenue...43
219529523The State...44
219529524Trade Goods...45
219529525Urban...46

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