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7264959065Agricultural revolutionThe transition from foraging and cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 B.C.E, also known as the neolithic revolution.0
7264959066AristocracyRuled by a privileged heredity class or nobility.1
7264959067BarbarianA person living outside of the Roman Empire.2
7264959068brahminsRespected family of wealth and social position.3
7264959069BureaucracyGovernment by many bureaus, administrators, and officials.4
7264959070Cities vs. villagesa large populous town, villages a small rural area with stable community.5
7264959071Civilizationsadvanced state human society.6
7264959072Complex institutioncompose of many interconnected parts; organized stable establishment,; foundation or society.7
7264959073currencya current state of general acceptance and use8
7264959074dietyanother word for god; many early civilizations believed in many dieties9
7264959075democracya political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them10
7264959076dharmaIn Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties11
7264959077diffusioncause to become widely known12
7264959078diversified food supplyspread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate13
7264959079domesticated animalovercome the wildness of14
7264959080dynastic cycle.cause to go through a recurring sequence15
7264959081elagitariana pattern in which power within the family is vested equally in males and females16
7264959082ethical/legal codesthe philosophical study of moral values and rules17
7264959083frontier..., A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.18
7264959084hunters and gatherers...is one whose primary subsistence method involves the direct procurement of edible plants and animals from the wild, foraging and hunting without significant recourse to the domestication of either19
7264959085IceAge..., a period of extreamly cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered in massive ice sheets20
7264959086intensive cultivation..., Any kind of agricultural activity that involves effective and efficient use of labor on small plots of land to maximize crop yield.21
7264959087irrigation system..., instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity22
7264959088karma..., (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation23
7264959089mandate of heaven..., a document giving an official instruction or command24
7264959090monogamy..., Marriage to a single mate25
7264959091pagan..., not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam26
7264959092pastoral..., a person authorized to conduct religious worship27
7264959093patriarchy..., a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line28
7264959094polygamy..., having more than one spouse at a time29
7264959095record keeping..., anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events30
7264959096secular..., a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations31
7264959097sericultural..., raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk32
7264959098settled populationfill with people or supply with inhabitants33
7264959099slavery..., A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people.34
7264959100specialization of labor..., productive work (especially physical work done for wages)35
7264959101surplus..., more than is needed, desired, or required36
7264959102syncretism..., the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)37
7264959103textiles..., Fabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing38
7264959104theocracy..., a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)39

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