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10566476972Agriculturethe science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock0
10566476973Monarchysupreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.1
10566476974Absolute Monarchya monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution2
10566476975AristocracyA government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility, mostly upper class3
10566476976BureaucracyA system of managing government through departments run by APPOINTED OFFICIALS4
10566476977Chiefdoma form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'5
10566476978city-stateA sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland.6
10566476979Coup de tata sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially : the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group7
10566476980DemocracyA form of government in which citizens govern themselves8
10566476981DynastyA series of rulers from the same family9
10566476982hereditary monarcha ruler who is the son or younger relative of the previous ruler10
10566476983Kinghighest-ranking leader of a group of people (male)11
10566476984QueenHighest-ranking leader of a group of people (female)12
10566476985Rulera person who rules or governs; sovereign.13
10566476986Emperorthe ruler of an empire14
10566476987MatriarchyA society ruled or controlled by women15
10566476988Patriarchya society ruled or controlled by men16
10566476989OligarchyA government ruled by a few powerful people17
10566476990TheocracyA government controlled by religious leaders18
10566476991Revolutiona forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.19
10566476992gender rolesExpectations about what is appropriate behavior for each sex.20
10566476993indentured servantA person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time21
10566476994MerchantA person who makes money by selling goods22
10566476995Nobilitya class of people having high birth or rank23
10566476996peasanta poor farm worker24
10566476997RuralCountryside25
10566476998Scribea person who writes things down26
10566476999Serfspeasants and poor farmers who lived on and farmed land in feudal times.27
10566477000Shamana person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick28
10566477001Slavea person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.29
10566477002Urbancity30
10566477003Afterlifelife after death31
10566477004Castea rigid and hereditary social class32
10566477005Deitiesgods and goddesses33
10566477006Epic of GilgameshAn epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.34
10566477007godsa superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.35
10566477008Karmain Hindu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives36
10566477009Mandate of Heavenin Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority37
10566477010MonotheismBelief in one God38
10566477011Mummificationembalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy39
10566477012MythologyA body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works40
10566477013Oracle bonesUsed to predict the future41
10566477014PolytheismBelief in many gods42
10566477015PyramidHuge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom43
10566477016Ritualrelating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony44
10566477017Satia former practice in India whereby a widow threw herself onto her husband's funeral pyre.45
10566477018sacrificean act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure.46
10566477019Scripturesacred writings47
10566477020Templesa building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.48
10566477021Yah wehAnother name form God49
10566477022Zigguratstemples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped50

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