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10566023506	Venus Figurines	Paleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerated breasts, buttocks, hips, and stomachs, which may have had religious significance	0
10566023507	Dreamtime	A complex worldview of Australia's Aboriginal peopel that held that current humans live in an echo of ancestral happenings	1
10566023508	Clovis Culture	The earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point	2
10566023509	Megafaunal Extinction	The dying-out of a number of large animal species, including the mammoth and several species of horses and camels; occured around 11,000-10,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age. The extinction may have been caused by excessive hunting or by the changing of climate of the era	3
10566023510	Austronesian Migrations	The last phase of the great human migration that established a human presence in every habitable region of the earth. Austronesian-speaking people settled the Pacific island and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago	4
10566023511	shamans	In many early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a leasion between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs	5
10566023512	trance dance	In San culture, a nightlong ritual held to activate a human being's innter spiritual potency [n/um] to counteract the evil influences of gods and ancestors. The practice was apparently common to the Khoisan people, of whom the Jo/'hoansi are a surviving remnant	6
10566023513	Paleolithic settling down	The process by which some Paleolithic peoples moved toward permanent settlement in the wake of the last Ice Age. Settlement was marked by increasing storage of food and accumulation of goods, as well as growing inequalities in society	7
10566023514	Gobekli Tepe	oldest religious structure. made by hunter gathers. Indicates that religion came before organization of labor, settlement and agriculture	8
10566023515	Fertile Crescent	A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates	9
10566023516	Teosinte	a wild grass found in the highlands of Mexico, is the wild ancestor of maize	10
10566023517	Diffusion	Is the process by which a characterictic spreads	11
10566023518	Bantu Migrations	(1500BCE to 500CE) As the Bantu people migrated, they spread the Bantu family of languages and culture. The Bantu also spread the use of iron, which improved farming techniques and agricultural efficiency, the greater food supply sparked economic development and population growth. The changes instigated by the Bantu migration increased the vitality of sub-Saharan Africa.	12
10566023519	Ishi	The last the Yali people found in northern California in 1951. He is a good example of how the growth of agricultural societies led to the collapse of gathering and hunting communities.	13
10566023520	"secondary products revolution"	A term used to describe the series of technological changes that began c.a. 4000 B.C.E., as people began to develop new uses for their domesticated animals, exploiting a revolutionary new source of power. Examples: milk, transportation, wool, hunting help, glue, muscle power, eggs, blood, feathers, bones, ivory, manure/fertilizer, and hides/fur.	14
10566023521	Pastoral Societies	Based on the domestication of animals and use their products as main source of food. Groups move where there is foods but they are more settlers than nomads. Independent and warlike.	15
10566023522	Catalhuyuk	Good example of agricultural village society. Social structure, buried dead, many people, well built houses, specialization.	16
10566023523	Chiefdoms	A society that is led by a ruler of decent, but seldom used force to lead their people. They relied on generosity, charisma, and leadership to rule.	17
10566023524	Paleolithic Rock Art	The hundreds of Paleolithic painting discovered in Spain and France, dating to about 20,000 years ago; these paintings depict a range of animals, although human figures and abstract designs are also found.	18
10566023525	Neanderthals	Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, a European varient of Homo sapiens that died out about 25,000 years ago	19

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10537278683	Nile River		0
10537278684	Indus River		1
10537278685	Huang He		2
10537278686	Tigris River		3
10537278687	Euphrates River		4
10537278688	Amazon River		5
10537278689	Atlantic Ocean		6
10537278690	Pacific Ocean		7
10537278691	Indian Ocean		8
10537278692	Mediterranean Sea		9
10537278693	Black Sea		10
10537278694	Red Sea		11
10537278695	Caspian Sea		12
10537278696	Arabian Sea		13
10537278697	Himalayas		14
10537278698	Alps		15
10537278699	Caucasus Mountains		16
10537278700	Ural Mountains		17
10537278701	Andes		18
10537278702	Hindu-Kush		19
10537278703	Gobi Desert		20
10537278704	Sahara Desert		21
10537278705	Kalahari Desert		22
10537278706	Arabian Peninsula		23
10537278707	Korean Peninsula		24
10537278708	Caribbean		25
10537278709	Middle East		26
10537278710	South Asia		27
10537278711	Southeast Asia		28
10537278712	Indonesia		29
10537278713	Philippines		30
10537278714	Japan		31
10537278715	Canton		32
10537278716	Baghdad		33
10537278717	Batavia		34
10537278718	Mecca		35
10537278719	Malacca (Melaka)		36
10537278720	Constantinople/Istanbul		37
10537278721	Cordoba		38
10537278722	Jerusalem		39
10537278723	Tenochtitlan		40
10537278724	Timbuktu		41
10537278725	Beijing		42
10537278726	Kilwa		43
10537278727	Calcutta		44
10537278728	Jenne		45
10537278729	Moscow		46
10537278730	South China Sea		47
10537278731	Strait of Gibraltar		48
10537278732	Bering Sea		49
10537278733	Sea of Japan		50
10537278734	Bosporus		51
10537278735	Persian Gulf		52
10537278736	Niger River		53
10537278737	Tiber River		54
10537278738	Ganges River		55
10537278739	Yangtze River		56
10537278740	Pyrenees Mountains		57
10537278741	Indian Subcontinent		58
10537278742	Swahili Coast		59
10537278748	Sub-Saharan Africa	Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.	60
10537278743	Iberian Peninsula		61
10537278744	Sumatra		62
10537278745	Malaysian Peninsula		63
10537278746	Crimean Peninsula		64
10537278749	Anatolia	A large peninsula at the western edge of Asia; also called Asia Minor	65
10537278747	Central Asia Steppes		66

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10634311072	Provinces	Segments of land	0
10634311074	Districts	Divided sectors in provinces governed by Ministries	1
10634311075	Ashoka Maurya	Ruled 297-232 BCE, the high point of the Mauryan empire. Created the rock and pillar edicts, taxed, centralized, and encouraged Buddhism.	2
10634311077	Ceylon	Modern day Sri Lanka	3
10634311078	Bactria	Kingdom west of the Indus River	4
10634311080	Ganges River	River in India, and housed Pataliputra	5
10634311081	Rock and Pillar Edicts	reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles, A series of edicts on...rocks and pillars that reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles; similar to Hammurabi's code	6
10634311082	Kushan Empire	Alongside Bactria, ruled India from 180 BCE-150 BCE	7
10634311083	Gupta Dynasty	Existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE. At its height from 319 to 550 CE it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is called the Golden Age of India.	8
10634311084	Mauryan Dynasty	A dynasty which ruled northern India 321-c.184 BC. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya, who introduced a centralized government and uniform script.	9
10634311085	Chandragupta Maurya	Conquerer who made Magdha kingdom expand to Mauryan Empire	10
10634311086	White Huns	Nomads from the Northwest, brought downfall to the the Gupta	11
10634311087	Han Dynasty	Second imperial dynasty of China. Founded in 206 BC when the rebel leader Liu Bang successfully ended the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty lasted for four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history	12
10634311088	Pax Sinica	Peace in China	13
10634311089	Shihuangdi	First emperor of China; legalism; Qin dynasty	14
10634311090	Xiongnu	Nomadic peoples who raided Chinese villages	15
10634311091	Civil Service Examination	System under the Han Dynasty; People hired based on test taking skills rather than by blood	16
10634311092	Yellow Turban Rebellion	A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty	17
10634311093	Vedas Upanishads	Hindu texts that talked about Brahma	18
10634311094	Mahavir Jain	Born in 500 BCE; Founder of Jainism	19
10634311095	Ahimsa	Non-violence	20
10634311096	Siddhartha Gautauma	Taught Buddhism (Founder), also known as Buddha	21
10634311097	Ascetic	Someone who rejects worldly pleasures, lives life of self dignity	22
10634311098	Enlightenment	A state of higher spiritual understanding and achievement reached through reflection and meditation	23
10634311099	Four Noble Truths	Doctrines by Buddha: 1) Life= Suffering 2) Suffering comes from desires for pleasure and material things 3) Eliminating suffering = ending one's desires 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path	24
10634311100	Bhagavad Gita	Part of the most important writings in Mahabharata	25
10634311101	Mahabharata	An epic Sanskrit poem of India, dealing chiefly with the struggle between two rival families. Said one's duty is from birth and to separate from attachment	26
10634311102	Nirvana	a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism	27
10634311103	Reincarnation	Being born again, and living life once more	28
10634311104	Monasteries	Religious buildings by the Buddhist	29
10634311105	Ramayana	Epic poem that told of Vedic lessons through heroism, romance, and adventure	30
10634311106	Gandhara Buddhas	Statues uniquely combining Greek and Roman artistic traditions with Indian arts	31
10634311107	Inoculations	Infecting people with with mild forms of viruses to build immunity	32
10634311108	Arabic Numerals	Numerical symbols: 0-9 which was introduced in Europe by Arab peoples	33
10634311109	Nalanda	Northeastern India housed ancient universities	34
10634311110	Sarnath	North Central India	35
10634311111	Confucius	551 BCE, founder of Confucianism	36
10634311112	Dao de Jiang	The. Classic Way: ideas of Daoism	37
10634311113	Caste System	System of social hierarchy in India	38
10634311114	Varna	each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra	39
10634311115	Brahmins	People of priestly class of the Caste System	40
10634311116	Kshatriyas	Warrior Class of the Caste System	41
10634311117	Vaishyas	Merchants/artisan class	42
10634311118	Shudras	Peasant class of the Caste System	43
10634311119	Untouchables	Lowest in the Caste, given the work that no one wanted to do	44
10634311120	Doclits	Another name for Untouchables	45
10634311121	Jatis	Subcasts within the regular classes to house complex society	46

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11377413295	absolutism	concept of government developed during rise of nation-states in western Europe during the 17th century; featured monarchs who passed laws without parliament's, appointed professionalized armies and bureaucracies, established state churches, imposed state economic policies - eg. Louis XIV of France	0
11377413296	divine right	the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God	1
11377413297	Parliamentary monarchy	originated in England and the Netherlands in the 17th century. Kings are partially checked by significant legislative powers in parliaments	2
11377413298	ethnocentrism	regarding one's own race or cultural group as superior to others	3
11377413299	conquistador	the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century	4
11377413300	colonialism	control by one power over a dependent area or people	5
11377413301	Viceroy	member of the nobility appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign - means in place of the king	6
11377413302	Columbian Exchange	global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas	7
11377413303	Janissaries	Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies - had a great deal of political influence after 15th century	8
11377413304	Devshirme	in the Ottoman Empire, the policy of taking children from conquered Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers	9
11377413305	Shah	King, title of the Mughal and Safavid emperors	10
11377413306	Vizier	head of the Ottoman bureaucracy, after the 15th century often more powerful than the sultan	11
11377413307	Sultan	the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)	12
11377413308	Harem	the women in a Muslin household, including the mother, sisters, wives, concubines, daughters, entertainers, and servants - the Ottoman Sultans had large harems	13
11377413309	tsar, czar	Russian emperor (from the Roman title Caesar)	14
11377413310	Cossacks	peasants recruited to migrate to lands in the southern parts of Russia, combined agriculture with military conquests	15
11377413311	Westernization	to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc. of western Europe	16
11377413312	mercantilism	an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than were purchased. Often led to the hoarding of wealth, for because it could be needed unexpectedly for war.	17
11377413313	Joint-Stock Company	A commercial venture that spurred exploration by bringing together many investors and merchants in order to minimize the risks and costs of the investment. Started by the Dutch East Indian Trading Co. A significant part of mercantilism, in bringing raw materials from colonies.	18
11377413314	encomienda	a grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it. Established a framework for relations based on economic dominance	19
11377413315	Mita (aka repartimiento)	forced labor system replacing Indian slaves and encomienda workers; used to mobilize labor for mines and other projects. European adaptation of the Inca system that required all able-bodied subjects to work for the state a certain numbers of days each year	20
11377413316	Silver in Colonial Latin America	mining in Mexico and Peru. The Spanish coerced (forced) natives to work in the mines. Spain became very wealthly and powerful from silver profits, using it to trade around the world, especially in China.	21
11377413317	haciendas	rural agricultural and herding estates; produced for consumers in America; basis for wealth and power of the local aristocracy	22
11377413318	plantations/plantation systems	a large estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, where cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugarcane are cultivated, using a form of coercive labor (usually slavery)	23
11377413319	peninsulares	Spanish-born residents of the New World. (Born on the Iberian Peninsula.)	24
11377413320	creoles/criollos	in Spanish colonial society, colonists who were born in Latin America to Spanish parents	25
11377413321	mestizo	mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry	26
11377413322	mulattoes	mixed Spanish and African ancestry	27
11377413323	zambos	those of mixed indigenous and African ancestry	28
11377413324	galleons	large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from the New World Colonies to Spain; basis of convoy system utilized for transportation of silver bullion	29
11377413325	triangular trade	the transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America	30
11377413326	middle passage	the voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies, and later to North and South America, to be sold as slaves -- so called because it was considered the middle leg of the triangular trade	31
11377413327	Chattel slavery	concept of believing that slaves were merely objects, not humans	32
11377413328	Secular	concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters	33
11377413329	Protestant	a member of the Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation	34
11377413330	indulgences	a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin, sold by the Catholic Church to help raise $$	35
11377413331	Bartolomeu Dias	Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 and discovered the Cape of Good Hope	36
11377413332	Christopher Columbus	explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean opened up the Americas to European exploration. Sailed for the Spanish crown in an attempt to find a new trade route to the East Indies	37
11377413333	Martin Luther	wrote the 95 Theses as a critique of the Catholic Church while serving as a monk in Germany and is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation	38
11377413334	Hernan Cortes	Spanish conquistador who led an expedition into the Aztec Empire and later caused the fall of the empire	39
11377413335	Francisco Pizarro	Spanish conquistador in South America who conquered the Incan Empire	40
11377413336	Vasco de Gama	Portuguese explorer. Commanded the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India	41
11377413337	Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, First to circumnavigate the globe.	42
11377413338	Akbar	Ruler of the Mughals known for having a liberal outlook on all faiths and beliefs. He expanded the empire.	43
11377413339	Shah Jahan	Akbar's Grandson and king. ruled 1628-1658, built the Taj Majhal	44
11377413340	Atahualpa	Last Inca emperor before the Spanish conquest; was in the middle of a civil war with his brother when Francisco Pizarro arrived.	45
11377413341	Montezuma II	Aztec ruler during the Spanish conquest of modern day Mexico. Expanded the empire's boundaries and was killed during an attack on the capital city, Tenochtitlan	46
11377413342	Elizabeth I	last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Her reign was called the "Golden Age of England," known for the flourishing of English drama and the skilled adventurers	47
11377413343	Louis XIV	AKA Sun King. Consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France and was mimicked by many other rulers during this time period. Built the Palace of Versailles and relocated the French court out there.	48
11377413344	Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)	Grand Prince of Moscow - first ruler to be crowned as Czar of all the Russias and managed many changes that allowed Russia to become an empire	49
11377413345	Peter the Great	Russian tsar who presided over the Westernization of the empire. He moved the capital to St. Petersburg and changed the social and political systems of Russia into more modern, scientific and European-oriented systems	50
11377413346	King Nzinga/Afonso I	ruler of the Kingdom of the Kongo during the height of the Portuguese slave trade in the region. Converted to Christianity and adopted some European ideas during his reign	51
11377413347	Tokugawa Ieyasu	last of the three great unifiers of Japan and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which lasted until the mid-19th century. Presided over the beginning of Japanese isolationism	52
11377413348	Shah Ismail I	founder of the Safavid dynasty, Persia, modern-day Iran.	53
11377413349	Aurangzeb	Mughal emperor. He expanded the empire, but abandoned the policies of religious toleration set in place by his predecessors	54
11377413350	Suleyman the Magnificent	Ottoman ruler known for his reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system, which gave him the nickname "the Lawgiver." Presided over the apex of Ottoman military, political, and economic power	55
11377413351	John Calvin	pastor during the Protestant Reformation who preached the idea of predestination	56
11377413352	Scientific Revolution	a series of events that led to the birth of modern science; it lasted from about 1540 to 1700. Renaissance -> Scientific Revolution -> Enlightenment.	57
11377413353	Galileo Galilei	Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. Was put on trial by the Catholic Church for defending Copernicus' heliocentric theory.	58
11377413354	Nicolaus Copernicus	Renaissance mathematician and astronomer - discovered the heliocentric theory of the universe but waited until he was on his deathbed to publish his findings. His theory was rejected by the Catholic Church	59
11377413355	Sir Issac Newton	combined Galileo's laws of terrestrial motion and Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion to publish a work on gravitational force called Principia	60
11377413356	Thomas Hobbes	English philosopher who lived during the English Civil War. He was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign and the idea of "social contract" - the people give up their rights to the absolute authority of the government	61
11377413357	King Henry VIII	Ruled 1509-1547. Major figure of the Protestant reformation who married women to try and have a male heir to succeed him	62
11377413358	Anglican Church	Church of England (Protestant Church established by Henry VIII)	63
11377413359	maritime empires	empires based on sea travel	64
11377413360	Prince Henry the Navigator	the first in a series of European royalty to sponsor seafaring expeditions, searching for an all-water route to the east as well as for African gold	65
11377413361	caravel	a small, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century. Allowed sailors to survive storms at sea better than earlier-designed ships	66
11377413362	Hispaniola	the name Columbus gave to the island now occupied by Haiti and the Dominican Republic	67
11377413363	Treaty of Tordesillas	Spain and Portugal divided the Americas between them, Spain reserving all land to the west of a meridian and Portugal reserving all land to the east of that meridian	68
11377413364	Sikhism	blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs. a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.	69
11377413365	Little Ice Age	300-year mini-ice age from 1550 to 1850. Led to mass starvation and peasant rebellions in Ming Dynasty China.	70
11377413366	Ming Dynasty	1368-1644, Dynasty who sent Zheng He on a series of naval voyages. Built the majority of the parts of the Great Wall that still exists.	71
11377413367	Zheng He	• Chinese admiral and diplomat during Ming dynasty • explored as far as Africa • traded & collected tribute	72
11377413368	Qing Dynasty	AKA Manchus (ethnic group). TAfricanhe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries	73
11377413369	Astrolabe	A navigational instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars	74
11377413370	African Diaspora	Name given to the spread of African peoples across the Atlantic via the Trans-Atlantic trade.	75
11377413371	Printing Press	1440. invented by Guttenberg; led to more literacy and spread of ideas	76
11377413372	Tokugawa Period	1603-1867 period of rule during which the Tokugawa family held power as Shoguns. Pax Tokugawa. Generally isolationist, but traded with the Portuguese, who brought the first guns to Japan.	77
11377413373	Songhay Empire	1464-1591. Became the dominate kingdom in West Africa after Mail collapsed around 1500; this empire controlled Timbuktu. Islamic.	78
11377413374	Kingdom of Kongo	Central African kingdom that converted to Christianity via trade with the Portuguese.	79

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10520269987	absolutism	dictionary: A political system in which a ruler holds total power me: One leader holds all power Modern day: Kim Jong Un	0
10520271599	CE	dictionary: Represents dates after the year zero. Stands for Common Era. Me: All years after zero.	1
10520274842	Chiefdom	dictionary: hierarchical political organization in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'. Me: Power is divided amongst separate parties, taking shape in houses or families. Modern day: Game of Thrones	2
10520291102	Codify	dictionary: the act, process,or result of arranging in a systematic form or code. Me: To arrange in order Modern day: File cabinet	3
10520293891	Contextualization	dictionary: Historical Thinking Skill: Situates historical events, developments, or processes within the broader context in which they occurred to draw conclusions for their significance Me: Being able to put history in chronological order Modern day: Historian	4
10520297979	Early Modern Era	dictionary: the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the late 15th century to the late 18th century. Me: Time between end of Middle Ages and start of industrial revolution	5
10520297980	Forager	dictionary: People who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. Me: People who hunt and gather Modern day: People in third world countries who still hunt and gather.	6
10520297981	Indentured Servant	dictionary: Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America Me: Person who agrees free travel for free labor.	7
10520299465	Agriculture	dictionary: the practice of farming Me: farming Modern day: People who farm	8
10520299466	Bias	dictionary: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Me: People with prejudice who unfairly judge somebody Modern day: Person who has prejudice towards a certain type of person.	9
10520300684	City-State	dictionary: a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Me: city surrounded by territory which forms a state	10
10520300685	Colonization	dictionary: setting up a colony away from one's place of origin. Me: Finding new land and settling there.	11
10520300686	Corroboration	dictionary: to strengthen by evidence, to confirm Me:evidence to back a claim up Modern day: In court	12
10520302087	Empire	dictionary: A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler Me: one ruler controls states or territories modern day: Ottoman Empire	13
10520302088	Globalization	dictionary: The worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration. Me: The effort to unite the world under one government Modern day: United Nations	14
10520303136	Interregional	dictionary: relatinɡ to or occurring between different regions. Me: Something that occurs between different regions	15
10520303137	Aristocracy	dictionary: the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. Me: The elite upper class Modern day: The illuminati	16
10520304023	Bureaucracy	dictionary: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. Me:Decisions made by state officials not elected representatives. Modern day: Department of motor vehicles	17
10520304024	Civilization	dictionary: A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes Me: Social classes and government make up society modern day: America	18
10520306298	Commercial	dictionary: having to do with business or trade Me: Trading or doing business Modern day: A business which sells goods	19
10520306299	Demography	dictionary: the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. Me: Statistics which tell about the population Modern Day: Studies done on the public	20
10520307840	Ethnocentrism	dictionary: Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. Me: Believing ones nation is better than another Modern day: Patriotism	21
10520307841	Hierarchy	dictionary: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. Me: System which ranks the people by wealth and power Modern day: Caste system in India	22
10520309059	Kingdom	dictionary: a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. Me: Queen or king rules over territory	23
10520309060	BCE	dictionary: refers to "Before Common Era," dates before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth Me: Before Christ existed	24
10520310690	Capitalism	dictionary: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Me: People are responsible for there own wealth, government doesn't intervene in private business Modern day: America	25
10520310691	Classical Era	dictionary: 600 BCE to 600 CE featured the development of some of the most influential world belief systems. Me: 600 BCE to 600 CE	26
10520311998	Contemporary Era	dictionary: describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Me: 1945 to now	27
10520311999	Dynasty	dictionary: A series of rulers from the same family Me: power is passed through heredity Modern day: Cuomo dynasty	28
10520313355	Epidemic	dictionary: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. Me: Infection widespread across a region Modern day: Zika	29
10520313356	Imperialism	dictionary: A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Me: Spread of power through force or diplomatic means Modern Day: Countries such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, and China	30
10520315193	Merchant	dictionary: a person who buys and sells goods Me: Person who makes a living off trading or selling goods Modern day: Vendors in the city	31
10520315194	Modern Era	dictionary: period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and computer networks. Me: Period when media was easily accessible to the public	32
10520316379	Nobility	dictionary: the group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title. Me: Higher class that has power, respect and wealth Modern day: anybody who is currently wealthy	33
10520316380	Pastoral	dictionary: pertaining to the country or to life in the country Me: Rural lifestyle Modern day: Farmers in Wyoming	34
10520317280	Post-Classical Era	dictionary: a periodization commonly used by the school of "world history" instead of Middle Ages (Medieval), Me: Period commonly referred to as the medieval times.	35
10520317281	Rural	dictionary: relating to farm areas and life in the country Me: Life out in the country Modern day: Farmers	36
10520318362	Slave	dictionary: a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. Me: Someone who is owned and used as an asset to a master Modern day: Blood diamond miners	37
10520318363	Syncretism	dictionary: when distinct aspects of different cultures blend together to make something new and unique. Me: The culmination of different cultures. Modern day: Melting pots such as America	38
10520318364	Monotheism	dictionary: Belief in one God Me: One God Modern day: Christianity	39
10520319917	Nomad	dictionary:a person who moves from place to place Me: Person who doesn't settle but rather stays on the move hunting and trading Modern day: Eskimos	40
10520319918	Patriarchal	dictionary: relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority Me: Men hold the power Modern day: The Middle East	41
10520321794	Post-Modern Era	dictionary: a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late-20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism and that marked a departure from modernism. Me: Time in late 20th century moving away from modernism	42
10520321795	Scribe	dictionary: a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper Me: Professional write Modern day: Court reporter	43
10520321796	Socialism	dictionary: A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. Me: Government controls means of production and businesses Modern day: North Korea	44
10520323761	Synthesis	dictionary: combining parts into a whole Me: Putting two things together to make one thing	45
10520323762	Nation	dictionary: a politically organized body of people under a single government Me: United people under one government Modern Day: America	46
10520325087	Pandemic	dictionary: Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. Me: high death rate across a population due to a disease Modern day: Ebola	47
10520325088	Periodization	dictionary: the division of history into periods of time Me: history put into different periods of time	48
10520325089	Prehistoric	dictionary: before recorded history Me: Time before recorded history	49
10520329140	Sedentary Agriculture	dictionary: Farming system in which the farmer remains settled in one place Me: Farmer who doesn't migrate	50
10520329141	State (not the US states)	dictionary: A political unit in which citizens are it's inhabitants. Me: People united under a political unit Modern day: Canada	51
10520330477	Steppes	dictionary: land that is dry, rather level, mostly treeless, and covered with grass in regions (as parts of Asia and southeastern Europe) with usually hot summers and cold winters. Me: Large expanses of flat land Modern day: Southeastern Europe	52
10520330478	Neolithic	dictionary: The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution. It follows the Paleolithic period. Me: Time when people shifted from hunting and gathering to farming	53
10520332082	Papacy	dictionary: The office held by the pope as head of the Roman Catholic Church, according to Catholic doctrine, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. Me: The Popes position in the Vatican Modern Day: The Pope	54
10520332083	Polytheism	dictionary: Belief in many gods Me: Believing in the existence of multiple Gods Modern day: Hinduism	55
10520333236	Revolution	dictionary: a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. Me: Overthrowing of the current political system Modern day: Bahraini uprising of 2011	56
10520333237	Serf	dictionary: A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord Me: Person who is confined to the land they work	57
10520333238	Stateless society	dictionary: a group of independent villages organized into clans and led by a local ruler or clan head without any central government Me: A society with any central government Modern Day: Somolia	58
10520334145	Urban	dictionary: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area Me: A city Modern day: New York city	59

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10457323971	B.C.E.	Before Common Era	0
10457327135	C.E.	Common Era	1
10457331379	abdicate	to step down from the throne	2
10457333551	accesion	to obtain a new rank/position (president/monarchy)	3
10457340560	aesthetic	to be concerned about beautiful and ugly	4
10457392045	amenities	desirable or useful features or facilities of a building or place	5
10457394255	agrarian	agricultural	6
10457396275	anarchy	political and social disorder due to non-existent government	7
10457421414	animism	a religious belief that in which natural objects, animals, gods, etc. possess spiritual power and soul	8
10457539844	antiquity	the ancient past	9
10457541661	appeasement	the action of returning to peace	10
10457542183	aristocracy	a government ruled by the upper class	11
10457545578	asceticism	a lifestyle in which one avoids pleasurable things for religious purposes	12
10457547055	assimilate	to adapt a group, nation, etc. into something around the globe	13
10457552127	authoritarian	to favor authority having complete control instead of individual freedom	14
10457553245	autocracy	dictatorship	15
10457556855	barbarism	no culture and civilization	16
10457557975	bureaucracy/bureaucrat	a type of government where state officials make the most important decisions	17
10457560278	city-state	an independent city with its own government	18
10457561787	civic	pertaining to a city or citizen	19
10457567679	classical	relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture.	20
10457573166	colonial	relating to colonies	21
10457575623	commerce	trading	22
10457577144	communal	pertaining to a group or community	23
10457579663	concubine	A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social status.	24
10457586722	conscription	enlistment of men into the military	25
10457587790	cosmopolitan	to be at ease with different countries and cultures; comfortable at being at other places	26
10457589824	coup	overthrow of the government	27
10457591013	demography/demographic	the study of populations and what affects them	28
10457610959	despot	a ruler who has absolute power	29
10457613293	dissent	to disagree	30
10457614838	dissident	someone that opposes official policy	31
10457617247	diaspora	a large group of people that have a similar heritage and ethnicity who moved to other places	32
10457619886	domestic/domesticate	to tame or adapt to live in close connection with humans	33
10457621624	dynasty/dynastic	a sequence of rulers from the same family or group	34
10457623866	edict	a decree issued by an authority	35
10457626519	egalitarian	the belief that everyone is equal (especially in political, economic, and social life)	36
10457628819	elite	a superior group	37
10457630354	emigrate	to leave a country	38
10457633030	epic	a long poem that is about the adventures of a heroic individual or history of a nation	39
10457635243	ethnocentric	judging other cultures based on one's culture	40
10457637041	feudalism	a system where peasants provided labor and food in their lord's estate and in return the king provides protection	41
10457639601	genocide	the mass murder of a large group, ethnic group, or nation	42
10457641403	gentry	an upper class	43
10457642170	guild	an association between craftsman/merchants	44
10457643806	hierarchy	a type of system where people are organized on which has a higher or lower rank based on status/ authority	45
10457650301	hominids	a type of primate from the family homidae that includes humans and their ancestors	46
10457654761	homogenous	alike	47
10457655452	idealogy	a system of ideas and ideals	48
10457657931	imperial/imperialism	the policy of expanding one's power over to a foreign country	49
10457660469	indigenous	native people	50
10457662323	infrastructure	The basic framework of a building or a system	51
10457664889	lineage	lineal descent from an ancestor	52
10457669158	linguistic	pertaining to language; having to do with the structure of language	53
10457671100	manifest	evident; obvious	54
10457672195	maritime	relating or connecting to the sea	55
10457674967	martial	warlike	56
10457676679	matrillineal	inheritance determining descent via the female line	57
10457679337	mercenary	a paid soldier	58
10457680711	monarchy	a type of government where one individual holds all power and control	59
10457683356	monopoly/monopolize	a control over supply of a good or service	60
10457684969	monothiesm	a type of religious belief where one believes in one god	61
10457686883	mystical	a spiritual sense beyond human understanding	62
10457689598	nation-state	a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a common nationality	63
10457692843	neo	new	64
10457692844	Neolithic	the later part of the Stone Age, where humans began developing new technology	65
10457697134	nomadic	living as a wanderer	66
10457697966	oligarchy	a type of government, organization, or institution where it is run by a small group of people	67
10457704612	Pantheon	a domed circular temple at Rome that was constructed in 120 C.E. - 124 C.E. by Hadrian, in order to be used as a church	68
10457714590	papal/papacy	the office, dignity, or jurisdiction of the pope	69
10457715483	parliament/parliamentary	the legislature of Britain	70
10457720387	pastoral	where one lives life herding animals and moving around	71
10457722866	patriarchal	where the man is the head of his home	72
10457726497	partrillineal	descent through the male ancestral line	73
10457874261	patronage	the support given by a patron	74
10457878370	peasant	a poor farmer(usually of a very low social status) who owns/rents a small piece of land to cultivate	75
10457883666	pharoah	an ancient ruler from Egypt	76
10457884479	piety/pious	very religious	77
10457887330	polity	a certain type of form or system of government	78
10457888697	polygamy	having more than one wife at the same time	79
10457889481	polythiesm	a religious belief where one believes in many gods	80
10457893885	proselytize	to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte; to recruit	81
10457897240	provincial	belonging to a province	82
10457899179	regent	a person who takes over role as a ruler in a kingdom during a time where the sovereign is absent or disabled	83
10457901680	republic	a state where the power belongs to the citizens. Citizens are entitled to vote and are represented by representatives	84
10457905660	rhetoric/rhetorical	persuasive language used in speaking and writing	85
10457906894	sedentary	somewhat inactive	86
10457908242	serf	a farmer or laborer that is tied under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate	87
10457919536	Sharia	Islamic law, dealing with all matters of both secular and religious life.	88
10457928513	Sinification	a process where non-Chinese societies come under the influence of Chinese culture	89
10457933949	state	a nation or territory that is under control by a single government	90
10457935339	steppe	a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.	91
10457942646	Sub-Saharan	the region of Africa under or south of the Sahara Desert	92
10457946168	subordinate	lower in rank or position	93
10457947848	syncretism	The unification or blending of opposing people, ideas, or practices, frequently in the realm of religion.	94
10457959266	textiles	a type of cloth or woven fabric	95
10457960270	theocracy	a type of government run by religious figures	96
10457964712	theology	the study of the nature of God and religious belief	97
10457999322	totalitarian	a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial	98
10458001372	tributary state	a state that is lesser in power to its more powerful neighbor	99
10458004492	tyranny	an oppressive government or rule	100
10458005594	urban/urbanize	in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.	101
10458013018	usurp	seizing a position of power illegally or by force	102
10458016110	vernacular	native language	103