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Agriculture
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The science or practice of farming
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Animism
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The belief that natural objects, natural phenomenon, and the universe itself posses souls
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City-state
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A city that with its surrounding territory froms an independent state
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Civilization
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The society, culture, and way of life of a particular area
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Democracy
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A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system
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Domestication
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To tame an animal, by generations of breeding, to live in close association of human beings as a pet or work animal (loses its ability to live in the wild)
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Ethnocentrism
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The belief of one’s ethnic group or culture being superior over others
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Feudalism
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A European political system in which a lord owned all the land while vassals and serfs farmed it
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HIstory
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The study of past events
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Ideographs (writing)
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Words that do not have a clear definition, but are used to give the impression of a clear meaning
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Metallurgy (metalworking)
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The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification
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Middle Ages
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The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453)
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Migration
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Movement from one thing to another
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Monarchy
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A system or government in which one person reigns
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Monotheism
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The belief that there is only one god
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