(a) to separate into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of. (b) to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of.

a state of society without government or law.

of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire. (476 CE)

discrimination against or prejudice or hostility towards Jews.

(appease) to bring to a state of peace; to assuage by relenting something.

capable of producing crops; land suitable for farming.

the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.

(a) marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated. (b) pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed in Greece from the middle 7th to the early 5th centuries BCE, chiefly characterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure in action, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure, simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of a definitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter.

(a) the character or style of building. (b) the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect.

a combining form meaning “rule”, “government”.

(a) a discussion involving differing points of view; debate. (b) a process of reasoning; series of reasons.

(a) a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility. (b) a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class.

the doctrine or belief that there is no God/supreme being(s).

the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like.

favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom.

a distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.

the difference in value over a period of time of country’s imports and exports of merchandise.

(a) a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized. (b) non-Greek (c) a person living outside, especially north of, the Roman Empire (d) a person not living in a Christian country or within a Christian civilization.

the line that separates one country, state, province, etc., from another; frontier line.

(a) (in Marxist theory) the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. (b) the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

the body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department.

the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.

an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

a building occupied by a state legislature.

to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.

a coalition of political or special-interest groups having a common cause, as to encourage the passage of a certain law.

a person killed or injured in a war or accident.

anything that produces an effect; a cause.

(a) a person who remains unmarried, especially for religious reasons. (b) not married, (c) one who does not engage in sexual activity.

used to describe approximate dates, e.g. “...the fall of Rome circa 400 C.E.”, often abbreviated with lower case “c”, e.g. “...c. 400 C.E”.

a state consisting of a sovereign (supreme) city.

a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.

an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.

(a) zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory, (b) an excessive or prejudiced loyalty to a particular gender, group, or cause.

the rules and customs of medieval knighthood.

(also known as class conflict) conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity, in a world history context it is a broader reference to those more advanced societies that followed the foundational civilizations and had lasting cultural impacts on later societies in their region.

to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition.

an occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance, there is no identifiable causative relationship between the events.

(a) a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. (b) any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.

of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies.

a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, disease, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian Hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

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abolition

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the legal prohibition and ending of slavery, especially of slavery of blacks in the US.

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absolutism

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the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.

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administer

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to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.

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administration

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(a) the management of any office, business, or organization; direction. (b) the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.

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admonish/-ment

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(a) to caution, advise, or counsel against something. (b) to urge to a duty; remind.

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Afro-

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prefix of or pertaining to Afro-Americans or to black traditions, culture, etc.

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agrarian

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(a) relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property. (b) rural; agricultural.

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