Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• Cultural Diffusion

• Culture

• Philosophy

• Dynasty

A series of rulers from the same family.

• Dynasty

• Aristocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Theocracy

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

• Sub-Continent

• Migration

• Empire

• City-State

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.

• Philosophy

• Culture

• Cultural Diffusion

• Religion

Seeking to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other.

• Philosophy

• Theocracy

• Aristocracy

• Bureaucracy

The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

• Monotheism

• Religion

• Polytheism

• Judaism

Belief in one God.

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

• Theocracy

Belief in many gods.

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

• Zoroastrianism

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.

• Empire

• City-State

• Dynasty

• Aristocracy

A governor of a province in ancient Persia.

• Satrap

• Pharaoh

• Emperor

• King