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Term | Definition |
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Bolshevik | member of the 1917 Russian revolutionary group |
civilization | community characterized by elements such as a system of writing, development of social classes, and cities |
limited monarchy | legislative body limits the monarch's power |
monotheistic | belief in one god |
neolithic | the period of human culture characterized by the development of a system of settled agriculture |
animism | belief that every living and nonliving thing in nature has a spirit |
crusades | series of religious wars fought between Christians and muslims from the late 1000s to the mid-1200s |
boxer rebellion | event in 1900 in which a group known as boxers assaulted foreign communities across china |
magna cartta | a charter signed by the English king john in 1215 that placed limits on the king's power |
dharma | in Hinduism, the moral and religious duties that are expected of an individual |
manorialism | economic system structured around a lord's manor, or estate |
polytheistic |