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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| caste? | hierarchical ordering of ppl into groups. fixed from birth, based on their inherited ritual status and dertermiing whom they marry and eat with it. |
| homo erectus? | the most widespread of al pre-historic hominids, and the most similar to humans. evolved about 2 million yrs agobcame extinct 100,000 yrs ago. |
| Neolithic? | "New Stone Age" the last division of the stone age, immediately preceding the devolpment of metallurgy and corresponding to the ninth- fifth millennia B.C.E. |
| cuneiform? | a writing ystem in use in the ancient near East from around the end of the fourth millennuim to the first century B.C.E. |
| sophist? | a professor of higher education in ancient Greece, who gave instruction for a fee. they travelee from the place they work. |
| triumvirate? | unofficial coalition between Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus the 1st triumvirate |
| legalism? | school of chinese philosophy that had a great influence on the Qin dynasty |
| caliph? | the spiritual head and temporal ruler of the Muslim community |
| imam? | a title for a person whose leadership or example is to be followed |
| indulgences? | offer exemption from punishement in xchange for donations to the church. |
| serf? | an agricultural worker or peassant bound to the land and legally dependent on the landowner |