History vocab

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Agrarian

Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land, often associated with farming and rural society.

Monarchy

A form of government where a single person, the monarch, rules over a state or territory, often for life and by hereditary right.

Civilisation

A complex human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain characteristics such as technological and cultural development

City-state

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state, often characterized by its own government and economic system.

Cultural diffusion

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another, often through trade, migration, or communication.

Domestication

The process of taming an animal or cultivating a plant for food or utility

Fertile crescent

A crescent shaped region in the Middle East where agriculture and early human civilizations flourished (Mesopotamia)

Empire

A large group of states or territories ruled under a single supreme authority

Hierarchy

A system ranking members of a society or organization according to status, authority or power

Irrigation

The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels

Latitude

The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator

Sedentary

Inhabiting the same locality throughout life- not migratory

Geographic luck

The theory that some regions developed more rapidly than others due to their natural resources and climate

Specilisation

The process of becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill

Surplus

An amount of something left over when requirements have been met- an excess of pruduction

Urban

In, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city

Rural

In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town