APWorld Before 1200s Vocab

millenia

period of 1000 years

pastoral

rural

ideology

body of a doctrine that guides ppl

secular

wordly things/not religious

irrigation

farming: artificial addition of water to land

lamented

mourning

stratified

layers

bureaucracy

gov. w/ many officials

ascetics

practice of severe self discipline (for religious reasons)

doctrine

principle or policy taught as of religion/gov

proliferation

excessive spread/increase

pantheon

building containing tombs/idols

deference

respectful submission to judgement/opinion

benevolence

desire to be good to others

obscure

vague

province

administrative division of a country

galvanize

to make someone take action

marginal

situated on border or edge

periphery

edge/outskirts of a city

rhetoric

study of effective use of language

veneration

cherishing