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African Civilizations Vocab.
African Civilizations
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History
9th Grade
12/02/2012

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Empire
Definition
a government under an emperor or empress
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Annex
Definition
to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state
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Envoy
Definition
any messenger or representative
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Treaty
Definition
a formal agreement between two or more states
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City-State
Definition
a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies
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Hierarchy
Definition
any system of persons in successive ranks
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Assimilate
Definition
to take in and incorporate as one's own
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Succeeded
Definition
to turn out successfully
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Demi-god
Definition
a mythological being who is partly divine and partly human
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Divine Right
Definition
monarch's right to rule directly from God
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Deity
Definition
god or goddess
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Veneration
Definition
the act of reverance
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Mosque
Definition
a Muslim temple or place of public worship
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Obelisk
Definition
four-sided shaft of stone that consists of one piece
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Polytheism
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the belief in more than one god or in many gods
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Monotheism
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the belief in one god
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Pilgrimage
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a journey made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
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Feudal System
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the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages
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Commerce
Definition
an interchange of goods or commodities
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Commercial Transaction
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the conduct of trade, business or a financial matter to a conclusion or settlement
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Delta
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a triangular mass of sediment, of silt and sand, deposited at the mouth of a river
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Cataract
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a large waterfall or rapids
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Monarchy
Definition
supreme power held by a single person
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