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Pre global ages
Africa, China, americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scholargentry | The scholar-gentry were those who had successfully passed government-held examinations and become China's social leaders |
| dowery | property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. |
| khanate | One of a separate territories |
| porcelain | a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature |
| archipelago | a large group or chain of island |
| code | a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message |
| samurai | a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan |
| security | freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety |
| stateless society | a group of independent villages organized clans made by a centralized government |
| clan | a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancesto |
| maize | corn |
| quipu | a system of knotted strings used by people for keeping records |
| Civil servants | people who work for the government |
| Swahili | language spoken in Eastern Africa |
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