Terms Flashcards

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Tyrants

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A ruler who seizes power by force and not subject to the law

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Parliament

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A representative body of advisors to a king or other chief executive

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Socrate

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On Athenian stonemason whose true love was philosophy

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Polis

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On early Greek state consisting of the city or town and it’s surrounding territory

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Patricians

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Landowners who became Rome’s ruling class

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Plebeians

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Less wealthy landholders crafts people merchants and small farmers

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Senates

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A group of 300 landowners who served for life

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Minority

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A small group within the society

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Catholic church

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An institution that was an avenue between the individual and God

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Estates

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One of the three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution (the clergy no bowls and towns people)

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Grant

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Allow or to consent to Cario for a person or entity

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Feudalism

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A medieval political institute and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty military assistance and other services

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Common-law

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A uniform system of law developed in England it’s based on court decisions and on customs and usage

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Magna Carta

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Or great charter it was a feudal document to confirm more rights on Nobles

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Middle ages

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500 to 1500 the transition between the ancient and modern world’s

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Renaissance

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The age where it was based on a real rebirth of the culture of the Greeks and Romans