The Rise of Empires Flashcards
a city that, with its surrounding territory, forms an independent state
city-state
a line of hereditary rulers of a country or empire
dynasty
an extensive group of states or countries under a single, supreme authority
empire
a group of non-elected officials of a government or organization that carry out the rules, laws and idea in order to organize and manage people, resources, and territory
bureaucracy
rule by the people or a government in which many people are able to participate
democracy
a ruler with absolute power
dictator
a government with elected leaders
republic
someone who officially recognized as a full member of a nation or kingdom
citizen
systems in which some people are held as property by others and forced to do different types of work
slavery
members of a ruling class or of the nobility and were usually wealthy landowners
aristocrats
a member of a wealthy, upper-class family in the Roman Republic
patrician
an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
plelebian
