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| World | the earth or globe, considered as a planet. |
| Western | of, pertaining to, living in, or characteristic of the West or west of Asia |
| Traditions | the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc.,from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: |
| Trade | the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at eitherwholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: |
| Structure | anything composed of parts arranged together in some way; an organization. |
| Social | pertaining to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship orrelations |
| Significance | importance; consequence: |
| Sequencing | the following of one thing after another |
| Roman | of or relating to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital wasthe city of Rome. |
| Rise | to be built up, erected, or constructed. |
| Religion | a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe,especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman entity, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and oftencontaining a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. |
| Related | associated; connected. |
| Political | exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state,municipality, etc.: |
| Patterns | a distinctive style, model, or form: |
| Knowledge | acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation;general erudition: |
| Islamic | the whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization, and the countries inwhich theirs is the dominant religion. |
| Influence | the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions,etc., of another or others: |
| Including | to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: |
| Impact | influence; effect: |
| Identifying | to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: |
| History | a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particularpeople, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle: |
| Greek | of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language. |
| Geography | the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, asshown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of suchelements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use,industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements. |
| Explaining | to make known in detail: |
| Events | something that occurs in a certain place during a particular interval of time. |
| Europe | a continent in the Western part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic andPacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and theCaucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In Britishusage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. |
| Era | a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.: |
| Empire | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or otherpowerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, |
| Emphasis | something that is given great stress or importance: |
| Economy | the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity. |
| Development | growth; progress: |
| Describing | to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: |
| Demonstrate | to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: |
| Customs | a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances. |
| Cultural | the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what isregarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. |
| Contributions | to be an important factor in; help to cause: |
| Civilizations | an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science,industry, and government has been reached. |
| Citing | to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: |
| Church | public worship of God or a religious service in such a building: |
| c.e. | as an abbreviation for "Common Era" or "Christian Era," and a non-Christianalternative to A.D., attested from 1838 in works on Jewish history. Companion B.C.E. is attested from 1881. |
| Byzantine | the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in a.d. 476. Capital: Constantinople. |
| Beliefs | confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: |
| b.c.e. | initial for "Before Common Era" or "Before Christian Era," 1881; see C.E. A secular alternative to B.C. |
