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Haiku

History; World history

A 3 line poem that has 17 syllables in the Japanese language, and expresses a single thought, feeling or idea.

Nomad

History; World history

A person who belongs to a group of people who move from place to place seasonally in search of food and water.

Chinampas

History; World history

Floating islands of land anchored to a lake bottom used for agriculture. This technique was used by the Aztecs.

Carbon-14 Dating

History; World history

A chemical analysis used to resolve the age of organic material based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14.

River valley

History; World history

A valley that is carved out by the river. Often have fertile land, and are the sites for the earliest civilizations.

Commonwealth of Independent States

History; World history

Nation created after the breakup of the Soviet Union. It includes Russia and several smaller former Soviet republics.

Pax Romana

History; World history

A 200 hundred year period of relative peace throughout the Roman Empire. Occurs during the first two centuries C.E..

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