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| an open place of assembly in ancient Greek city-states |
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| a person being taught a craft or trade |
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| a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water |
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| a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law, have one form of government and share language, religious beliefs and way of life |
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| an official appointed by the government of one country to lok after its citizens in another country |
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| a government that receives its power from the people |
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| a person who has complete control over a country's government |
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| a nation or group of territories ruled by an emperor |
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| in medieval Europe, a political and economic system in which lords gave land to less pwerful nobles, called vassals, in return for which the vassals agreed to provide various services to the lords. |
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| following or resembling Greek usage |
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| relating to the period of history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world, often dated from 476 to 1453. |
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| working or acting merely for money or other reward |
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| in ancient Rome, a member of a wealthy, landowning family that claimed to be able to trace its roots back to the founding of Rome |
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| the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freed man still retaining certain rights over him |
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| a common citizen of ancient Rome |
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| the central city of a city-state |
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| a member of a Christian church based on the principles of the Reformation |
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| a form of government in which people rule through elected representatives |
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| a person in feudal servitude, bound to a master's land and transferred with it to a new owner |
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| an order prohibiting some act |
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