🕊️Abolition

The movement to end slavery and the slave trade.

⛵Age of Exploration

A period of European global exploration from the 15th to 17th centuries.

🤝Alliance

A formal agreement between groups to cooperate for mutual benefit.

🔺Ancient Egypt

A civilization along the Nile known for pyramids and pharaohs.

🏛️Ancient History

The study of the distant past before the Middle Ages.

📅Annals

A chronological record of events year by year.

🚫Apartheid

A system of racial segregation enforced in South Africa until 1994.

⛏️Archaeology

The study of past human societies through material remains.

🗄️Archives

A collection of historical documents and records.

🏺Artifact

An object made or modified by humans, often studied by archaeologists.

✍️Autobiography

An account of a person's life written by that person.

🌽Aztec Empire

A Mesoamerican civilization centered in Tenochtitlan.

👤Biography

An account of a person's life written by someone else.

⛪Byzantine Empire

The Eastern Roman Empire surviving until 1453.

💯Century

A period of one hundred years.

📖Chronicle

A factual written account of important events in order.

📅Chronology

The arrangement of events in the order they occurred.

✊Civil Rights

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

🏙️Civilization

An advanced and organized human society with culture and government.

🧊Cold War

Geopolitical tension between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II.

🌍Colonialism

The practice of one country controlling another territory and its people.

🌍Colonization

The establishment of settlements in a new territory by a distant country.

📕Constitution

A fundamental set of principles governing a state.

⚔️Crusades

A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages.

🔟Decade

A period of ten years.

🗽Declaration of Independence

The 1776 document declaring American colonies free from Britain.

🕊️Decolonization

The process by which colonies gained independence from imperial powers.

🗳️Democracy

A system of government by the people through elected representatives.

✊Dictatorship

A form of government where one person holds absolute power.

👪Dynasty

A sequence of rulers from the same family line.