VOCABULARY (TOPIC- HISTORY)

 1. Through the ages: throughout history

2. Archaeologist: one who studies tools/objects of the people

3. Century: a 100 year period

4. Decade: period of ten years

5. Era: aeon/period of time

6. Evidence: proof

7. Excavate: digging out earth (to find the remains of buried species) 

8. Millennia : period of 1000 years

9. Ancient: relating to old era 

10. Chronological: arranged in order or sequence

11. Consecutive:  successive in order/ in a row/ in a logical sequence

12. Imminent: an approaching event/ event that is about to happen

13. Nostalgic: relating to a specific feeling for a period in the past.

14. Prehistoric: relating to the earliest stage (before written records)

15. Erode: to destroy slowly

16. Predate: occurring at an earlier date

17. Span: duration/ time interval

18. Archive: records/ repository

19. Anthropology: study of human societies, cultures and their development

20. Anarchy: lawlessness/ state of disorder owing to absence of authority

21. Artisan: craftsperson/ a person expert in making things by hand

22. Artefact: a human-made object having some historical importance

23. Epoch: age/era/span/ time period

24. Dynasty: a line of hereditary rulers of a nation/ ancestry

25. Patriarch: the male head of a family or tribe

26. Monarch: sovereign/crowned head/ a supreme leader/king

27. Myth: a story /event typically demonstrating lack of evidence

28. Propaganda: a biased or misleading information

29. Alliance: union/ a state of being joined


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