Vocabulary Flashcards

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Chaos

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a condition or place of great disorder or confusion

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Legitimate

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conforming to the law or to rules

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Interregnum

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a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes

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Siege

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a military operation in which forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside

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Protocol

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the original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of the terms of a treaty agreed to in conference and signed by the parties; official procedures or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

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Imperial

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of or relating to an empire

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Martial Law

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the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations

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Principalities

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the position or authority of a prince or chief ruler

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Protectorate

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a state that is controlled and protected by another

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Kaiser

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the German emperor, the emperor of Austria, or the head of the Holy Roman Empire