19. nation
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A nation is "an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages."[1] A nation is a form of state. People in a nation usually share the same rituals, ideals, and other cultural bonds. Nations were based on the unity of people who come together to form a civilization. There are class systems in a nation and classes were an important factor in the leaders of the nation. People in that higher classes had luxuries that those in the lower classes did not, they had horses, alcohol, sugar, dyed clothing, and many more things that the lower classes didn't have.
Sources:
CF manual pg. 58
The end of the Stone age video (10/17/2013)
"Nation." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, 17 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nation?s=t>.
Isabel Windham
