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Types of Societies

Types of Societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel—The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond. Types of Societies. Society = a group of people living together in a particular place or at a particular time and having many things in common. Band Tribe Chiefdom State. Different types of societies.

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Types of Societies

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  1. Types of Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel—The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

  2. Types of Societies

  3. Society = a group of people living together in a particular place or at a particular time and having many things in common

  4. Band Tribe Chiefdom State Different types of societies

  5. Element = a point of comparison which is contained in the different types of societies Membership Government Economy Society

  6. Types of Societies Membership Band Tribe Number of People dozens hundreds Chiefdom State thousands over 50,000

  7. Types of Societies Membership Band Tribe Settlement Pattern nomadic fixed: 1 village Chiefdom State fixed: 1 or more villages fixed: many villages and cities

  8. Types of Societies Membership Band Tribe Basis of Relationship kin kin-based clans Chiefdom State class and residence class and residence

  9. Types of Societies Membership Band Tribe Ethnicities and Languages 1 1 Chiefdom State 1 1 or more

  10. Types of Societies Government Band Tribe Decision Making (Leadership) “egalitarian” “egalitarian” or big-man Chiefdom State centralized, hereditary centralized

  11. Types of Societies Government Band Tribe Bureaucracy none none Chiefdom State none, or 1 or 2 levels many levels

  12. Types of Societies Government Band Tribe Monopoly of Force and Information no no Chiefdom State yes yes

  13. Types of Societies Government Band Tribe Conflict Resolution informal informal Chiefdom State centralized laws, judges

  14. Types of Societies Government Band Tribe Hierarchy of Settlement no no Chiefdom State no >> paramount village capital

  15. Types of Societies Economy Band Tribe Food Production no no >>> yes Chiefdom State yes >>> intensive intensive

  16. Types of Societies Economy Band Tribe Division of Labor no no Chiefdom State no >>> yes yes

  17. Types of Societies Economy Band Tribe Exchanges reciprocal (given by both sides) reciprocal (given by both sides) Chiefdom State redistributive (“tribute”) redistributive (“taxes”)

  18. Types of Societies Economy Band Tribe Control of Land band clan Chiefdom State chief various

  19. Types of Societies Society Band Tribe Stratified no no Chiefdom State yes, by kin yes, not by kin

  20. Types of Societies Society Band Tribe Slavery no no Chiefdom State small-scale large-scale

  21. Types of Societies Society Band Tribe Luxury Goods for Elite no no Chiefdom State yes yes

  22. Types of Societies Society Band Tribe Public Architecture no no Chiefdom State no >>> yes yes

  23. Types of Societies Society Band Tribe Indigenous Literacy no no Chiefdom State no often

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