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The document discusses 4 types of socio-political organization: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states/nations. Bands are small kinship groups led by a headman, while tribes are larger groups united by kinship and lineage that choose leaders for their skills. Chiefdoms have more social stratification and an absolute ruler is believed to be divine. States use centralized power and governance through laws and policies to direct society.
- Author
- darlene jane maynes
- Language
- EN