Segmentary societies

Question 1

Segmentary societies - Up to

Answer 1

a few thousands

Question 2

Segmentary societies - social organisation

Answer 2

segmentary lineages, tiered relationships based on kinship

Question 3

Segmentary societies -economic organisational

Answer 3

settled farmers, pastoralist herders (agropastorialists)

Question 4

Segmentary societies - settlements

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permanent or semi-permanent villages (have established places for winter and summer

Question 5

Segmentary societies - religious organisations

Answer 5

religious elders, calendrical rituals

Question 6

segmentary societies - archaeological examples

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early farmers and pastorialists, neolithic

Question 7

Segmentary societies - modern examples

Answer 7

bedouins, nuer and dinka

Question 8

segmentary societies - Diet and subsistence

Answer 8

largely supported by domesticated plants and animals

Question 9

Chiefdoms have about

Answer 9

5,000 - 20,000+

Question 10

Chiefdoms social organisation

Answer 10

Kinship-based ranking under a hereditary leader

Question 11

Chiefdom economic orgainsation

Answer 11

centralised accumulation and redistribution
some craft specialisation

Question 12

chiefdoms settlements

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fortified centres
ritual centres

Question 13

chiefdoms religious organisation

Answer 13

hereditary chief with religious duties

Question 14

chiefdom archaeological examples

Answer 14

metal working societies and formative period societies in americas

Question 15

chiefdoms societies characterised by ranking

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differences in social status between people and different lineages graded on prestige
no stratification into class

Question 16

states have

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20,000+

Question 17

states social organisation

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class-based hierarchy under king/emperor
armies

Question 18

states economic organisation

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centralised bureaucracy
tribute, taxation
formalised laws

Question 19

states settlement organisations

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urban, cities and towns
roads

Question 20

states religious organisation

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priest class - doing religious activities

Question 21

states archaeological examples

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all ancient empires (mayans, incas, china, japan, greeks)

Question 22

states modern examples

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all modern states

Question 23

states ruler has explicit authority

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power of life and death and enforced by the army

Question 24

states social stratification

Answer 24

into classes