Ehret-civs of Africa Flashcards

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When being uncivilized happens

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During periods of breakdown of the social and political order

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Loaded words

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Tribe,primitive,and race

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Civilization

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A grouping of societies and their individual cultures,conjoined by their sharing of deep common historical roots
-share a range of fundamental social and cultural ideas
And less fundamental customs and expectations

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Tribe

How its degrading

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-10 million Igbo people of southeastern people called a tribe while 400,000 citizens of Malta were called nationalities

  • Shaka Zulu
  • leader of centralized and militarily powerful state is called a tribal leader

-tribes gives a sense of being exotic,dangerous,and perhaps out of control

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Primitive

Definition and why no one is

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Conveys an unflattering picture of backwardness and lack of skill and accomplishment

  • every culture has historical roots reaching thousands of years back
  • every human community has its areas of expertise and intricate knowledge
  • every language has thousands of words that are able exemplify the ideas and things humans know and feel and do
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Civilization(again)

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Historically linked groupings of peoples and societies,identifiable from their common possession of certain basic cultural ideas and societal practices

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