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Types of Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel—The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
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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
Element = a point of comparison which is
contained in the different types of societies
Membership
Government
Economy
Society
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Membership
Number of
People
dozens hundreds
thousands over 50,000
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Membership
Settlement
Pattern
nomadic fixed: 1 village
fixed: 1 or more
villages
fixed: many
villages and
cities
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Membership
Basis of
Relationship
kin kin-based clans
class and
residence
class and
residence
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Membership
Ethnicities
and
Languages
1 1
1 1 or more
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Government
Decision Making
(Leadership)
“egalitarian” “egalitarian” or
big-man
centralized,
hereditary
centralized
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Government
Bureaucracy none none
none, or 1 or
2 levels
many levels
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Government
Monopoly of
Force and
Information
nono
yes yes
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Government
Conflict
Resolution
informal informal
centralized laws, judges
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Government
Hierarchy of
Settlement
no no
no >>
paramount
village
capital
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Economy
Food
Production
no no >>> yes
yes >>>
intensive
intensive
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Economy
Division of
Labor
no no
no >>> yes yes
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Economy
Exchanges reciprocal
(given by both
sides)
reciprocal
(given by both
sides)
redistributive
(“tribute”)
redistributive
(“taxes”)
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Economy
Control of
Land
band clan
chief various
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Society
Stratified no no
yes, by kin yes, not by kin
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Society
Slavery no no
small-scale large-scale
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Society
Luxury Goods
for Elite
no no
yes yes
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Society
Public
Architecture
no no
no >>> yes yes
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Society
Indigenous
Literacy
no no
no often
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
Types of Societies
Band Tribe
Chiefdom State
