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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
BandTribeChiefdomState
Different types of societies
Element = a point of comparison which is contained in the different types of societies
MembershipGovernmentEconomySociety
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
Types of Societies
Types of Societies
Types of Societies