Political Systems Flashcards
Polity
political entity, such as a chiefdom or state
Chiefdom
Society with permanent political structure, hereditary leaders, and social ranking but lacking class division
State
society with central gov, administrative specialization, and social classes, bring non relatives together
Primary states
states arising through competition among chiefdoms
Empire
Mature state that is large, multiethnic, militaristic, and expansive
Halafian
Early Widespread Mesopotamian pottery style
ranked society
society with hereditary inequality but lacking social stratification
stratification
presence of social divisions- strata- with unequal wealth and power
egalitarian society
society with rudimentary status distinctions
Bands
kin-based group among foragers
Tribes
food-producing society with rudimentary political structure (horticulturalists and pastoralists) organized into smaller kin groups, no formal gov
Head men
local tribal authority with limited authority
Big men
generous tribal entrepreneur with multi village support
Blood Feud
a lengthy conflict between families involving a cycle of retaliatory killings or injury.
inuit song duels
rap battles for honor
