Assignment
Essay discussion essay
Why has the state type system expanded to encompass most of the globe today? Explain how band, tribe, and chiefdom organizations might persist within a world order based primarily on states.
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KEY POINTS TO BE INCLUDED IN ESSAY INCLUDE:
*The state system encompasses and can accomodate a large number of people.
*The system is centralized and has many levels.
*Conflict resolution is resolved by the government.
*Order is maintained by laws and a judicial system.
*The state can facilitate societies with numerous diverse groups.
*A large bureaucracy upholds the central power's authority.
*A tribe is composed of separate bands or social units.
*A band is characteristic of foragers.
*A band is an association of politically independent but related households.
*Chiefdoms are ranked societies in which every member has a position in the hierarchy.
*States could encompass all of these due to the fact that unlike nations they are communities of people who see themselves as one.