17. tribes/chiefdoms

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"Groups of people living in bands have no formal leadership, and all people have input in making group decisions People living in tribes or chiefdoms commonly practice horticulture (gardening) or pastoralism (animal herding). Within most tribes, all groups commonly have about equal status. Chiefdoms were the first societies to have positions of defined, permanent leadership. Chiefdoms still exist in some places under national governments. (manual page 58)" -jared Wilson