CLA 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cleisthenes, Biological Anthropology, Gerousia
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Major ciies and minor that rely on major ciies. How are the people in each tribe chose to be in that group. 2 kings -> gerousia (30)-> ephors (5) -> assembly. Polity- a poliically independent social unit, which may or may not be part of a larger social unit. Elman service developed a classiicaion system for socieies which splits socieies into 4 types: Mobile hunter-gathers groups small scale socieiies of hunters and gathers, usually fewer than 100 people, who move seasonally to exploit food resources. Band members, through marriage or descent, lack social leaders, no clear social diferences, no status. Segmentary socieies also called tribes; tribes rarely exceed a few thousand in number are their diets are generally based on culivated plants and domesicated animals. Muli communiies, intermarriage between groups, not just in your own. Chiefdoms based on the principles of a ranked society; there are diferences in the social status of the individuals in this society.