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"7. So far in this book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, it is taking about the difference between chiefdoms and tribes. A tribe has a so called, "Big Man" while a chiefdom has a, you guessed it a chief! A so called, "Big Man" has no technical power, but can easily sway a population of people because their position is developed by popularity, not by inheriting it like in a chiefdom where being chief is past from father to son" — Sep 26, 2014 06:43PM
"7. So far in this book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, it is taking about the difference between chiefdoms and tribes. A tribe has a so called, "Big Man" while a chiefdom has a, you guessed it a chief! A so called, "Big Man" has no technical power, but can easily sway a population of people because their position is developed by popularity, not by inheriting it like in a chiefdom where being chief is past from father to son" — Sep 26, 2014 06:43PM
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