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A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical
political organization in non-
industrial societies usually based on kinship, and in which formal leadership is monopolized by the legitimate senior members of select families or 'houses'. These elites form a political-ideological aristocracy relative to the general group.
Tribe is a combination of smaller kin or
non-kin groups, linked by a common culture, that usually act as one. tribes tend to contain communities that are a bit larger. tribes tend to contain communities that are a bit larger. tribes often dabble in agriculture and herding, making it easier to support a larger yet still rather small population.
A band is usually a very small,
oftentimes nomadic, group that is connected by family ties and is politically independent. With nomadic meaning moving from place to place, usually in search of food, bands are most often made up of hunter-gatherers. bands are usually referred to as being egalitarian societies, societies in which all persons of the same age and gender are seen as equals. Now notice, this doesn't mean that men and women are always equal, it more means that men are equal to men and women are equal to women. A nation is a stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, history, ethnicity, or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.