A Hierarchal Model
of the
evolution
of Political international Entities
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Family |
Parents |
1st degree of consanguinity |
Emotional |
Father |
Total dependency on
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Some small family groups still exist in very remote and isolated locations |
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Children |
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Occasional unrelated individual |
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Clan |
Related families |
2nd & 3rd degrees of consanguinity |
Emotional |
Elder |
Intra-clan cooperative |
Quite common in most of the world. Internal turmoil and dissention is often associated with strong competing clans. |
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Occasional unrelated family |
Sheik |
Extended family support |
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Related individuals |
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Occasional barter |
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Occasional unrelated individual |
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Tribe |
Related clans |
3rd and higher degrees of consanguinity |
Emotional |
Council of elders |
Communal dependency |
Common in Africa and most 3rd world countries. Weak central government is usually associated with strong inter-tribal rivalry.. |
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Occasional unrelated clan |
Some division of labor |
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Occasional unrelated family |
Chieftain |
Intra-tribal barter |
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Related individuals |
King |
Inter-tribal trade |
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Occasional unrelated individual |
Prince |
Rudimentary money (currency) |
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State |
Related tribes |
territorial |
Police force |
King |
Money system |
Most of the recognized countries of the world are states. Many land areas conferred statehood are not true states but dependencies relying on a more powerful ally to defend and support it. |
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Nation |
Unrelated tribes |
Emperor |
Well-developed intrastate trade |
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Related clans |
President |
Interstate trade |
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Unrelated clans |
Governor |
Government institutions |
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Related families |
Chancellor |
Well-developed division of labor |
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Unrelated families |
Prime Minister |
Elaborate legal systems – rule of law |
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Elaborate political systems |
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¿-? |
Related states |
territorial
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Police force |
King |
What to call the social entity that transcends the state in transcendent evolutionary terms? The term 'nation' is too often used interchangeably with state. The name and the definition of what constitutes the higher transcendence is yet to be determined. |
Ancient Roman Empire, United States, China European Union,, Russian federation, India, Former Soviet Union may be embryonic manifestations of a transcendence beyond state, but more likely they are all just more complex forms of state, and do not represent transcendence beyond state |
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