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egalitarian societies  

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  • All human societies have mechanisms that maintain social order so that decisions can be made, disputes resolved, and behavior regulated. In large states this is clearly apparent in the political and judicial structures developed for such purposes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Societies, Egalitarian]

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