big man societies arose from cultural practices

Posted on: January 5, 2019 at 10:59:11 CT

of gifting. these big man societies are somewhat like the mafia, based on influence. these big men societies developed into simple chiefdoms. throughout it all was the linked-at-the-hip cosmology and religious worldviews of the cultures from which the divine right of kings was derived. the chief, the warrior priests, all of it. this was not something that was a choice; people did not sit around and say, "we need a government."