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Meaning of "chiefdom"
Chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in which a chief or leader holds significant power and authority
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- An area or region governed by a chief.
- A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
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The chiefdom society changed to a state society.
Joara was a regional chiefdom in this culture.
The chiefdom is a decentralised territorial entity.
A customary entity that directly depends on a chiefdom or a sector.
The chiefdom forest is very important.
This name can be applied to the whole chiefdom.
Chiefdom politics and alien law.
This takes place in each and every chiefdom.
The chiefdom was composed by localities.
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
Outside the chiefdom the world could also be dangerous.
Each implementing partner is supported by a network of chiefdom focal points.
Chroniclers recorded that the chiefdom then consisted of eight villages.
You are accepting the chiefdom.
Bafut is a chiefdom or fondom.
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These indicate that it was possibly the center of a local chiefdom.
The development of the chiefdom or complex chiefdom level of social complexity.
Joint workshops together with civil society to train a pilot group of chiefdom mediators.
The chiefdom was based on an extended family clan with ancestral lineage.
Consultations are also being held at the chiefdom level for the implementation of these projects.
They speak on behalf of the chief and all others in his or her chiefdom.
Some scholars contest the utility of the chiefdom model for archaeological inquiry.
Cultures of this phase had a stable agricultural community organized probably as a simple chiefdom.
This was the heartland of the chiefdom of Cofitachequi.
Many of the villagers have gone to neighbouring Sowa chiefdom.
The Bandrefam chiefdom is accessible by land.
The electoral process has divided the population of the chiefdom along ethnic lines.
Heir to the chiefdom of the Bahoruco region of the island.
A group of homes forming a community and the land they reside on forms a chiefdom or umphakatsi.
He established the chiefdom in the end of the Ming dynasty.
It also constitutes a traditional Bamileke chiefdom.
Subsistence economy and chiefdom emergence in the Muisca area.
The Bamileke are organized under several chiefdom or fondom.
Sébastien Proulx rejects the chiefdom and does not undertake to complete his or her term.
The Kiowa were patrilineal with a chiefdom.
He spent his childhood in the Tembu chiefdom before embarking on a career in law.
Bendugu is a very rural town and is also the seat of Mongo Chiefdom.
This ensured that the chiefdom stayed under the control of the single Sun lineage.
They are reportedly required to pay local chiefdom taxes to the Fulani.
The local chiefdom called the Caranqui fiercely resisted the Inca invasion of their territory.
He watches over the safety of the King but from the outside of the chiefdom.
The Joara were the chiefdom of the Mississippian culture.
The historical Etruscans had achieved a form of state with remnants of chiefdom and tribal forms.
Bocha was a chiefdom in Zimbabwe.
It was the former headquarters of the Makari Gbanti chiefdom.
This chiefdom covered only the territories of the current Dominican Republic.
But I want this for all the girls in my chiefdom.
Number of National and Chiefdom level early warning systems and structures established.
The Periplus reveals how Muziris became the main trade port for the Chera chiefdom.
The chiefdom had sworn fealty to both Kongo and Angola in the past.
