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chiefdom (noun): Chiefdom is a social and political organization in which a chief or leader holds significant authority over a group or community. This term is commonly used in anthropology and sociology to describe hierarchical systems of governance
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The language varies slightly between chiefdoms.
Having a plethora of petty chiefdoms was inimical to such goals.
The prehistoric people were organized into chiefdoms.
Research emphasis was on chiefdoms and their associated archaeological indicators.
Exchange after the unification of the chiefdoms.
Large chiefdoms began to dominate considerable areas of the island.
Each territory is subdivided into several chiefdoms or sectors.
All chiefdoms except one declared safe for return of refugees.
The provinces were organized in a hierarchy of chiefdoms.
Complex chiefdoms have two or even three tiers of political hierarchy.
The dissolution of our chiefdoms.
Two chiefdoms with different water supply schemes will be examined.
Most paramount chiefs have also returned to their chiefdoms.
The hereditary chiefdoms of the provinces were left undisturbed after conquest.
Allegations of voter intimidation in a few chiefdoms have also been reported.
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Some studies refer to these new forms of organization as complex chiefdoms.
The eastern and northern parts had chiefdoms and principalities.
Their endeavours earned them rewards such as cacicazgos chiefdoms.
The district is made up of eleven chiefdoms as the third level of administrative subdivision.
They also seized many territories from neighbouring chiefdoms.
The units of clans and chiefdoms gradually merged into the state.
There are twelve districts and one hundred and forty nine chiefdoms.
They live in small regional chiefdoms and in times of crisis elect a common leader.
They are patrilineal and were in several areas organized into small chiefdoms.
The eastern and northern regions had chiefdoms and principalities.
The chiefdoms also provide fields where communities grow food for orphans and other vulnerable children.
He faced a threat to his people and the acquired chiefdoms due to his erratic behaviour.
The Chaga area is traditionally divided into a number of chiefdoms.
Thirty is the number of chiefdoms ruled by Himiko.
Serenje district is constituted by a number of Chiefdoms.
The smaller chiefdoms of Busoga were ignored.
Reconciliatory feasts and tournaments will be held between town and chiefdoms within the district.
The Afar had chiefdoms and four sultanates.
They arrived as a confederation of Gurma chiefdoms.
The forests within chiefdoms are within the jurisdiction of the CCF.
Kenema District has an area of and comprises sixteen chiefdoms.
It is not known what these chiefdoms shared aside from the Safety Harbor culture.
In the Iberian culture people were organized in chiefdoms and states.
The first group comprised chiefdoms that were moved or voluntarily migrated into Ndebele settlement.
The district occupies a total area of and comprises eleven Chiefdoms.
The Spanish conquered various Taíno chiefdoms during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century.
Kongolo Mwamba was trying to extend his kingdom in conquering the Songye neighbouring chiefdoms.
The traditional chiefdoms that survive in the volcanic West and the Sahel North.
The British set up administrative and legal structures while retaining traditional chiefdoms.
The chiefdoms of Hispaniola.
The eyalet of Diyarbakir was the center of the major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms.
The chiefdoms are hereditary, tribal units of local governance.
The British set up administrative and legal structures while practising indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms.
Today the chiefdoms are influential, but not soverign.
There are also Local Courts which administer customary law in the Chiefdoms.
