chief
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The early growth of Ghana was a slow process of conquering independent chiefdoms and kingdoms and then absorbing them into the empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Occasionally, smaller settlements were grouped into larger chiefdoms, and in a few important places, the settlements were exceptionally large, with populations in the thousands.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Most were small chiefdoms built around one or just a few earthen mounds.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
African chiefdoms and coastal intermediaries had demonstrated to the Portuguese their willingness to sell captives whom the Europeans could enslave as laborers where needed.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Why did New Guineans continue to use stone tools instead of developing metal tools, remain nonliterate, and fail to organize themselves into chiefdoms and states?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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