Developing Into Social Order 



members of the tribe were more skilled and could make bet- 

 ter bows, arrows and spearheads than others could make, 

 while others were more skilled In using them and were bet- 

 ter and more successful hunters. Some were more skilled 

 in the art of tanning hides and of making articles of cloth- 

 ing than others and so on throughout the entire gamut of 

 primitive activity. This led to the practice of exchanging 

 one article for another whereby both parties to the trade 

 were benefited. One tribe, because of local surroundings, 

 could produce something that the other tribe did not have 

 and vice versa. This led to the establishment of a primi- 

 tive commerce which has grown Into the magnitude of the 

 present world commerce of today. Thoughtful human expe- 

 riences were being traded and exchanged. Helpful dis- 

 coveries that tended to the advancement and progress of 

 the human race were being woven into the fabric of our 

 civilization. Each new thought that lifted the burdens from 

 humanity and made man's struggle for existence easier, was 

 adopted and put Into use. But there were tribes that iso- 

 lated themselves from thoughtful contact with their neigh- 

 boring tribes and instead of marching with the crowd, they 

 have either perished or now exist as the benighted peoples 

 of the world, living in much the same manner as did their 

 ancestors before written history began. 



As the early tribes increased, they bound themselves into 

 separate groups or states, each living under its particular 

 environment, developing its particular manners and cus- 

 toms and also developing a separate language. They were, 

 as yet, in a semi-savage or barbaric state but social, com- 



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