TRANSITION FROM TRIBAL SOCIETY 



a few of the more important i nf! u.-ncos which have been at 

 work in combining to produce ci\ >n. 



Tii.- LT'-nn "i' a eivil state appears when several ti 

 unite .-iii'l form a confederation for purposes of mutual 

 protection. We saw that tin- Iro.|u.is confederacy was, 

 in many respects, like a true eivil state. Yet this re- 

 markable organization was really not advanced I* 

 the stage of Mimic -,.,-i,-t\ i,,.,-;m-- it was composed of 



I of Indians who trae.-d de^-.-nt thmuLrh tin- mother 

 line. The ehanice from nietn.n) mie to patronymic or- 

 - to liave been al in tin- early his- 



tory of many peoples for tin- final tfreat transition to 



This rhanuv appears to have 1 at any 



stage in social .-volution. A patriarchal organ ix. 

 bad IMM-II ali-a.iy at hy most historic peoples wben 



rli.-xt known lit.-r;it un- \\a> written; in conse- 

 jiie!!' ii down to the mioMle of the nineteenth 



. trailitions 'ier m-t ronymic organi/.atioii had 



passed from iii-nV iniinls. 1 In passing from metro 

 nymic to patronymic organi/at'nui. >o.-i ( .ty was deeply in- 

 fluenced by the economic struggle for foods. In this 



i human savagery hal full e: n. There w. -re 



ruthles> war- . Miination and surplus ]>opnl. 



within the group was put to death. Social regulation-, 

 placed a ban upon the marriage of young men, resulting 

 in polyandry 2 and in polygymy 8 among the older and 

 powerful ehi.-: 



i Dralry. J. Q.Thr f',, r* Porte/o^col Atptrt*, 1012, p. 27, M 



:!-. I \lalrimottinl Institution*. Morgan** Amrirm! 



de CoulaafM* A*eim i d/y. HoberUon Smith's A*inAi> amH \larr\a 9* of 

 Karty Arab*. LouU \\nili*' Sorioloyinl StuHy of tkr /f,6/r. KelWr't 

 Homeric Society, Guminrn-*-* Germanic Origin*, and Harn' Aryam He 

 />/' i A marriage system in which a woman baa several 



A marriage system in which a man has several wire* 



*Deaky, op. ctr, p, 23 



