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A '''tribe''', viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a [[social group]] existing before the development of, or outside of, [[Sovereign state|states]].

From 242-240 BC, the [[Tribal Assembly]] (''comitia tributa'') in the [[Roman Republic]] was organized in 35 Tribes (4 "Urban Tribes" and 31 "Rural Tribes"). The Latin word as used in the Bible translates as Greek ''[[phyle]]'' "race, tribe, clan" and ultimately the Hebrew שבט. In the historical sense, "tribe", "race" or "clan" can be used interchangeably.

 

Considerable debate takes place over how best to characterize tribes. Some of this debate stems from perceived differences between pre-state tribes and contemporary tribes; some of this debate reflects more general controversy over [[cultural evolution]] and [[colonialism]]. In the popular imagination, tribes reflect a way of life that predates, and is more "[[nature|natural]]", than that in modern states. Tribes also privilege primordial social ties, are clearly bounded, homogeneous, parochial, and stable. Thus, many believed that tribes organize links between families (including clans and lineages), and provide them with a social and ideological basis for solidarity that is in some way more limited than that of an "ethnic group" or of a "[[nation]]". [[Anthropology|Anthropological]] and ethnohistorical research has challenged all of these notions.

 

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