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Pastoral Societies
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Pastoral societies subsist by domesticating and herding animals, producing a surplus that permits larger populations, trade, and the first specialized occupations.
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A family with more cattle than its neighbors can trade, lend, and command favors none of them can.
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The common error is assuming inequality is a timeless constant, or that herding societies were poorer than farming ones.