Tribe
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The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definitio
Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan form the world's largest tribal society, comprising over 60 million people and between 350 and 400 tribes and clans.
Clan
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A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details remain unknown or non-specific, clan members may claim descent from a founding individual or apic
Tribe
…human societies. Its concept is often contrasted by anthropologists with other social and kinship groups, being hierarchically larger than a lineage or clan, but smaller than a chiefdom, ethnicity, nation or state. These terms are similarly disputed. In some cases tribes have legal recognition and some…
The Battle of Culloden of 1746, where British troops defeated the army of Scottish clansmen