Community and regional structure

This includes such things as the number and size of communities in a society, the degree of urbanization, and regional subdivisions of a society.

   

Content

It includes categories based on community size, number and size of regions or component communities, urban or rural nature, proximity to centers of power,and so on


History

Prehistory including early prehistory, middle prehistory, and late prehistory can be considered. Antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, the 4th millennium BC, the 3rd millennium BC, the 2nd millennium BC, and the early 1st millennium BC can be examined. This topic can be examined through study of classical and medieval history, including early classical, late classical, early medieval and late medieval times.

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It has changed in modern times with advances in communication and transportation, including the 16th century and 17th century. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. The 19th century including the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century can be connected. Developments and changes in the 20th century including the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, and late 20th century can be considered. The early 21st century including the early 2000s and late 2000s can also be followed. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011, and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011, and third quarter 2011 can be connected.

The future including the near future, middle future, and far future has not yet been closely examined.

Other Sociology

Peoples of the world

Particular nations and Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples provide examples of community and regional structure.

Nations including Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, Philippines Vietnam, Germany, Egypt, Ethiopia can be considered.

Western Civilization including Russia offers examples. Anglic peoples such as those of the United States can be connected. Latin peoples such as those of Brazil can be connected.

Asiatic peoples such as those of Bangladesh can be connected. South Asian peoples such as those of Pakistan can be connected. India can be connected. Oriental peoples such as those of China can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples such as those of Indonesia can be connected.

American Indian peoples including those found in Brazil also offer examples. Middle American Indian peoples such as those of the United States can be connected. North American Indian peoples such as those of the United States can be connected.

Communities

Examples and illustrations can be taken from communities.

Other social structure and change

Social change can be connected.

Particular changes and movements can be connected. The agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age developments, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected.

Social change factors

Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected.

Social change processes

Innovation can be connected. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected.

Social types

Industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering society can be connected.

Other social structure

Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected. Cultural structure can be connected. Anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion including particular religions, religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, secularism, Asiatic religion, and African religion can be connected.

Government including particular governments, government activity, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activity can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, mortality, migration, and birth can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography can be considered. Psychology including social psychology, demography, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavioral patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, disease, life cycle, body function, and body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, quantum physics, relativity, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.


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