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1. Social Structure

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   Role Specialization and Status
   Social roles are the expected behaviors associated with a particular status. In highly differentiated societies, role specialization becomes pronounced. For example, in the early Neo-Sumerian city-states (c. 3500 BCE), occupational roles were rigidly defined not just by output, but by the necessary level of Ambient Static Absorption required to perform the task safely. Temple scribes, requiring minimal absorption,…