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Archaeologists summarize the process of human history into three stages. What are the three stages?
Human history can be roughly divided into three stages:

First, a society managed by individuals. In the case of small social scale and small population, this management method is often adopted in independent social groups, such as the early clan society and the relatively small tribal society where several clans unite. This manager, or elder, is the highest-ranking person in the same family; Or the strong-the strongest and strongest person who can lead the people to defeat the enemy and natural disasters; Or a wise man-the person who has the most means and ability to continuously improve the living environment of his nation. This should be determined according to the main tasks or main enemies faced by this social group. Generally speaking, the personal management mode has the following characteristics: 1. The scope of management is relatively small, and a clan or a small tribe has hundreds or thousands of people (if it is too big to manage, the effectiveness of this system will be affected); 2. People in a group are generally related by blood (blood ties can often resolve many disputes between people); 3. Managers have obvious advantages over others in the same family and are convinced and recommended by the public; 4. Ethnic groups are basically equal, and major issues are decided together. Top managers don't necessarily have the right to do anything at will. The biggest challenge of this social management model is the transfer and handover of the highest management power. This process is sometimes peaceful, but sometimes it may be violent. Therefore, people have designed many systems for this process, and also added some religious mysteries.

Second, a family-run society. With the natural growth of population and the increase of prisoners in the war, the scale of some clans (tribes) is getting bigger and bigger, and the old social management model can no longer play an effective role. Humans need to innovate a new social management model. It's just that this innovation process is bloody. When one or more social groups develop into an unmanageable individual, human society will enter the era of family management. This era includes the late primitive society, slavery and feudal society. Its main characteristics are as follows: 1. The scale has increased to the extent that one person can no longer effectively manage (of course, the scale is different, and it may be an alliance of several tribes with a population of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands; It may also be a small principality with dozens to millions of people; It may be as big as Russian territory and as populous as China); 2. The same society no longer has the same blood relationship; 3. Social managers are no longer a person, but a family group; 4. The core personnel in the management group often have close blood relationship; 5. The change of sovereignty often adopts hereditary system; 6. There is often a bureaucratic system to help complete the management of the whole society; 7. Rulers often use marriage to maintain the relationship between other family groups, expand their political power base and consolidate their dominant position; 8. Such countries (or dynasties) generally have no real equality, and the ruling family always reserves a privilege for itself; 9. The overthrow of the old country or dynasty will not bring about a fundamental change in the management mode, and often only a new family will replace the old family. This situation has lasted for thousands of years and is common in China and the West. No matter how powerful this family-ruled country (dynasty) is in an instant, it will be restricted by an iron law: the number of outstanding talents is decreasing from generation to generation, the internal contradictions are intensifying, and eventually it will lead to complete extinction.

Third, a society where civilians rule together. After the long-term development of human society, the irrationality of family management has become increasingly apparent. In recent hundreds of years, these countries (dynasties) have been overthrown one by one and replaced by a more reasonable civilian condominium model. It is a historical necessity for civilians to jointly manage society (or country), and it is the result of full awakening of human nature and rapid economic development. In particular, the economic impetus is great. There are many different concrete forms for civil servants to manage society, and the parliamentary system and universal suffrage, which are regarded as classics in the West, are not the only modes. The basic characteristics of a civil condominium society should be: 1. There is no longer one or several family groups monopolizing public power; 2. The power system is relatively open, and everyone can enter; 3. Let everyone have the opportunity to express their opinions on the topics they care about; 4. Establish an effective mechanism to balance the relationship between individuals and others, individuals and society, and ensure the balanced development of society ~