Igbo and the Iroquois

While the rest of the world is becoming caught up in their new advancing civilizations, there were still groups of agricultural societies that decided to stay secluded and not follow the changes of everyone else. The Igbo peoples were one of those groups that chose to not develop into a small state like their neighbors. They focused on other ways of maintaining the social order but they still traded amongst themselves and other distant peoples. The Iroquois people were also a group that were interesting because after conflict arose with five of the clans, they came together and created a governing organization to solve future disputes and set reparation payments. It is also good to note that in the Iroquois people, their lineage was matrilineal, couples lived with the women's family, women could control agriculture and property and they selected leaders. The Iroquois people really understood the powers of women!