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THE HOUSE OF HANOVER
THE HOUSE OF HANNOVER The house of Hannover is a German royal dynasty that reigned in Great Britain from 1714 to the foundation of United Kingdom in 1801, and since then, until 1901 when Victoria I died and her son Edward II ascended the throne. he House of Hanover was formally named the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line , as it was originally a cadet branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The senior branch became extinct in 1884, and the House of Hanover is now the only surviving branch of the House of Welf , which is the senior branch of the House of Este . The current head of the House of Hanover is Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover -RULERS House of Hanover, British royal house of German origin, descended from George Louis, elector of Hanover , who succeeded to the British crown, as George I , in 1714. The dynasty provided six monarchs: George I (reigned 1714–27), George II (reigned 1727–60), Georg...
Social organisation
During most of the Neolithic age, people lived in small tribes composed of multiple bands or lineages. There is Little scientific evidence of developoed social stratification in most Neolithic societes; social stratification is more associated with the later Bronze Age. Although some late Neolithic societes formed complex stratified shiefdoms similar to Polynesian societes, most Neolithic societes were relatively simple and egalitarian. However, Neolithic societes were noticeably more hierarchical tan the Paleolithic cultures that preceded them. The domestication of animals resulted in a dramatic increase in social inequality. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities of wealth. Neolithic pastoralists who controlled large herds gradually acquired more livestock, and this made economic inequalities more pronounced. However, evidence of social inequality is still disputed. Families and households were still largely independent...
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