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Bureaucracy and extensive social differentiation initially occur in the historical transition from_____________?

Correct answer: C. horticultural to agricultural society

  • A. hunting and gathering to pastoral society
  • B. pastoral to horticultural society
  • C. horticultural to agricultural society
  • D. agricultural to industrial society

Explanation

The shift from horticultural to agricultural societies produced larger settlements, surplus production, administrative structures, and sharper social divisions, including early bureaucracy. The other transitions generally involved less extensive institutional differentiation.

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