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    Polygyny, or the Practice of One Chief Having Many Wives
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Polygyny, or the Practice of One Chief Having Many Wives

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Polygyny, or the practice of one chief having many wives, was rare in chiefdom societies because it diluted the power of a single ruling lineage.

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