The document summarizes the evolution of Philippine culture from prehistoric to early historic times. It describes the social classes that emerged, including nobles or maginoo at the top, freemen or timawa below them, warriors or maharlika, and slaves or alipin at the bottom. Slaves could become freeemen by certain actions like marrying a noble. The early justice system incorporated ordeals like river tests, boiling water, and candle trials to determine guilt or innocence. Society was organized into barangays led by a datu chief.
The document summarizes the evolution of Philippine culture from prehistoric to early historic times. It describes the social classes that emerged, including nobles or maginoo at the top, freemen or timawa below them, warriors or maharlika, and slaves or alipin at the bottom. Slaves could become freeemen by certain actions like marrying a noble. The early justice system incorporated ordeals like river tests, boiling water, and candle trials to determine guilt or innocence. Society was organized into barangays led by a datu chief.
The document summarizes the evolution of Philippine culture from prehistoric to early historic times. It describes the social classes that emerged, including nobles or maginoo at the top, freemen or timawa below them, warriors or maharlika, and slaves or alipin at the bottom. Slaves could become freeemen by certain actions like marrying a noble. The early justice system incorporated ordeals like river tests, boiling water, and candle trials to determine guilt or innocence. Society was organized into barangays led by a datu chief.
EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURE - Marrying a noble or maharlika can
change their class of being an alipin
1. PALEOLITHIC ERA (old stone age) REASONS TO BE AN ALIPIN - They lives in caves or huts 1. BIRTH - They used basic stone and bone 2. CAPTIVITATING IN WAR tools 3. PURCHASE 2. NEOLITHIC ERA (new or polished stone 4. FAILURE TO PAY DEBT age) 5. PENALTY FOR CRIMES COMMITTED Manunggul Jar – most beautiful 2 TYPES OF ALIPIN burial jars 1. Aliping Namamahay 3. AGE OF METALS - They have their own homes - Emerges metals to easily hunt - Resided in their homes 4. AGE OF CONTACTS AND TRADE - Have a property and can own a (ceramic age) property BARTER – exchanging of goods and - Can marry without permission of his products master and they can’t purchase or Arab – First trade of Philippines to can’t be sold other Asian countries 2. Aliping Sanguiguilid “Arab to Philippines or Philippines to Arab” - They have no property and live in They exchange potteries in ceramics – leading their master product traded by Filipinos to other countries - They can be sold - They seek permission to their THE EARLY SOCIAL ORGANIZATION master if they want to be marry BARANGAY - “balangay” - 30-100 households LAW MAKING AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM - Have DATU 7 ORDEALS: Chief of barangay 1. THE RIVER ORDEAL Captain, leader, executive, - The accuse was plunged into the legislative and judge of the water where his only success in barangay withstanding the water was Keeps peace and order supposed to determine his guilt or THE EARLY SOCIAL ORGANIZATION innocence 1. MAGINOO NOBLES 2. BOILING WATER ORDEAL - Members are which highly - The stone will put in the pot of respected in the community boiling after and the accuse needs - Associated with Datu and also to retrieve the stone in the pot. keeping orders 3. CANDLE ORDEAL - Educated individuals and have the - The first one who’s the candle light power went out is declared to be guilty. - They are part of royal classes 4. CHEWING OF UNCOOKED RICE ORDEAL 2. TIMAWA OR FREEMEN - Using of saliva - They have lots of privilege - The thickest saliva will declare to be - They can pick wife and job guilty. - They can acquire alipin but requires to pay taxes - They can also hold a maginoo “to be a timawa is to be free” 3. MAHARLIKA - Providing and preparing weapon - Protector of the community - Timawa and maaharlika doesn’t have the same duty but they have the some privilege 4. ALIPIN