Mir



Mir: A Mir, or village commune, regulated village life. It was run by a council of men, who were the heads of families. The mir controlled the village land and split it up between the villagers. Each family was given scattered strips of land, instead of one farm. This gave the people a certain amount of decent farmland to grow crops.

Info provided by: Prentice Hall World cultures: A Global Mosaic (page 717-718)

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