Question

The precursor to the complex political organizations we now call the state is the

Answer 1

I think the appropriate response ought to be Stratified society. It is a general public's order of individuals into financial strata, in light of their occupation and wage, riches and societal position, or inferred influence

Answer 2

The precursor to the complex political organizations we now call the state is the chiefdom.

Chiefdom was a political organization or unit that was common in non-industrial societies. It consisted of communities or villages that were under the control of a person or a group of persons, called chiefs. Its government was a form of aristocracy or centralization of power.

This organization is widely considered as transitional to the true state we have today.