Soicietal and Politial Evolution Flashcards
What are the levels of development of society?
Hunting and garhering
Horticultural
Pastoral
Agricultural
Industrial
Post-industrial
He argued that human society undergoes transformation and evolution and in the process develops technological advancement.
Gerhard Lenski
This society is the oldest and most basic way of economic subsistence in human society.
Hunting and gathering
This society developed around 10,000 years ago and they are described as semisedentery societies because they do not fequently move as opposed to hunting and gathering societies.
Horticultural societies
This society developed around 10,000 years ago. These societies are classified as animal helders and subsist based on the resources provided by their animals.
Pastoral societies
This society began 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic Period. They started to cultivate wheat, barley, peas, rice, and millet between 8000 and 3500 BCE. They also farm and domesticate animals as their form of substance.
Agricultural societies
It is marked the transition from small, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization.
Neolithic Revolution
This society started in Europe during the late eighteenth century during which, new sources of energy were harnessed, advanced forms of technology were applied, and machineries were invented.
Industrial Society
It is where economic productionfocused on the use and application of new information technology rather than factories
Post-Industrial Society
What are the cradles of human society?
Sumerian Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization
Shang Civilization
Egyptian Civilization