History of Society

History of Society

Published by: Nuru

Published date: 24 Jan 2022

History of Society in Grade 7 Social Studies

History of Society

A society is a group of people involved in the persistent social interaction. The human history and civilization reveal that the human condition and way of life they live is, more or less like that of animals in the pre-historic time. The origin of society is an important topic within evolutionary biology, anthropology, and prehistory.

History of society is divided into five societies from ages:

  • Stone age
  • Hunting age
  • Agriculture age
  • Industrial age
  • Modern age

1. Stone Age

In the first stage, the humans are supposed to begin their life. It was known as old stone age. It began 2 million years ago. In this stage of development, human used to live in jungle and caves. They lived in groups and their lives were in danger. They hunted animals for their food. They used leaves and barks of trees to cover their body. They had no idea of cultivation and permanent settlement. Their livelihood was completely dependent on nature. In earlier days, they used stones to lit a fire, whereas, the human of this age have learned to use fire. They also learned to work together.

2. Hunting Age

This was the time when people learned to hunt animals. Stone was their main weapon. The society was much developed than previous. As the population began to grow, more and more people started to live together to maximize resource utilization and provide adequate safety. In this stage, the first civilization of the people emerged. They started living in a group as they found it was threatening to roam alone. People started using animals to help them in their work. They also killed animals by chasing them. They started constructing homes. They also started making pots for their use.

3. Agricultural age

The phase of development of society was gradually changing. In the third stage, people learned to cultivate crops. They found that riverbanks are suitable for the cultivation of crops. The riverbanks were fertile and yielded more crops. They also started building dams. This led to the planned way of farming. The life of wild settlement led to settling at one place, from family, community, and society. They started domesticating animals so that they can kill them at the time they choose for meat.

4. Industrial Society

Along with the passes of the third stage, the people became tired of living a dangerous life lived by the earlier society. So, people started constructing roads to make their life easier. People invented potter’s wheel and they modified their weapons using iron. Slowly the way for industrial age was paved. They invented gunpowder, compass and printing press . People also established universities and colleges. Small villages grew into big industrial towns. Various inventions and discoveries were made which helped in making human life easier. But the industrialization categorized the people in the upper, lower and middle class.

5. Today/ Modern society

In today's modern society, the way of living and thinking has been highly influenced by the discovery of science. People work technologically. Development of medicine made people live longer. The development of transportation and communication have changed the life of people. The traditional family structure has changed.

People mostly prefer nuclear family. Life has become more easy and comfortable. People live long, prosperous and happy life in today's modern society.