I believe that humans have always sought control over our lives, environments, and the people around us. The Neolithic revolution enabled people to increase their control over these factors. Technology Though it was likely unconscious at first, humans began to select the plants and animals that they interacted with. Once people realized that the plants and animals were changing because of that interaction, it was only a short leap to begin deliberate attempts at change. …showed first 75 words of 1162 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1162 total…together to produce a surplus, but it only takes one person to control it. The wealthy began to rise to the surface and take power, and formal government begins along with social stratification. Record keeping is needed to maintain order, and monuments give people something to believe in and work towards peacefully. The development of civilization was fast and hard, with no time to look back, or examine whether the path was good or bad.