Social Changes and Technology Innovations

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Social Changes and Technology Innovations Throughout the history of mankind, important social revolutions are basically associated with great technological inventions. There are many inventions in the history that have caused social changes, four technological revolutions are considered as the most important among all others. They are the development of horticultural and pastoral societies, the invention of plow, the invention of steam engine and, 4) the invention of microchip. Over time, people who lived as hunters and gatherers advanced into horticultural and pastoral societies. This development is considered as the first revolutionary advancement causing a major social change. Before this change, hunters and gatherers relied only on their immediate surroundings for living. As time passed, they developed innovative tools for the benefits of their survival. The most important among them were tools for growing food and for taming animals. With the newly developed devices, they could engage in agriculture which eventually caused the hunting and gathering societies to develop into horticultural and pastoral societies. As a result, they did not have to change their habitats. Thus, they began to stay as communities. The formation of communities was a significant social change in the history of mankind. The second technological innovation initiating a social revolution was the invention of plow. The revolutionary social change caused by this invention was the development of agricultural societies. People started to realize that they could improve their crop production if an animal was harnessed to a plow. As the production became effortless, they began to cultivate crops in more areas than they essentially required. Consequently, they had to develop methods to store excess food. Thus towns were developed in the areas where crops were grown. Population began to grow in
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