Lesson 3.2: Sociocultural and Political Evolution

cultural evolution

The development of culture through time

sociopolitical evolution

transformation of different societies and political systems. It happens when societies develop new forms of economic subsistence, acquire knowledge, and apply new technology

Sociocultural Evolution

Human society undergoes transformation and evolution and in the process develops technological advancement.

Gerhard Lenski

He argued that human society undergoes transformation and evolution and in the process develops technological advancement.

Hunting and gathering, horticultural, pastoral, agricultural, industrial, post-industrial

What are the 6 different types of societies?

Hunting and Gathering

It is the oldest and most basic way of economic subsistence.

Hunting and Gathering Societies

They produce simple forms of tools used to hunt for animals and gather plants and vegetation for food.

Horticultural Societies

It developed around 10,000 years ago and they are described as semisedentary societies because they do not frequently move as opposed to hunting and gathering societies.

Pastoral societies

These societies are classified as animal herders and subsistence based on the resources provided by their animals

Agricultural Societies

These began 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic Period. They started to cultivate wheat, barley, peas, rice, and millet.

Industrial Societies

It began when the Industrial Revolution swept through Europe during the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. It created centralized workplaces, economic interdependence, formal education, and complex social systems.

Post-Industrial Revolution

It focused on the use and application of new information technology rather than factories.

Civilization

It develops because of a society’s highly advanced level of culture, social organization, political developments, judicial system, arts, and other forms of culture at a particular time.

Sumerian, Indus Valley, Shang, Egyptian

What are the four major civilizations in the world?

Craft laws, implement laws, impose justice and punishment, collect taxes, sometimes act as religious leaders

Political leaders of early civilizations were tasked to do the following?