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10,000 BCE
HUNTING AND GATHERING
hunting and gathering societies. Societies that rely primarily or exclusively on hunting wild animals, fishing, and gathering wild fruits, berries, nuts, and vegetables to support their diet. Until humans began to domesticate plants and animals about ten thousand years ago, all human societies were hunter-gatherers. -
6000 BCE
PASTORAL SOCIETIES
A pastoral society is made up of pastoralists; people whose lives center on tending the land and caring for herds of animals such as sheep, goats, yaks, camels, or cattle, on which they depend for food and sustenance. -
6000 BCE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
A horticultural society is an organization devoted to the study and culture of cultivated plants. Such organizations may be local, regional, national, or international. Some have a more general focus, whereas others are devoted to a particular kind or group of plants. They are also clustered. -
4000 BCE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
An agricultural society, also known as agrarian society, is a society that constructs social order around a reliance upon farming. More than half the people living in that society make their living by farming.Its key characteristic is that the economy, wealth and society in general is centered primarily on agriculture. Human and animal labor are the primary tools employed for agricultural production. Agrarian societies employ a division of labor with members specializing in specific tasks. -
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
Industrial societies are generally mass societies, and may be succeeded by an information society. They are often contrasted with traditional societies. Industrial societies use external energy sources, such as fossil fuels, to increase the rate and scale of production. -
POST INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
A post-industrial society is a stage in a society's development during which the economy transitions from one that primarily provides goods to one that primarily provides services.
