The separation of the Neolithic and Paleolithic ages created a great division amongst the culture and lives of humans at the time. The Paleolithic Age is the era in which modern man emerged. During this age, mankind were hunters and gatherers and due to the abundant amount of animals and plants, they could simply follow the migration patterns of herds. As the Neolithic Age began, it marked the beginning of a change in humans that would gradually impact the course of human lifestyle. Due to this transition, many aspects of everyday life were altered to adjust to a new standard of living. During the Neolithic and Paleolithic ages mankind started to develop and enhance technology. Initially, their weapons were made of animals bones and wood, it …show more content…
This would lead to the development of social classes, job specialization, and early forms of government. This settled way of life meant people could build houses, accumulate possessions, and develop skills like pottery and weapon making. Since, people were living in settlements, each person had to have a different job to aid in the success of the community. In addition, the domestication of plants and animals brought about food surplus. With this surplus, societies had a greater capacity to produce goods to others. As well as a new specialist emerged to facilitate this exchange of goods, which is the merchant. Merchants would grow wealthy and powerful, which required new laws or systems to deal with merchants.With these new and more complex societies developing, many issues arose such as families in close proximity having a dispute, various forms of crime, and threats in and towards the society. A new political class emerged who specialized in governing the people and their problems. These people were put in place to wage wars, establish a code of laws, punish those who broke the law, and resolve disputes within the