Who Shapes History? What Shapes History? Do People? Do Events?

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Term Paper Title	Who Shapes History? What Shapes History? Do People? Do Events?
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     Who shapes history?  What shapes history?  Do people?  Do events?
It is a debate as simple yet as complex as the proverbial chicken and egg.
People cause events to happen, therefore, it is really people who shape
events.  But can one person be responsible for any important event?
Important events involve the actions of many people, so it is the events then,
and not the people that shape history.  But what about the people involved
in the events?  Due to the reciprocity of the arguments, it is impossible to
come to a clear conclusion without stirring debate.  In my humble opinion it
is the events themselves that truly shape history.  It is true that events do not
occur without people, but what lives on well after these individuals have
passed is the impact of the events they have caused.

     In the ancient era, the most important event was one that was on too
large of a scale to even be attributed to an individual.  This is event was a
gradual change in the early Neolithic age to an agrarian society.  This is the
most important event because abandoning the nomadic hunting and
gathering system eventually led to the creation of civilization.

     Prior to this there was virtually no cultural development at all.  Before
agrarian society developed, people lived in a band society.  Bands of
nomads followed game and gathered food to survive.  They had a simplistic
division of labor: men hunted live game, women took care of the children
and gathered berries, nuts, and plants. Everyone had to participate in
providing food to have enough to feed the rest of the group.   Because
everyone had to help provide food, this left little time for advancement
technologically or culturally.

     Once people began to settle down to farm and domesticate animals, it
allowed for the creation of civilization.  This was the first time that a
surplus of food could be produced.  Now that there was a surplus it was not
necessary for everyone to provide food, creating specialization of labor.
Specialization of labor allowed for great advances in technology.  We begin
to see things like pots and baskets that made life easier.    We also see other
important developments like the creation of the first systems of writing,
which stemmed from a necessity to keep records of trade and newfound
surpluses of food.  Prior to this there was not any type of organized
government.  This developed along with a class system in many early
civilizations.  Previous to this there was little or no cultur...

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