Agrarian society

There are various categories of Agrarian society that may be examined.

   

Bronze age societies

This is not clearly subdivided yet. Possible categories include Bronze age, with objects based on bronze,

Early Iron age societies

These include societies with the use of iron

Late Iron age societies

These include literate societies, making extensive use of horses, modern religion, or both

Early modern societies

These navigation, printing, and gunpowder. There are also transitional societies.


History

The history of agrarian societies begins possibly as early as prehistoric times. These were definitely present in antiquity, beginning possibly in the 5th millennium BC or the 4th millennium BC, but definitely present in the 3rd millennium BC, the 2nd millennium BC, and the early 1st millennium BC. They were also important in classical and medieval times, including early classical, late classical, early medieval and late medieval times.

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Modern history

In the 16th century, early modern societies flourished in Europe, and began to have a worldwide influence. These types of societies continued to expand in the 17th century. In the 18th century, early modern societies began to transform into industrial societies. Development of the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. By the 19th century, other agrarian societies were changed by industrialization. Developments of the early 19th century, early mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late mid 19th century, and late 19th century can be considered. These changes continued to spread throughout the 20th century, and most agrarian societies that remain are transitional and partly industrialized. Details of the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, late 20th century, and early 21st century can be considered. The early 21st century including the early 2000s can be considered. The late 2000s including 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, and 2010 can posibly be connected. The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected. January 2011 including 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected. February 2011, and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011, and third quarter 2011 can be connected.

The future of this kind of society including the near future, middle future, and far future is obscure.

Other Sociology

Peoples of the world

Particular nations including Egypt, Ethiopia, Turkey, Congo DR, Iran, Thailand, France, UK, Italy, and South Korea give examples.

Western Civilization including Germany can be connected. Anglic peoples incuding those of the United States can be connected. Latin peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. Northeast European peoples including those of Russia give examples.

Asiatic peoples including those of Vietnam can be considered. South Asian peoples including those of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh can be considered. Oriental peoples including those of China and Japan can be considered. Southeast Asian peoples including those of the Philippines can be considered. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes such as those of Indonesia can be connected.

African peoples including those of Nigeria give examples.

American Indian peoples found in Mexico can be considered. Middle American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States can be considered. South American Indian peoples such as those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples of the United States can be connected.

Communities

Particular communities will give examples of them.

Other Social structure and change

Social change can be connected. Particular changes and movements including the agricultural revolution can be connected. The agrarian revolution including bronze age movements, early iron age movement, late iron age movements, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including the early industrial revolution, middle industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be connected.

Social change factors can be connected. Institutional change can be connected. Cultural change can be connected. Demographic change can be connected. Natural change can be connected.

Social change processes

Innovation can be considered. Transmission can be connected. Adaptation can be connected. Extinction can be connected.

Other social types

Industrial society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected. Hunting and gathering societies can be connected.

Social structure

Community and regional structure can be connected. Class structure can be connected. Institutional structure can be connected. Cultural structure can be connected. Anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion

Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, secularism, Asiatic religion, and pagan religion can be connected. Religious organization including highly structured, fragmented, and loosely structured organization can be connected. Religious practice can be connected. Religious belief can be connected.

Government

Particular governments including international goverment, national government, and local government can be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. Government structure including government form, heads of state, executive systems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political parties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asian law, and tribal law can be connected.

Economics including industries and economic activity can be connected. Economic systems including economic system behavior, economic system types, networks, and firms can be connected.

Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellanous artifacts, communication technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, African geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Human ecology including human effects on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental effects on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, mortality, migration, and births can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interactions, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography can be connected. Psychology including social psychology, personality, mental disorders, developmental psychology, behavior patterns, mind, and behavioral elements can be connected. The human body including form and appearance, disease, life cycle, body functions, and body systems can be connected.

Science

Biology including biohistory, ecology, systematics, organism biology, cell biology, and molecular biology can be connected. Earth science including geohistory, physical geography, atmospheric science, hydrospheric science, and geology can be connected. Astronomy including cosmology, galactic astronomy, stellar astronomy, and local astronomy can be connected. Chemistry including chemical systems, chemical change, and chemical substances can be connected. Physics including the structure of matter, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and mechanics can be connected.


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