Ch. 1's Big Question: How did early agricultural societies differ from those of the Paleolithic era?

The early agricultural societies are different from those of the Paleolithic era that it has its initial transition. This mostly relates to "human history, everything, in fact, before the advent of urban-based civilizations" (Strayer, 12), it had happened 5,500 years ago. The historical change of human-beings is important in history courses and books. These "often neglect this long phase of the human journey and instead choose to begin the story with the early civilizations of" (Strayer, 12) everywhere in the world, such as China, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.

Agricultural societies had experienced a lot of social inequalities that those of the Paleolithic era. They were larger density settled than gathering and hunting societies. This shows people were relied on their own skills of hunting/gathering to survive, not people developed tools and methods to utilize nature that refers to farming before it was always moving to where animals were to hunt or plants now one could settle anywhere if they know methods to farm and breed. 

As a result, early agricultural societies are not fair for social perspectives as the Paleolithic era.