Answer:
Surpluses encouraged the growth of villages, populations, trade
- one village might trade surplus food for anotherʼs surplus tools
Specialization increased, craftspeople spent years learning skills
- artisans—people trained in skills, crafts
- artisans include carpenters, toolmakers, cloth makers, potters
• Shared skills led to occupational classes, then social classes
- groups of people with similar customs, background, training, income
- social classes include farmers, craftspeople, priests, rulers
• As communities grew into villages, people needed laws, leadership
- formed early governments—ways of creating order, providing leadership
- made laws to make communities safer, more stable
