Research Paper on:
Society and Individuals

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puzzle, a paradox. Without individuals there would be no society. Any society is a product of the individuals who are members of it. Societies are developed and established because individuals  choose to be part of something more than themselves and, according to Rousseau, individuals gave up certain freedoms in order to be a part of a larger community (GCSE UK,  2002). More than 3,000 years ago, what is believed to have been the first civilization, the first society, was developed by a group of persons who came together and  named their community Sumer (GCSE UK, 2002). Sumer was located in an area that has access to the Tiger and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia (GCSE UK, 2002). By the  end of the Sumerian occupation of this region, they had created the foundations for society as we know and understand the concept of society (GCSE UK, 2002). Sumer was  an agrarian culture but because of the excellence of the land, the Sumerians had the time to begin developing a culture and even to spend in academic-type pursuits (GCSE UK,  2002). The Sumerians developed writing on cuneiform tablets, they spent time developing mathematics and they invented technology for agriculture (GCSE UK, 2002). There was literature and a recording of history  (GCSE UK, 2002). There was a set of laws that amounted to social policies and defined the norms by which Sumerians were expected to live and conduct their lives (GCSE  UK, 2002). In fact, the Sumerians are credited with having the first written laws whose purpose was to define the societys norms (GCSE UK, 2002). John Locke argued that individuals  must agree to be a part of the community and the society and they must also agree to live peacefully following the laws or norms for behaviors (GCSE UK, 2002).