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NAME: CHIREMBA T. PHILLIP ZJC HISTORY NOTES INTRODUCTION What is History? History refers to what happened in the past. It is a record of people's lives, behaviours and activities; their glories, successes, failures and cruelties. It helps us to understand what is happening around us and helps us to prepare for the future as today's society has been shaped by decisions of the past. These activities are the ones which bring change to the past. Knowing about the past helps us to avoid mistakes and understand how we are living. Environment of history The environment is vital because through that people behave in certain ways. The environment affects what people eat, wear and the shelter they build. Therefore the way people try to control the environment determines their course of history. Factors of Production Production is an act of producing goods or items. There are three factors of production which are land, labour and wealth; these are regarded as agents of production. If land and wealth area shared equally there's less chance of conflict but if there is unequal distribution conflict occurs among groups or tribes, this conflict is usually referred to as trouble. People make their own history through production and struggle. Stages of Historical development - Stage 1: Primitive communism In this stage property was equally shared by the community and work was done together. Food, wealth and other items were shared by the community. - Stage 2: Slavery In this stage people had gained control over the poor and weaker people. Slaves Performed tasks like producing and these were also forced to do what their masters wanted. - Stage 3: Feudalism In this stage agriculture was the main means of production. Land was owned by a few people known as landlords and the majority worked for the land lords. - Stage 4: Capitalism In this stage ownership of means of production was in the hands of a few people. Wealth was produced by machines and workers worked in Factories and mines. There was unequal distribution of wealth. Stage 5: Socialism According to Karl Marx this was the highest stage of development and in this stage ZJC NOTESPage 1