
Government Appeared When Societies Got Bigger
The exact first government is lost in time, but early city-states appeared about 5,000 years ago. As societies grew, people needed organized ways to manage life together.How Governments Began

Farming Changed Everything
Agriculture created a food surplus, meaning more food than people needed right away. That freed some people to do non-farming work, including ruling, planning, and trying new ways to organize society.How Governments Began