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The Importance Of Sustainable Development

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“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.” This quote by Ban Ki-moon describes the development of the world from the time that man first appeared all the way to now. From the minute that the first signs of humans appeared all the way to this very moment in time the world and human culture have been developing. The five most important ways that the world has developed is democracy, the development of permanent living, the agricultural revolution, trade, and monarchy. The world did not truly start to develop until the Neolithic Revolution, which started with an agricultural …show more content…

However, since only certain crops grow in certain places people did not have all the food that they need. This opened the door for the trading of goods. Trading started because certain people had certain skills that allowed them to make goods that not everyone else could. Trade started at the same time as the Neolithic villages, people could store goods and if they had too much of one thing and not enough of another they could trade with someone who had what they need. Without trade the United States would not be able to function. They do not have the oil needed to make gasoline, or most of the space to make goods to feed its own population. Some would like to argue that trading is bad because the U.S. has such a large debt due to trade. However, if it were not for trade they would not have all the amenities that they are used to now. While rare monarchy started in ancient Greece, often the creation of a monarchy was due to a tyranny. The rise of tyrants started in the seventh century and lasted through the end of the sixth century. The tyrants were not horrible leaders, as the term usually means, they just came to rule in an unconstitutional way. While most would argue that tyranny’s and monarchies are bad because they do not allow the people to have a say, that is not always true there have been quite a few good monarchs that have led their countries very well. Also, without monarchy the path for democracy never would have been

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