How Did Societies Change After The Modern Age?

Societies faced a considerable amount of change after the Ancient Period ended and the Modern Age began. Rome was an enormous empire, and after they were defeated, people flocked to cities, declared a new religion as the one people must believe in and wars popped up all over the place. This explanation will cover how and why people did this.

The most noticeable difference, and arguably the one which triggered the later changes, was a massive population increase in cities. I don’t know why they would do this, perhaps the openings for new jobs and need for employment, but there were many changes necessary to account for that many people. The cities became bigger, so they needed more houses. This caused houses to be built closer together and, for the poorer population, more people lived together in a house. This wasn’t very hygienic, and paired with bad sewage systems, could cause streets to be littered with human waste. However this did open up a new job opportunity for shovelling the waste off of the streets. Another change was that the streets were more crowded, which, in a street covered in poo, was not very nice. There was also a higher demand for resources, because everyone needed to be fed and so on. This meant more jobs became available, but also meant
These cities didn’t always have the same opinion, and they definitely didn’t have the same leader. Therefore, war broke loose. War required soldiers, and lots of them, so many more people were employed, especially as every battle hundreds, or even thousands of people died. This brang on a rapid decrease in population but also made them tougher, as it really was survival of the fittest. The leaders had to be stronger than ever to force soldiers into war. However, all that power went to their heads as they conquered more and more cities, forming empires. War caused people to be greedy for wealth and go to any length, even killing masses of people, to do