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WAR – MEANS OF GETTING MONEY

AND POWER

Man has always needed food in order to survive.

Food has always been a priority. Hunting for food was the

first form of planned action caused by man’s needs.
As time passed, hunting skills developed. Man used

tools he perfected. At the beginning, the man lived alone

and hunting was simple, because his need for food was
small. Later on, man started living in families and the need

for food increased. Men provided food while women took

care of the children. That was the first form of labor

division. The need for better safety and defense brought
about the need to join together in bands. Primitive

community was the first form of people’s uniting.

In the ensuing period, man’s development is

characterized by wars as means of protection and
spreading the power of the community. Bands grew into

larger tribes with shared interests (battles for territories,

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