Today the most countries in our living world
always seek to make a democratic,free, equal
world for people to live in. But we know that
there has been a strict social classes in the
ancient world. Mesopotamia was, too. The people
will have diffirent treatment according thier
social levels.Therefore we really have to thank
god that we can live in modern times so that we
can live with no more terrible limit, right??In Mesopotamia, Cities
usually had different social groups. Some people
were richer and more powerful than others. Ur had
three levels of society. At the top were the most
powerful government officials, priests, and
soldiers. The society's second level was made up
of merchants, teachers, laborers, farmers, and
craftsmen. At the bottom of the social scale were
the slaves, who often had been captured during
battle.
You can see the
list and pictures:
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| Slaves |
Normal People |
| They were
controlled by higher ranked authority,
like kings, priests, elders, and normal
Mesopotamian people.(1st and 2 nd ) They
did not have any of their own rights.
They did not make money for all of their
work, but they did get a small shelter to
live in while not working. They had to
live with many other people in their
shelter who worked for the same owner. So
they were just lived for others, and
worked for higher levels people!! |
The Normal People
had their own rights and could do almost
anything they wanted to do that didn't
break the law. They had the slaves
working for them anywhere the owner
pleased. Therefor you can know they had
the power to control slaves and
"USED" them to get work. They
had jobs where they got paid.The same
condition also had happened in ancient
India. And they would serve different
punishment when they broke the law. |
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