India's social structure
Priests and scholars who preformed rituals and preserved sacred texts
What are Brahmins?
God-king with absolute power over Egypt
Who are pharaohs?
World cities with absolute power believed chosen by gods
Who are kings?
Adult Freeborn men with political rights
Who are citizens?
Mesopotamia lacked Stone metals and Timbers so they traded their grain and textiles to obtain these essential materials from neighboring religions
What is trade?
Warriors, rules and nobles who protected society
What are Kshatriyas?
High officials, temple leaders, and wealthy landowners
Who are priests & nobles?
Manage temples, conducted ceremonies, advised Kings
Who are priests?
Free foreign residence with limited rights
Who are Metics?
The world's first writing system made by pressing a wedgie shape tool and took clay tables at the game as simple pictures but developed into a complex system of symbols
What is cuneiform?
Merchants, farmers and artisans who created goods wealth
What is Vaishyas?
Educated elite who could read and write hieroglyphics
Who are scribes?
Wealthy landowners special and those who could write
Who are nobles and scribes
Legally under male guardianship with few public roles
Who are women?
The Chinese discovered how to make cells from silkworm cocoons around 3,000 BCE and Camp were process secret for centuries this luxury a fabric became so valuable that it gave its name to the famous trade route connecting east and west
What is silk?
Labors and servants who perform necessary work for others
What is a Shudras?
Professional warriors and skilled craftspeople
Who are soldiers & artisans?
Traders Crafts People and skilled workers
Who are merchants and artists?
Unfree labors with no rights often war captivities
Who are slaves?
Ordinary used as medication he became China's national drink and an important export tea cultivation shape Chinese agriculture and social Customs creating elaborate ceremonies around its preparation
What is tea?
Those performing "unclean" jobs, considered outside varna system
What is Untouchables?
The majority who produced food and performed labor
Who are farmers, servants & slaves?
The majority who grew food and performed hard labor
Who are farmers and slaves?
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Black pepper cinnamon and other spices good naturally in India and became valuable trade goods and desire for Indian spices ladder motivation European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries
What is spices?