These people made up the government in the Roman Republic. They were known as "free men" and only made up a seven to ten percent of Rome's population.
What are patricians?
100
The group of Northern Polynesian people who first migrated to New Zealand around 750 C.E. They were treated with racial inequalities after the Europeans invaded New Zealand.
Who are the Maori?
100
The oldest male in the family which had complete manus over his children.
What is a paterfamilia?
100
This was a system developed and used by the Aryans to regulate their relationships with the Harrapans and maintain supremacy. This same system has and continues to completely define social structure in India and other Hindu societies.
What is the caste system?
100
This was a code of laws that covered aspects of everyday life. It is significant because it was set in place to reinforce unity amongst warring city-states. It was also important in the development of social structure at the time.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
This philosopher and political advisor spoke of the importance of five relationships in human society.
Who is Confucius?
200
This document was put in place to give the sovereignty of New Zealand to the British Crown. It also declared equal rights but did not stop Europeans from treating the Maori people with racial inequalities.
What is the Treaty of Waitangi?
200
These people made up the majority of the Roman population. They usually did not own property and could not serve as government or military officials.
What are plebeians?
200
When it comes to gender relations, this early society has been said to be the easiest and most peaceful.
What is the Hunter-Gatherer society?
200
The Aryans invaded this civilization and brought with them the caste system.
What is Harappa?
300
This philosopher recognized the prejudices against women and suggested that women should be treated equally with men in their access to the highest civic responsibilities and in education.
Who is Plato?
300
This term refers to the complete legal control that the father had over his daughter and then passed on to her husband, during the Roman Republic.
What is manus?
300
These pieces of art presented women in a unique way that was rare to many other societies at that time. They show woman and men dining together, something unheard of in many societies.
What are Etruscan tomb paintings?
300
In these two regions of Western Europe, textile production became dominant, creating a complex social structure.
What are Northern Italy and Flanders?
300
Women must follow these guidelines:
When she is young, she must submit to her parents.
After her marriage, she must submit to her husband.
When she is widowed, she must submit to her son.
What are the "three submissions?"
400
These people were warriors and are ranked second in the Aryan caste system.
What are Kshatriyas?
400
During the Han dynasty this author addressed the role of women in society and wrote the Admonitions for Women.
Who is Ban Zhao?
400
This social inequality that occurred amongst the plebeians and patricians led to this war, which lasted for more than half a century.
What is the Struggle of Orders?
400
This was the year in which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.
What is 1840?
400
This group of priests were at the top of the Aryan caste system and were to be vegetarians.
What are Brahmins?
500
These people were herders, farmers, merchants and craftspeople. In the caste system, they came third in rank behind the priests and warriors and in front of the non-Aryans.
What are the Vaisyas?
500
An Etruscan king whose reforms of the Roman military were so successful that they lasted for many years.
Who is Servius Tullius?
500
A feminist who argues that gender "inequalities have been created by humans—and they can be altered by humans."
Who is Gerda Lerner?
500
When this leader of Athens rose to power, he reformed the social structure by allowing more participation in government affairs and by abolishing all debts. His reforms left decades of class conflict between the rich and the poor.
Who is Solon?
500
When this leader of Athens seized control, the class conflict that began with reforms of Solon finally ended.