Another sign of civilization in the in these ancient worlds, where how people treated each other. In early Egypt man and woman where treated differently, woman where treated better then men as they where seen as the givers of life and should be worshipped by everyone. Men sometimes feared these powerful woman though. Men where not treated badly in the sociey, the only people in this culture to be treated badly where the slave's but, here again is a sign of an evolving civilization. Instead of just cutting of the head's of their enemy's captured in war and their criminal's they put then to work building the pyramids. One of the upsides to slavery in Egypt was you could work your way out of it. If you where a criminal who worked hard you could pay off your debt and become a free man or woman.
Another form of social order was shown in Mesopotamia with the collective effort of it's people, with the building of roads, temples, and military defenses. This show a community working together with other people in mind rather than themselves. Another part of the Mesopotamia community sore fit to write the laws of the people down on the stele of Hammurabi. The Hammuradi code is the set of rules and laws of he people of that time. Unlike some other civilization the Hammurdi code informs you of social standing, rather then just knowing it, you where told where you are in the pecking order. There is a social order in the hindu culture called the caste system. The caste system worked at first on the color of your skin, but, now it work's thought birth right's. Unlike the hindus one of the chinese social orders was based on your merit and education. What a crazy idea.
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