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The Egyptian Caste System

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The caste system was a widely used practice among many civilizations. it was what developed social organization in both positive and negative ways for some civilizations. For example, in Babylonia, during Hammurabi 's time, rights were given based on a caste system. The Indians caste system had their priests (Brahmins) as the highest due to how strongly they believed in their religion. The Egyptians caste system had their pharaohs at the top of their caste system because of how well they respected their rulers. One similarity between the caste systems mentioned above was how the peasants, laborers, and slaves were put on the bottom of the caste system. During their time period, slaves were important to the free people because of all the work
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