SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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All slaves belonged on one specific ethnic group.
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Only people at the top of the social pyramid were allowed to own slaves.
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An individual could become a slave in several different ways
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A person could only become a slave if captured in a war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were a few ways to become an enslaved person in Mesopotamian society. Many of those enslaved were peoples from captured or defeated territories. Once could also be sold into slavery to pay a debt. There was no particular ethnicity to enslaved people in Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-2: -One could become a slave in a number of ways: being captured in war, selling oneself into slavery to pay off a debt, being sold as punishment for a crime, being kidnapped and sold into slavery in another region, or being sold by a family member to relieve a debt.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement describes a reason why Mesopotamia was often a target of invasions from other civilizations? The Mesopotamian region contained fertile farmland and was close to rivers and access to trade routes.