WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The ruling class of Sumer included the king and the high priests. The largest social class was the working class, which mainly comprised farmers. At the very bottom of society was the enslaved population.

Detailed explanation-2: -The people of Sumer and the people of Babylon (the civilization that was built on the ruins of Sumer) were divided into four classes-the priests, the upper class, the lower class, and the slaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lower class was made up of laborers and farmers. These people lived a harder life, but could still work their way up with hard work. At the bottom were the slaves. Slaves were owned by the king or bought and sold among the upper class.

Detailed explanation-4: -Slaves were bought and sold in the market and branded. They worked in irrigation projects, temples and palaces. In the Babylonian period, enslavement for debt was illegal.