CIVILIZATION
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rulers, top officials, powerful priests, wealthy merchants, owners of large plots of land
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farmers and skilled workers
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slaves
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The lower class were unskilled and uneducated and often landless. Their job prospects were very limited. Those who could afford to hire them preferred to use slave labor. Often lower class people squatted on a piece of land and engaged in subsistence farming.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sociologists generally posit three classes: upper, working (or lower), and middle. The upper class in modern capitalist societies is often distinguished by the possession of largely inherited wealth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gallup has, for a number of years, asked Americans to place themselves–without any guidance–into five social classes: upper, upper-middle, middle, working and lower. These five class labels are representative of the general approach used in popular language and by researchers.