Reply To: Social stratification in the Ancient Near East

[Jessi Willeto]

RE: Valene
Like you said, there were several different classes within the hierarchy. It’s a shame it had to be that way, but I can understand why a society that new would need the strict ruling, it could easily fall apart as we’ve seen throughout history. While the upper class had more leisure time than the lower class, the rulers certainly had the most leisure time if we look at “Assurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden’.