Inequalities: Past and Present
Throughout history we have discovered that inequalities have been present in every civilization. We have tracked social prejudices back to the Paleolithic societies such as the Nivakle, and also to more recent, ancient cultures, such as the early Aryan societies which introduced the Caste System. As the ancient world rapidly progressed after the agricultural revolution, there became a need for people to work together. As seen in ancient Mesopotamia, the people had to come together to utilize the naturally replenishing fertile soils of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This resulted in teams of people working together for one common goal, a work force. As we all know, where there is a work force, there must be someone who directs and supervises to see that everything is done correctly. This whole process led to the formation of our world's first major social interaction. Cities began to pop up along rivers, along with the world's first kings and class systems. Similar to the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, our present society is run through a class system, and the prejudices of ancient ci
vilizations are correlated to some of those with which we must deal today. As we have glanced back into the past, we have seen throughout the history of civilization that there has always been preconception with regards to social status. As seen in the ancient Mesopotamian cities, it was necessary to utilize the resources of the rivers, which ultimately led to ranks of social standing. Social inequalities formed thousands of years Before the Common Era, and have managed to survive and be ever-present in our societies today. It seems as though civilization and social status are inseparable, maybe this will be proved wrong in some far-off society to come. There can be drawn distinct parallels between the levels of the caste system of the ancient Aryan's and the system by which we live today, disregarding the insinuation that every man is created 'equal,' and has 'equal opportunities.' I believe that our high government officials replace the kings from the ancient systems. They make and change the rules as they deem necessary, engage in wars they believe necessary, and make the decisions which not only affect the inha
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