Chapter 5 Ways of the World
Chapter 5
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Why do you think slavery was so much more prominent in Greco-Roman
civilization than in India or China?
In Greco-Roman civilization , the source of slaves was the foreign enemies
and barbarians that they fought and conquered. Often in the process of
conquest, their cities were destroyed. These conquered people were considered
to be different than the Romans or the Greeks, so it was easier to enslave
them.
In contrast , in China conquest and development of an Empire
occurred in a land mass that had predominantly won ethnic population. Most
chines were small farmers and there was no advantage to enslave them. In India
a caste system developed. The lower caste performed all the menial and labor
intensive work. While they were legally free, they could not change their position
in life, just like slaves.
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