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Every civilization sorted people into ranks — and the systems looked eerily similar.

Seven caste and class systems — different continents, same pyramid.

Cover — every civilization sorted people into ranks, and the systems looked eerily similar.
The varna system — India
Patricians and plebeians — Rome
The feudal estates — medieval Europe
The Edo class system — Japan, samurai above merchants
Aztec social order
Egyptian hierarchy — scribes near the top
The Inca mit'a labor system
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India had varnas. Rome had patricians and plebeians. Japan ranked samurai above merchants. Egypt put scribes near the top — literacy was power. Different continents, same pyramid.