The Sumerian middle class was made up of artisans, merchants and scribes. Since Sumerians acquired most of their wealth through trade, artisans and merchants had the ability to sell their wares to many who traveled to their land to trade. The collection of taxes was obviously very important and many scribes were employed by the government to keep careful records of these transactions.
Nobles were the Sumerian wealthy class! :)
The larger landowners and merchants.
Lower nobility, some clergy and most knights were considered to be members of the middle class in medieval society during the Middle Ages. Often, these people were richer than those classified as upper class.
They were an important and respected class of people.
the opportunity for middle-class women to think about society
In a largely illiterate society, scribes are frequently something like middle class.
The highest class would be King.
Hmm...
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Plebeians - more to the lower class/lower middle class Equestrians - middle class only
Sumerian communities were divided by social structure. There were 3 social classes/or groups. At the top was the upper class. They had the most money and power. In this class there were the priests, kings, government officials, and warriors. They had finer homes. Then came the middle class. There was the artisans, merchants, farmers, and traders. If you needed something they were the ones who had stuff. Normal people lived in small mud-brick houses. Lastly, came the lower class. They were treated harshly. They were considered the enslaved farmers, people forced to work in temples, an slaves. The Sumerian communities were divided into city-states. At the center of each city-state there was a ziggurat. They beleived that the gods lived here. Only gods/godesses were allowed in here.
The middle class and the working class
The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class. The common measures of what constitutes middle class vary significantly between cultures
Lower nobility, some clergy and most knights were considered to be members of the middle class in medieval society during the Middle Ages. Often, these people were richer than those classified as upper class.
They were an important and respected class of people.
They were an important and respected class of people.
the opportunity for middle-class women to think about society
The Sumerians were a people who settled on the flood plains of the mighty Tigris and Euphrates Rivers around 4000 B.C in what is today part of Iraq. Sumerian religion was based around the worship of four life giving deities - the god of heaven, the goddess of earth, the god of air and the god of water. The way thet Sumerians religion affect this society is the way they approached death and prepared for the afterlife.
The Sumerian class system consists of three layers. The first layer, or upper layer is were the kings,priests, and nobles reside. The second layer, also known as the middle layer, has the less fortunate people, such as the merchants, artisans, and traders. The lower class holds all of the slaves.