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The large landowners dominated. In addition they lent seed grain to small farmers after droughts and if the debt was not repaid could sell the debtor into foreign slavery to recoup the debt. Women were an underclass, kept in purdah in the home to work and reproduce. Slaves, over a quarter of the population, were treated at the whim of their masters. While the debt-slavery problem was resolved to avoid revolution, the other problems of women and slaves remained.

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