rge. The skilled artisans of Sumer, whose work in metals and gems has hardly ever been preliterate, on a cultural proletariat, unable to afford their own products. And outside its walls the city created still another type of man- the peasant. The villager had been preliterate, on a cultural par with his fellows; the peasant was illiterate, aware of the writing he did not know, aware of his dependence on the powers of the city, and liable to exploitation by them. Altogether, the urban revolution produced the anomaly that would become more glaring with the Industrial Revolution. As the collective wealth increased, many men were worse off, and many more felt worse off, than the Neolithic villager had been"(Sherman pg 28). " Sumerian law recognized class distinctions, under Sumerian law, everyone was not equal under the law". (www.wsu.edu) Sumerian law adapted to the class definitions and became dependent on their presence to ensure the inequality of the people. We see a that there is a clear difference in the roles of people as Herbert J. Wuller describes in his quote the need for a variation in people in society. He demonstrates the actions that took place when starting a society. The need for someone to attain and maintain wealth and power, and the need for the many to create the wealth. This order of power and wealth made class distinctions and created inequality in society.
             India was dependent on the teaching of the Brahmans, which taught social order. "With the advent of Brahmanism came true entrenchment of a new social order based on the teaching from Rig-Veda". (Sherman, pg. 32) People followed this teaching because of the religious faith they had in Hinduism. This made them dependent on the teachings because it brought a structured social order and civilization that citizens needed to regulate life.
             We see that the Confucian teaching ran China, which needed the presence of a class in order to f...