Chapter 5

       In ancient China, they had a unique world where it was run by the state. All males ran the political power in China. They had a system where officials were trained as scholars and were taught in many different subjects. Their outfit could distinguish each position. Senior officials were dressed in robes and were treated as if they were king. Most of these officials came from wealthy families in China. In China, there were three main classes. The Landlord class was the richest and had the most power throughout China. The Peasants were families of two to three generations that were stable and able to support their own family. Although lower than the landlord class, they were still honored and respect. The Merchants were the poorest and the ones who were not respected by others. Slavery dated back to the Roman Empire and is unavoidable in human history. Slavery is the ownership by a master, and was never a good thing. Slavery was all around the world, and in each place, the system worked a bit differently. In the Greco-Roman empire, it had a large amount of slaves and had much to do with their history. But, unlike American slavery, the Roman had a vast variety of slaves, not only one ethic group.

       Slavery was never a good topic to talk about in school but it was important because it helped up understand why our country is the way it is today. But while learning about slavery here in America, we tend to think that slavery only happened here in America, but that is not the case. Slavery had been happening way before, like we see here with the Roman Empire. But in this case slaves were treated a bit better and had more respect by their master.