Chapter 2

As societies developed, so did the individuals that formed part of society. With agriculture surplus, came urbanization, and with urbanization came the diversifying of jobs that people had in urban societies. Priests, artisans, merchants, servers, and even slaves. Hierarchy developed, Kings,scholars and priest maintained order through taxation, protection, and education. No longer did all people need to farm to make a living, rather people specialized to help society move forward.

 However, the downside to this transition in civilization was that people were relegated in status with the establishment of hierarchy. Women were now confined to jobs out of position of power, unless they were within a higher standing of the hierarchy. Most women had to stay at home and have kids, work as vendors or servants. At the same time, War prisoners, people who owned debt, among others were taken as slaves. The only difference between slaves in ancient times is that the children of slaves were not limited to only slavery. At the same time, people who were conquered accepted the empire that conquered them and merged into society at the lower end. The equity that existed during the gatherer-hunter period vanished completely.

At the same time all these things were happening, the structure of family as we know it was born. Wives would be killed if they got caught cheating with another man, but men could sleep with other women as long as they were not someones wife. Equity was never established, neither was monogamy defined very clearly. That explains why infidelity to a significant other still exists in a portion of society to this day.