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Slaves & Servants

The lowest class of Egyptian society, these workers were often foreigners. They worked in the household or in the fields. Slaves could be bought and sold like property. People could also sell themselves into slavery and buy themselves out of it.

ODYSSEY HOME NEAR EAST Egypt GREECE ROME

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