ANCIENT EGYPT HAD THREE MAIN SOCIAL CLASSES--UPPER,MIDDLE AND LOWER. THE UPPER CLASS IS CONSISTED OF THE THE ROYAL FAMILY ,RICH LAND DOWERS,GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ETC. THE MIDDLE CLASS WAS MOSTLY MADE UP OF MERCHANTS MANUFACTURES AND ARTISTS.
From the Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty (221 B.C.- A.D. 1840), the Chinese government divided Chinese people into four classes: landlord, peasant, craftsmen, and merchant. Landlords and peasants constituted the two major classes, while merchant and craftsmen were collected into the two minor.
