It divided people into distinct social classes; the Amelu, the Muskinu and the Ardu. People paid taxes and held certain degrees of liability based on the social class that they were in. For example, the aristocrats, known as the Amulu, paid the highest taxes and fines for misdemeanors. The only downside, however, was the large gap in people’s socioeconomic status, which is quite similar to the modern world’s gap. The Muskinu were the Plebeians, the Ardu were the slaves, and there was no middle class in the Babylonian society. The idea of taxing based on economic status was an extremely important idea, and is still widely practiced within modern
It divided people into distinct social classes; the Amelu, the Muskinu and the Ardu. People paid taxes and held certain degrees of liability based on the social class that they were in. For example, the aristocrats, known as the Amulu, paid the highest taxes and fines for misdemeanors. The only downside, however, was the large gap in people’s socioeconomic status, which is quite similar to the modern world’s gap. The Muskinu were the Plebeians, the Ardu were the slaves, and there was no middle class in the Babylonian society. The idea of taxing based on economic status was an extremely important idea, and is still widely practiced within modern