Other than the fact that Early Agricultural and Civilizations took place in two separate times, they were both different and similar in numerous ways. One of the distinguishing features in Early Agricultural was that they retained most of their original rules including both gender and social equality, meaning that men were not ranked higher in accordance to their female peers. On the other hand, in Civilizations, you would be categorized within their personal system as a slave, superior, or other position. On pages seventy-one and seventy-two, Strayer demonstrates the diversity of the social hierarchy with the quote, “A free-born commoner who struck a person of equal rank had to pay a small fine, but if he struck ‘a man who is his superior,
