India. There were the Brahmins, from Brahma's mouth. Warriors, from the arm. Peasants and farmers, from the thighs, and servants, from the feet.
Not belonging to any of these castes were the pariahs or untouchables. According to the system, nobody could move to another caste, no matter what.
Nobody could touch the pariahs because he would become also a pariah
2006-07-06 13:10:21
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answered by Anonymous
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The caste system was the social dominant of India. China used a hierarchy :)
2006-07-06 13:08:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification, such as clans, gentes, or the Indian caste system. It is most closely associated with India but similar hierarchical systems have existed elsewhere.
Anthropologists use the term more generally to refer to a social group that is endogamous and occupationally specialized; such groups are common in highly stratified societies with a very low degree of social mobility. In the broadest sense, some caste-based societies include South Africa during the era of apartheid, the antebellum South of the United States until the Civil Rights movement, colonial Latin America under Spanish and Portuguese rule (see Casta), and India prior to 1947. However, a difference arises when comparing caste-like systems in other countries to India. In the other countries, the separation between one group and the other was usually along racial lines. Within India, the lines were more blurred. Major castes were subdivided into hundreds of sub-castes or Jatis. For example, in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, states of South India, castes based on occupation might have resembled: Carpenters as Asari, goldsmiths as Thattar, coppersmiths as Muusaari, ironsmiths as Karuvar, washerwomen as Ambattar, and cobblers as Parayar and so on. Usually, these similarities in occupation echoed within similar ethnic groups that shared the same language and traditions. Endogamous marriage (including polyandry) and other association within caste was strongly enforced. In the past, some castes would not allow other caste members to touch them, and would have washed themselves or their possessions if they had been touched by someone from a "lower" caste. Based on the caste system there was also a practice to define the physical distance one should keep from persons of another caste. As a result of this, children who attended a school where children of lower castes were present had to bathe in running water before returning home. In some parts of the world and India this type of caste discrimination is still practiced. The highest caste in India are the Brahmins with the Dalits or untouchables at the bottom.
2006-07-06 13:22:58
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answered by Anonymous
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the caste system was the dominant social system of who?
2015-08-18 14:15:35
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answered by Marilou 1
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The caste system was a dominant system all over the earth. There was a really interesting application of it in Northwest Native American Tribes.
2006-07-07 03:43:03
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answered by frieburger 3
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India
2006-07-06 13:08:36
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answered by Anonymous
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India!
2006-07-06 14:41:33
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answered by trinitarianwiccan 2
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it was in india,just like the feaudal class system elswere
2006-07-06 16:34:08
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answered by anoop_pattat 3
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Hinduism.
2016-03-13 08:22:34
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answered by Anonymous
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the people of India
2006-07-07 05:36:47
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answered by catman1016 2
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