The Maya social classes is a system of social organization. It is divided in ahau (king), nobles, priests, merchants and artists, and peasants and slaves.
Famous quotes containing the words social and/or classes:
“I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)