Ancient Egypt
The existence of a class system dates back to times of Ancient Egypt, where the position of elite was also characterized by literacy. The wealthier people were at the top in the social order and

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Class society or class-based society is an organizing principle society in which ownership of property, means of production,

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Definitions of social classes reflect a number of sociological perspectives, informed by anthropology, economics, psychology

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A person's socioeconomic class has wide-ranging effects. It can impact the schools they are able to attend, their health, the jobs open to them, when they exit the labour market, whom they may marry and their treatment by police and the courts.
Angus Deaton and Anne

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A "classless" society is one in which no one is born into a social class. Distinctions of wealth, income, education, culture or social network might arise and would only be determined by individual experience and achievement in such a society.
Since these distinctions

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Raceand other large-scale groupings can also influence class standing. The association of particular ethnic groups with class statuses is common in many societies, and is linked

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Class conflict, frequently referred to as "class warfare" or "class struggle", is the tension or antagonism which exists in society due to competing socioeconomic interests and desires between people of different classes.
For Marx, the history of

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