By Classic times, full royal courts came into view, as population grew to an unprecedented extent. These courts centered on a ruler and close members of his, or less often her, family. Several courtiers were so mighty as to be magnates, perhaps descended from collateral royal lines.
Then, below, came a variety of servants, some priestly, skilled in war, music, and the crafting of images and glyphs. The latter overlapped with what we might call “bureaucrats,” the bean counters – quite literally so, of chocolate beans, an item of wealth!
·
89 görüntüleme
Yorum yapabilmeniz için giriş yapmanız gerekmektedir.