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There were three main classes of the Babylonian society: Awilu. As recorded in the historical renditions, the Awilu was the top most class in the social hierarchy of ancient Babylonia.
Babylonia, ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq from around Baghdad to the Persian Gulf). The king largely responsible for Babylonia’s rise to power was Hammurabi (reigned c. 1792–1750 BCE).
Babylonia ( ⫽ ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə ⫽; Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran ). It emerged as an Akkadian populated but Amorite -ruled state c. 1894 BC.
Thus in Babylonian society there were mainly three classes in society, the awilu, a free person of the upper class; the wardu, or slave; and the mushkenu, a free person of low estate, who ranked legally between the awilu and the wardu.
There were three main social classes distinguished in the Babylonia law codes: Awilu: The nobility or upper classes. Mushkenu: Free people not belonging to the upper classes, such as...
The Babylonian cities were the centers of great scribal learning and produced writings on divination, astrology, medicine and mathematics. The Kassite kings corresponded with the Egyptian Pharaohs as revealed by cuneiform letters found at Amarna in Egypt, now in the British Museum.
There were three social classes: the amelu (the elite), the mushkenu (free men) and ardu (slave). Women had limited rights, and were mostly based around marriage contracts and divorce rights. A stone stele featuring the Code was discovered in 1901, and is currently housed in the Louvre.
