texts indicate that silk came from seres
In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.
In current Global Coffee market, most companies followed this mechanism:
- Buying the coffee beans from exotic regions such as Emirates Arab, Brazil, Indonesia, etc.
- Adding them with various ingredients
- Resell it to countries all over the world at a significantly higher price.
In this mechanism, the actual producer of the coffee do not even earn 1/4 of the companies in industrialized nations earn, which contribute to the Global inequality.
The difference is in the name, “wealthy” n “poor/rural”. They differ based upon their income. Like the answer above, wealthy women sport name brand items while poor/rural women don’t.
