I wouldn’t think so because they were poor and overlooked. the plebeians were probably thought of as unintelligent and unsuccessful.
Mercantilism and barter are better described as historical economic systems, and in the past the governments and the kings/queens generally kept a closer control of the country, so let's not consider those options.
Now, we have: capitalism, communism, socialism.
Capitalism leaves the capital and the economic decisions in the hands of the private people, not the government. Socialism means a common possession of the means of production, but not by the govrenments, rather by the people, as is often seen as a milder form of communism.
Communism on the other hand is associated with authoritarian governments. Some example were the Soviet Union, and currently, North Korea and Cuba.
Cyrus The Great and Darius the Great Expanded Persian Territories establishing the Achaemenid Empire, which was the largest the world has ever seen
The Bantu would be the best answer
