A. outlawed slavery in the United States.
<span>D. the spread of slavery.</span>
An alliance of city-states was created to counter Spartan and Athenian ambitions in Greece.
It could have obvious dramatic effects, if a religious basis for ranking would differe substantially from the current social one, many things might happen. Imagine a reiligious ranking, ranking the lowest levels of people in a certain society to the the most valuable - it is very questionable what might happen.