Wang Mang, 195

China’s scholar-gentry class, 195

Ge Hong, 196–97

Yellow Turban Rebellion, 197–98

caste as varna and jati, 199–202

“ritual purity” in Indian social practice, 202

Greek and Roman slavery, 203–8

Spartacus, 208

patriarchy, 208–17

the “three obediences,” 210–11

Empress Wu, 212

Aspasia and Pericles, 214

helots, 215–17