In chapter two, i think that the most interesting part of the chapter was the section on the erosion of equality. I think it is interesting that the hierarchies of class and gender were pinned as the two top causes of inequality in ancient societies. I thought it was interesting because it still stands to be true today in modern society. The book says, "Upper classes everywhere enjoyed great wealth in land or salaries, were able to avoid physical labor, had the finest of everything, and occupied the top positions in political, military, and religious life" (p.71). This caught my eye because other than the part about religious positions this is extremely true. In modern society, the 1% consists mostly of political figures and CEOs that control 90% of America's wealth and are, therefore, able to avoid massive amounts of work that they, themselves, should be doing; instead, they pay the rest of the poorer population to do this work for them. I also thought the hierarchies of gender was interesting because, as a woman, I can strongly identify with the fact that we live in a male-dominant society wherein women are oppressed. The book says that women were "largely limited to the home" which still stands to be for the most part true. It is interesting to see that while we have progressed as a society, combatting inequalities by both class and gender, we have not actually come too far.