Caste Systems

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…women wore veils and led secluded lives. States and societies of sub-Saharan Africa differed considerably from those in other parts of the world. The foundations of most sub-Saharan societies were the agricultural economy and iron-working skills that Bantu speaking peoples spread throughout most of Africa. As Bantu peoples migrated to new regions and established new communities they usually based their societies on kin groups rather than state structures that predominated elsewhere in the eastern hemisphere