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In time, most of the continent was subdued by the descendants of these invaders,
當時，該大陸的大部分被這些侵略者的后裔征服，
who, like the Spartans, maintained a distance between themselves and the peoples they had conquered.
他們像斯巴達人一樣，保持他們和他們所奴役民族之間的距離。
Traces of this division persist today in what is known as the "caste system".
這種劃分延續至今，被稱為“種姓制度”。
In it, professions or occupations are strictly separated from each other.
該制度中，不同職業被嚴格地分開。
Men who were warriors had to remain warriors, and their sons had to be warriors too, because they belonged to the warrior caste.
是武士的男人必須永遠當武士，他們的子孫也只可以當武士，因為他們屬于武士種姓。
Other castes were similarly closed, like those of farmers and craftsmen.
其它種姓幾乎同樣嚴格自成一體，如手工業者和農民。
A farmer could never become a craftsman, or a craftsman a farmer – nor could their sons.
一個農民永遠不能成為手工業者，反之亦然——他的兒子也不能。
Someone who was a member of one caste couldn't marry a girl from another – or even share a meal with a member of another caste.
一個種姓的男子不可以娶另一個種姓的姑娘為妻——連與另一個種姓的某個人同桌吃飯也不行。
At the top were the priests, or Brahmins – even higher than the warriors.
最高種姓是僧侶，是婆羅門——他們的地位比武士還高。
