Which ancient civilization is credited with creating the earliest documented form of market segmentation, dividing customers into four distinct classes based on occupation and social status?

Before modern marketing analytics, ancient civilizations developed sophisticated approaches to market segmentation. Various societies recognized different customer groups and tailored their goods accordingly. This poll explores how early merchants identified and served distinct market segments, revealing the surprising sophistication of ancient retail practices that laid foundations for today's marketing principles.

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Ancient Egypt, where merchants categorized buyers as royal household, temple officials, artisan class, and common workers
Mesopotamia, where Babylonian merchants classified customers as priests, nobles, free citizens, and slaves with different pricing tiers
Ancient Rome, where sellers segmented markets into patricians, equites, plebeians, and foreigners with tailored product offerings
Ancient China, where Han dynasty traders divided customers into scholar-officials, landowners, craftsmen, and peasants