Historical Comparison: What made slavery in the Atlantic world different from that practiced by the First Civilizations?

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The Answer is •In the Atlantic world,slaves were an important source of agricultural labor,while slaves in the First Civilizations were not a primary agricultural labor force.
•In the Atlantic world,the children of slaves inherited their parents' status,while many children of slaves in the First Civilizations could become free.
•Slavery in the Atlantic world became wholly identified with blackness or with Africa;in the First Civilizations,slavery was not primarily associated with a single set of racial characteristics.
•The immense size of the traffic in slaves and the oceanic voyage taken by slaves were also distinctive features of the Atlantic slave trade.

Historical Comparison: What Made Slavery in the Atlantic World Different