Wealthy ones were exacting heavy interest, and their poorer brothers, in order to pay debts as well as the Persian tax, had to give up their land and even sell their children into slavery.
Jõukad inimesed nõudsid kõrget intressi ning nende vaesemad kaasmaalased pidid võlgade tasumiseks ja Pärsia riigile maksu maksmiseks oma maast loobuma ja isegi oma lapsed orjusesse müüma.