HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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All the noble families had to live in the capital city
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Land was given to leading families to rule over in exchange for loyalty
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Civil service tests were given to determine who could rule the land
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Feudalism believed all people were evil and could not be trusted
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Zhou fengjian system was termed as being ‘protobureaucratic’ (The Prehistory and Early History of China – by J.A.G. Roberts) and bureaucracy existed alongside feudalism, while in Europe, bureaucracy emerged as a counter system to the feudal order.
Detailed explanation-2: -The government of the Zhou was based on the feudal system. The emperor divided the land into fiefs that were usually ruled by his relatives. The nobles who ruled the fiefs basically owned the farmers who worked their lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zhou Dynasty used a feudal system known as “fengjian, ‘’ which translates as “establishment, ‘’ to create a power hierarchy. Below the king were nobles, then a gentry upper-class, and merchants. Laborers and peasants were the largest population and made up the bottom of the social order.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chinese feudal system lasted more than 2, 000 years (500 BC–1911); the Nationalist government ruled Mainland China for about 40 years (1912–1949); and the communist government has been in power for about 70 years since 1949.