HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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The Emperor was in charge of everything and everyone
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Priests were so highly respected that they were more powerful than the Emperor
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A system in which lords paid taxes and provided soldiers to the emperor, while ruling and protecting plots of land
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Once the Zhou had established themselves, they made grants of land and relative local sovereignty to kinfolk in return for military support and tributes, under a system known as fengjian.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. They used this Mandate to justify their overthrow of the Shang, and their subsequent rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zhou feudalism suffered from a continual dilution of authority. As a state expanded, its nobility acquired vassals, and these in turn acquired their own vassals. The longer this went on, the more diluted the family tie became and the more dependent the ruler became on the combined strength of the vassals.