WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which selection from the article BEST supports the idea that over time, some barriers between social classes could be broken?
A
In one of these early villages, called Banpo, archaeological evidence shows that women ruled and were in charge of religious life.
B
A person’s social class was determined, more or less, by birth. If one’s father was a peasant, one would also be a peasant.
C
From the Shang Dynasty on, though, a person could improve their station in life by passing the Imperial Examinations, a very difficult test which let them work for the government and move up to a higher class.
D
Doctors were also all males by the time of the Tang Dynasty, although herbalists in rural areas could be women.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tang dynasty (618–907) of ancient China witnessed many advancements in Chinese science and technology, with various developments in woodblock printing, timekeeping, mechanical engineering, medicine, and structural engineering.

Detailed explanation-2: -Formed on an alliance of a dozen closely related tribes led by the Xiahou tribe, the Xia Dynasty carried out a system of hereditary monarchy and nobility. Noble organizations at different levels kept their original consanguinity and were strictly restricted to different surnames.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agriculture played a vital role in the rise of the China’s civilization. The food produced by the farmers or the Nongs sustained the whole society.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mesopotamia, 4000-3500 B.C. “Mesopotamia is the earliest urban literate civilization on the globe-and the Sumerians, who established the civilization, established the ground rules, ‘’ says Kenneth Harl, author, consultant and professor emeritus of history at Tulane University.

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