HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Who was at the bottom of the Chinese Social Hierarchy
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Farmers
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Kings
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Nobles
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Merchants
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The reason that the merchants were technically placed at the bottom of the social structure in ancient China, is that they did not make anything of their own.
Detailed explanation-2: -Han China was comprised of a three-tiered social system. Aristocrats and bureaucrats were at the top of this hierarchy followed by skilled laborers like farmers and iron workers. The bottom tier consisted of unskilled laborers such as servants and slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Merchants were at the bottom of the social scale in ancient China. Many merchants became rich. This angered some scholars and nobles. They wanted merchants to act and behave and live in a lowly fashion.
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