HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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The emperor is broke up large Estates redistributing the land to Peasant to farm it and pay taxes
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The emperor grew better crops on their personal forms making them Rich enough to buy guns
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -This concentration of land contributed to the collapse of the regime. Realizing that uneven land distribution was a key cause of dynastic decline, regimes that followed the Han implemented policies to solve this problem. One solution was to nationalize land and then distribute it to the taxpaying peasantry.
Detailed explanation-2: -From 1953 onwards, the CCP began to implement the collective ownership of expropriated land through the creation of “Agricultural Production Cooperatives", transferring property rights of the seized land to the Chinese state.
Detailed explanation-3: -In earlier times, empires rarely flourished without a solid agricultural foundation and revenue base. To ensure sufficient grain and labor service, Tang rulers believed that land must be equitably distributed to farmers. So they implemented the equal fields system.
Detailed explanation-4: -With its large population base, the dynasty was able to raise professional and conscripted armies of hundreds of thousands of troops to contend with nomadic powers in dominating Inner Asia and the lucrative trade routes along the Silk Road.