WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The majority of the people in Ancient China were peasant farmers. Although they were respected for the food they provided for the rest of the Chinese, they lived tough and difficult lives. The typical farmer lived in a small village of around 100 families. They worked small family farms.

Detailed explanation-2: -In ancient China the overwhelming majority of people were peasant farmers, living in small communities and working family farms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Peasants were farmers and had not much money, but China needed them to produce food for everyone. Craftspeople made many things for the upper classes. They created tools, weapons, furniture, and household goods. Near the bottom of the ladder was the merchant class.

Detailed explanation-4: -For centuries, China’s farmers practiced agriculture in ways that sustained a high level of food production without depleting or deteriorating local resources. These were smallholder farmers, who came to be called peasants, or nongmin, in the early twentieth century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scholar-officials The gentry class thus emerged as the most influential class in Chinese society.