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CHINESE SOCIAL CLASSES
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CHINESE SOCIAL CLASSES
ARISTOCRATS
ANCIENT CHINESE ARISTOCRAT
FARMERS
ANCIENT CHINESE MERCHANTS
ANCIENT CHINESE FARMERS
ARTISANS
ANCIENT CHINESE ARTISANS
MERCHANTS
- About Nine out of Ten chinese farmed for a living.
- They lived in rural villages surrounded by mud walls.
- Farmers rented the Aristocrats' fields by turning over part of the crops to the owner.
- In northern China the farmers grew Wheat and Millet.
- In the south, the farmers grew rice.
- The government required farmers to pay taxes and to work one month each year on projects such as building roads.
- During war farmers had to serve as soldiers.
BYE BYE!
- Aristocrats were very wealthy.
- Aristocrats owned very large estates.
- Lived in tile roofed houses with gardens and courtyards.
- They had fine furniture and carpets.
- They owned large plots of land.
- The family of rich ancestors gain hereditary.
- Shopkeepers, Bankers, and Traders made up the Merchant class.
- Merchants lived in towns and provided services and goods to the Aristocrats.
- Some Merchants became wealthy but were not respected members of society.
- People believed that Merchants worked only for their own gain.
- Merchants made money for themselves and also barred from government jobs.
- Artisans are skilled workers who make useful objects.
- The artisans of Zhou China crafted iron tools and weapons, silk cloth, and vessels made of bronze or jade.
- Many were woodworkers, artists, and architects.
- They practiced hereditary when it came to artisan ways.
- Artisans made useful goods.
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