- Society in Ancient China
Emporer
HIs word was law
nobles
Slaves
slaves were not permitted to marry
He owned all the land
Only his closest oficials could talk to him
He was always in fear of being overthrown
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wealthy
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The right to rule was believed to come from heaven
came from a emperors family
it was against the law to murder a slave
if a slave had a baby the baby was born into slavers
privileged
land was given to them by the emperor
some children were sold into the slave industry so the family could have more money.
Heaven approved the rule of the emporer and could take away their rule at any time
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the emperor could have 100's and 1000's of slaves
slaves could wheel a lot of power
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the slaves that worked for wealthy families had better lifestyles
Emporers could come from any social group
They lived a luxury lifestyle
They had many wives: first to have a son became the empress
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Peasants
they have no rights
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They would sell their children to pay off their families debt
All peasants were required to do a months service to helping build the great wall of China
they have to do 1 year military training
Even if they make enough money they will never be-able to get out of their social status because of the expensive taxes
They would never be able to get out of their social status because of how expensive taxes were
The emperor forced peasants to pay him a large tax