<span>Immigrants from both periods were from eastern and southern Europe.</span>
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When merchants traveled between towns selling goods, they would have items from different places and cultures. The buyers of these merchants would be fascinated with the new items they had never seen before of different cultures, and so they would buy those items and spread them around until everybody knew about and became interested in other cultures. The cycle continued, causing more and more people to appreciate other cultures.
I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option C. The result of the growing prosperity China experienced under the Song Dynasty would be that the size of the gentry grew. <span>As landholders and drafted government officials, the gentry considered themselves the leading members of society; gaining their cooperation and employment was essential for the county or provincial bureaucrat overburdened with official duties. </span>
