Answer:
Right choice: a. The king was viewed as an intermediary between heaven and earth.
Explanation:
The kings of the Shang dynasty were not as powerful as later emperors. Feudal lords and regional warlords had much power in ancient China until the unification under the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE. Nevertheless, among the functions of Chinese kings was the performance of rituals and religious ceremonies in honor of the Heaven, and of another gods. In this way, he was an intermediary between the world of men and Heaven. It was in later centuries that the emperor started to be seen as the depositary of the "mandate of Heaven."
They were chosen by the state legislatures
A permanent army of soldiers that are paid
The best answers are:
A) Frontier Warfare
B) Ongoing Corruption
D) Excessive Taxation
The Chinese resented Mongol rule, who oversaw the Yuan Dynasty, and largely felt that they had lost the Mandate of Heaven by the late 1300s. This was largely due to national disasters and plague, and was compounded by the rulers having few resources to deal with them due to constant warfare, corruption, and resulting high taxation.
