Question

Which of the following is NOT true of feudalism? Question 4 options: It established a vast trading network with the Far East. It provided elemental forms of local government. It provided justice (although it may have been primitive and rough). It was based on a contract in which land was exchanged for military protection.

Answer 1

Answer:

The first option is not true about feudalism. The reason: West and Central Europe had large distribution networks even before X century. Besides, during XVIII-XI centuries, social mobility among some regions of Europe was not common.

In addition to that, the Crusades and the subsequent conflicts in Middle-East changed some of the of the commercial dynamics during Middle Age. Furthermore, in Central Asia, the end of the Mongol Empire in XIII century and the ottoman expansion helped to the closure of the Silk Road, which was the biggest commercial route between Far East and Europe.  

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