1st what is the xyz affair!?
It was directly derived from phoenician <span />
The gentry was an equivalent of scholars: so the answer "scholar" is the best.
The members of the gentry were also the <span>government officials - so this is also a correct answer.
"peasants" are definitely not a correct answer - they were a different class in China.
And the Samurai were not Chinese, but Japanese</span>
Answer:
whether from their government, they shape their country
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