It is protected by the fact that it has a system of separation of powers with three branches that control each other and prevent tyrannical behavior from a single branch. They are also separated into local provinces and autonomous regions that are ruled by small scale governments that have some degree of independence and that could easily oppose a new form of tyrannical government.
Europeans began to structure their economies around international trade during the Commercial Revolution.
Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, and Mohism all began during the Zhou Dynasty in the 6th century BCE, and had very strong influences on Chinese civilization.
They feared a pattern of increased taxation and restricted liberties.
A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging. A nomad is someone who lives by traveling from place to place. Nomadic thus means anything that involves moving around a lot. Nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes follow the animals they hunt, carrying tents with them. You don't have to be a nomad to live a nomadic lifestyle. Hunter-gatherer societies stand in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species.
