<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the correct response in that they could spend less on salary payments. </span>
The Zhou Dynasty used the notion of the Mandate of Heaven to defend the overthrow of the Shang Dynasty. The "Mandate of Heaven" is an earliest Chinese philosophical concept, which was created during the Zhou Dynasty(1046-256 BCE). The Mandate of Heaven decides whether a ruler of China is satisfactorily righteous to lead; if he does not accomplish his responsibilities as an emperor, then he fails the Mandate and thus the right to be emperor. Zhou leaders appealed that the Shang emperors had become fraudulent and unfit, so Heaven commanded their removal.
<span>C. Only Statement A
Before the Neolithic Revolution, there was no agriculture. They survived off of Hunting and Gathering. So statement B is a fact, not an opinion.
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