N What was a characteristic of the rulers of the Zhou dynasty?
They created a strong central government.
They used harsh treatment to control the people.
They believed that the god Tian had given them a mandate to rule.
They gained people's loyalty by using new methods of irrigation.

B

Explanation:

They said that Tian or "heaven" did not require the ruler of the land to be of noble decent and had no term limit. They were just expected to be good and just and would lose his position by way of natural disaster if they lost sight of that.

in 476 c.e. romulus, the last of the roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the germanic leader odoacer, who became the first barbarian to rule in rome. the order that the roman empire had brought to western europe for 1000 years was no more.

wealthy plebeians became part of the roman nobility. however, despite changes in the laws, the patricians always held a majority of the wealth and power in ancient rome. a third social class in roman society was the slaves. around one third of the people living in rome were slaves.

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