Brainlest for answer How did the Tokugawa shogunate influence Japan?

a It defeated the Mongols twice.
b It downplayed the importance of education.
c It decreed that women should have equal rights.
d It oversaw a long period of peace and great wealth.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's dynasty of shoguns presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan, including the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization. To guard against external influence, they also worked to close off Japanese society from Westernizing influences, particularly Christianity

Explanation: B

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the answer is c sharecroppers were trapped in a cycle of poverty and debt.

explanation:

one of the major disadvantages of sharecropping system is that the sharecroppers or the planters are stucked in an unhealthy cycle of debts. this happens because planters will be allowed to loan merchandise from the land-owner and will soon be paid by the farmer in his share in the farm come harvest time. hope this !

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