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 and C. the god tian gave the emperor the divine mandate and the emperor gave ppl harsh treatment of extra taxes more taxes and killing anybody he did not like and having a lot of concubines. like A LOT.

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The answer is c(They believed that the god Tian had given them a mandate to rule).

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