Which of the following statements is correct about the nature of the Zhou merchant and slave classes?
a. Merchants were independent operators and slaves were a majority of the population.
b. The merchants traded only in domestic goods and the slaves worked only in irrigation.
c. The merchants were the property of the local lord and the slaves were probably individuals who had been seized in warfare.
d. The merchants became the de facto rulers who humanely freed their slaves.
e. Under the Zhou the merchant classes were enslaved by the emperors.
c
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New offices outside the Chinese system at Heian (Kyoto) included
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