How did the commercial revolution contribute to increased education in China?
a. It did little to increase the number of literate Chinese.
b. Literacy became nearly universal.
c. Education advanced slightly but mostly remained a low priority in Chinese society.
d. More people could afford books and the cost of educating their children.
e. The price of books increased, making them affordable only to the wealthy.
d
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a. was fundamentally changed by the introduction of rice cultivation about 400 B.C.E. b. ended when Uji, the Yayoi leader, seized power after the Battle of Sapporo. c. takes place entirely in the mountains, with no extensive lowland or plains areas except on the island of Ryuku. d. is possible on a significant scale on 80 percent of Japanese land. e. was insufficient to take care of the population, thus Japan depended upon importing rice.
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