07-09-2017, 10:42 AM
(07-09-2017, 10:30 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Han Chinese adopted much from Mongol culture, and many aspects of the
two cultures merged -- culturally, not ethnically.
After the Mongols conquered the Han Chinese, they went on to attack
the Russians. The Russian culture has definitely NOT merged with the
Mongol/Chinese culture. For example, the Chinese adopted the Mongols'
agricultural tax system and a four-tiered system for bureaucratic
preference, while the Russians did not do anything of the sort.
Both the Chinese agricultural system and the Four-tiered bureaucratic system by far predate the mongol conquest and go all the way back to the shang and zhou dynasties of the 2nd and 1st millenniums BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_occupations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system