07-09-2017, 11:46 AM
(07-09-2017, 10:42 AM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > 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
The wikipedia articles don't really contradict the claims by Stearns
that I quoted in my 2010 article. It may be, for example, that the
Mongol rulers adopted the ancient agricultural system and the
Four-tiered bureaucratic system, and actually seriously implemented
them as policies for the first time. This may be something that needs
further research.