In ancient China how did the lives of poor peasants and rich merchants differ

Chinese homes differed, like anything else, depending on one's social class and how much money one had. Peasants lived in huts while merchants and other middle-class people lived in houses made of wood, which were built around a rectangular courtyard where a garden would be planted.

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b. second continental congress

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.