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There were effectively living gods. Combing that with any sort of power would mean the peasants probably did whatever they were "asked".
by tomsthumb 12y ago
There were effectively living gods. Combing that with any sort of power would mean the peasants probably did whatever they were "asked".
- eru 12y agoI'm not sure what they were allowed to ask in practice. The Chinese Emperors were effectively some kind of living god as well (as where the Japanese Emperors). In practice, their power was limited. Also, before the industrial revolution (or perhaps the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Revolution) states didn't actually have that much influence on the daily lives of people.