While China Boasted Some of the World's Largest Cities, More

Multiple Choice

While China boasted some of the world's largest cities, more than 85 percent of the country remained rural from the period from the Song to the Ming, with the __________________ at the top of the local structure of power and influence, a hierarchy reinforced by an array of sumptuary laws.

A) scholar-gentry
B) military leaders
C) religious leaders
D) wealthy merchant class