In Considering the Relationships Between Pastoral Nomads and Farmers of Asia

question 14

Multiple Choice

In considering the relationships between pastoral nomads and farmers of Asia, it would be most accurate to say that

• A) the pastoralists found it impossible to understand how farmers could remain in the same place for any length of time.
• B) both groups were similar to their counterparts in the United States during the 1800s.
• C) in good times the two groups often traded amicably enough with each other, but in periods of want, they usually found themselves at war.
• D) both a and b were true.
• E) both b and c were true.

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