Q1:-Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
Q2:- Describe atleast two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers?
Answers
Answer:
- The ordinary men and women did not keep a record of what they did because they did not know how to read and write.
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- A farmer has to work in the field while a ruler does not need to do so. A king's main responsibility was to protect its subjects, while a farmer's main responsibility was to produce food grains.
ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀʀʏ ᴍᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅ?
ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴀʏ, ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴀꜱʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ. ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴋɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ɪɴ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪɴꜱᴄʀɪʙɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ꜱᴛᴏɴᴇꜱ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀɴ ᴇᴀꜱʏ ᴛᴀꜱᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʙʏ ᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀʀʏ ᴍᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ.
ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ 2 ᴡᴀʏꜱ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴋɪɴɢꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴀʀᴍᴇʀꜱ.
1. ᴋɪɴɢꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ, ɪʀʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ꜰᴀʀᴍᴇʀꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴏ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ.
2. ᴋɪɴɢꜱ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴘᴀʟᴀᴄᴇꜱ. ꜰᴀʀᴍᴇʀꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴏ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛɪᴇꜱ.
3. ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ʙʏ ᴡᴀɢɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇꜱ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀʀᴍᴇʀꜱ’ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴄʀᴏᴘꜱ.
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