Tracing Changes through Thousands of Years - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Describe the Social changes that took place in the years between 700 and 1750 AD
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The social changes that took place in the ten years led to the society becoming more complex. New technology like the persian wheel in irrigation, the spinning wheel in weaving and the firearms in combat were developed.New foods and beverages like potatoes, corn, chillies, tea and coffee were introduced.These innovations were brought by travellers who came and settled in new lands. People were grouped into jatis, or sub-caste on the basis of their backgrounds and their occupations.The Rajputs became most powerful and a chivalric code of conduct was developed.Marathas, Sikhs, Jats , Ahoms and Kayasthas also became important.
Q2: Why was the information from the manuscripts difficult to use during the thousand years?
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During this period, there was no printing press so the manuscripts were copied by the scribes by hand. The copying of the manuscripts relied upon the accuracy of the scribes. While copying the manuscripts, the scribes made unintentional errors. At times, scribes would also correct the spelling, grammar and alter what they believed to be mistakes inherent in the text. They amended apparent historical and geographical errors. These small differences grew over centuries of copying until manuscripts of the same text became substantially different from one another. As a result, historians find it difficult to use the information from the manuscript and have to read different manuscript versions of the same text to guess what the author had originally written.
Q3: What changes did technology bring about in the lives of people from 700 CE to 1750 CE?
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Technology revolutionised the lives of people within a span of thousand years. People started travelling long distances in search of opportunities. New food crops arrived in the Indian sub-continent due to new technological inventions in agriculture. There were Persian wheels used in irrigation and spinning wheel in weaving. Gradually forests were cleared and agriculture extended through modern mechanical tools. Many forest dwellers began to migrate and started tilling land, acquiring the title of 'peasants'. These peasants were influenced by the regional market dynamics and priests. As a result, society became more differentiated and people were grouped into caste and sub-castes depending upon their occupation and background.
