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Traditional Chinese literati painting often depicted hermits living in and contemplating nature. Did many Chinese intellectuals from this period (Tang-Ming dynasties) actually become hermits? Or was the hermit a largely fictional figure?

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What was the inspiration for the rise of the promenade garden (as opposed to the traditional zen garden) in Edo Japan?

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How did the establishment of agricultural societies in the neolithic change the nature of warfare?

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Traditional Chinese literati painting often depicted hermits living in and contemplating nature. Did many Chinese intellectuals from this period (Tang-Ming dynasties) actually become hermits? Or was the hermit a largely fictional figure?	307
What was the inspiration for the rise of the promenade garden (as opposed to the traditional zen garden) in Edo Japan?	5
How did the establishment of agricultural societies in the neolithic change the nature of warfare?	3