The idea of destruction originated from the reality that a nuclear exchange between the united states and the soviet union would be suicidal. question 2 options:

The answer is “Mutual Assured”. If the nuclear exchange between the United States and Soviet Union would be brought to reality it would annihilate both the attacker and defender of both nations. Mutual Assured Destruction is defined as a policy of military tactic and national security wherein a full-scale attack of nuclear weapons would be used against both opposing nation, which would probably end in the annihilation of both countries. 

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.