Imperial China and the Ottoman Empire both had harems with eunuchs and strict ranking systems. Were they in contact and did they influence one another, or did both arrive at that structure independently? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Imperial China and the Ottoman Empire both had harems with eunuchs and strict ranking systems. Were they in contact and did they influence one another, or did both arrive at that structure independently?

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Did the bizarre practice of turning men into eunuchs (and then giving these men substantial responsibilities) emerge independently in many places, or do we have some evidence of it starting in one place and then spreading through cultural diffusion?
Did the practice of using Eunuchs in state functions evolve from one state or did it begin independently in different places?