EALC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Luoyang, Crop Yield
20 Nov 2018
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Some see tang -> song as the beginning of modern chinese history. How song is modern by metrics that are also used in england. Population distribution in 742 = 60% lived north of yellow river. > can see the sort of three kingdoms districts. Population distribution in 1102 = 38% lived in north, 62% lived south of yellow river, growing population in si chuan. > no more arm out to the left. Agriculture land increased in south due to drainage system/ new methods of moving water around -> allowing for wet rice cultivation -> more crop yield/ introduction of new strains of rice. Song saw a tax system change and money change. From an lu shan onwards, tax structure changed to acknowledge that land was divided differently and tax was collected off private system -> policies encourage certain tax systems, but their way of industrial production/ valuing land changed.
