HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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rice and tea
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beans and cotton
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corn and grapes
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beans and corn
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rice and millet were the two main crops grown in Ancient China.
Detailed explanation-2: -China primarily produces rice, wheat, potatoes, tomato, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, corn and soybeans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both indica ("Hsien") and japonica ("Keng") rice types are grown in China. The National Crop Gene Bank in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has conserved 64, 269 accessions of rice germplasm.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rice was grown in specially flooded fields called paddy fields. Farmers worked hard and produced two or even three crops a year. Some rice was grown on terraces. Digging terraces on steep slopes allowed more land to be farmed, and is a common sight in China to this day.
Detailed explanation-5: -Archaelogical finds suggest that a community of early rice growers existed in China as far back as 8000 B.C. Today, rice is cultivated across eastern and southeastern China. More than 90% of China’s rice is irrigated and, in some areas, two crops per year can be grown.