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9000 B.C.E
- One of the earliest known agricultural communities in China was the Yangshao people, whose nomadic hunter-gatherers began to organize into more permanent villages near what is now the Chinese city of Xi’an. By around 9000 B.C.E., settlements in modern-day China and Mongolia were growing a range of subsistence crops.
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By the time the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and intensive farming practices already produced relatively high yields.
Farming in Ancient China Facts. Farming was essential to life in Ancient China. Most people were farmers and very few people were noblemen and kings. During the Spring and Autumn Period (771- 476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475 -221 BC), farming became very sophisticated.
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