Apple QuickTime movie | 1997-10-20 | 3.3 MB | 550x370 | 10fps | 1 minute, 38 seconds
Transcription: About 7,000 years ago the first agricultural settlements appeared in China. In the south people began to grow rice in the wetlands of the Yangtze River. Further north on the loess soils around the Yellow River millet was cultivated and stored in earthenware jars. Regular villages and formal cemeteries began to appear. From around 3500 BC Social divisions emerged among communities in various regions of China. Religion played a major role in this. Rich burials with many jades show power was held by elite groups. Prestige goods also included fine pottery that was widely traded. Each culture had i ...
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