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Yangtze civilization

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Yangtze basin
Asian rice, grown since the 9th millennium BC
Skeleton and burial vessels of the Qujialing culture (3400–2600 BC)

Yangtze civilization (simplified Chinese: 长江文明; traditional Chinese: 長江文明) is a generic name for various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures from the Yangtze basin in modern-day China, a contemporary civilization by the neighboring Yellow River civilization.

Cultures

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Upper Yangtze

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Lower Yangtze

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wang, Haiming (2001), "Majiabang", in Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Martin, Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania, Springer, pp. 206–221, ISBN 978-0-306-46257-3.