Title on Photograph: NEOLITHIC CHINA AND EAST ASIA, 5,000 - 2,000 BC.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 46.
Comments on Subject: AGRICULTURE BEGAN INEAST ASIA AS EARLY AS 10,000 YEARS AGO. FROM AROUND 6,000 BC LARGE NUMBERS OF FARMING COMMUNTIES EMERGED IN THE YELLOW RIVER VALLEYS AND ON THE EAST COAST; MILLET WAS GROWN IN THE NORTH ADN RICE IN THEH SOUTH. BY 2,000 BC COMPETITION AND INTERATION AMONG DIFFERENT CULTURAL ZONES CREATED A NEW ERA, AND CIVILIZATION WAS BORN.
