1. Cause and Effect: Chinese Farming
Mrs. Tucker
7th Grade World History/Honors
Cobalt Institute of Math and Science

2. Cause & Effect: Chinese Farming
Tang rulers took power, brought peace to countryside, gave more land to farmers.
Farmers make many advances; Improved irrigation, introduced new ways of growing crops.
Developed new kinds of rice which grew in poor soil, resisted disease, grew faster.
Farmers grow more and more rice; becomes a staple to their diet.
Farmers begin to grow tea; became a popular drink.
Made improvements in other crops too.
More food meant that they would have more people.
People moved Southward; led to rise of new cities.