Yangtze and Yellow River Neolithic rice and millet dispersals (c.9,000–2,000 BCE)

1. Liangzhu collapse reshapes lower Yangtze societies

   Jan 1, 2300Labels: Liangzhu, Taihu Lake, Flooding

   • UNESCO
   • Liangzhu

2. Longshan era intensifies regional interaction

   Jan 1, 3000Labels: Longshan, Yellow River, Huai Region

   • Yangshao

3. Liangzhu builds early state around rice

   Jan 1, 3300Labels: Liangzhu, Yangtze Basin, Early State

   • UNESCO

4. Songze precedes Liangzhu in Yangtze Delta

   Jan 1, 3800Labels: Songze, Yangtze Delta, Lake Tai

   • Songze

5. Yangshao expands millet-based farming villages

   Jan 1, 5000Labels: Yangshao, Yellow River, Millet

   • Britannica

6. Hemudu wetland rice farming strengthens

   Jan 1, 5500Labels: Hemudu, Wetland, Rice

   • Hemudu
   • Springer

7. Kuahuqiao spreads cultivation into lowlands

   Jan 1, 6000Labels: Kuahuqiao, Lower Yangtze, Alluvial Lowlands

   • Springer
   • Neolithic China

8. Cishan evidence for intensive millet storage

   Jan 1, 6000Labels: Cishan, Millet Storage, North China

   • Sci Reports

9. Houli shows mixed rice-and-millet presence

   Jan 1, 6500Labels: Houli, Shandong, Mixed Crops

   • Houli

10. Peiligang villages develop Yellow River farming

    Jan 1, 7000Labels: Peiligang, Yellow River, Villages

    • Peiligang

11. Early rice cultivation at Pengtoushan

    Jan 1, 8200Labels: Pengtoushan, Middle Yangtze, Early Rice

    • Pengtoushan

12. Lower Yangtze rice use before farming

    Jan 1, 9000Labels: Lower Yangtze, Wild Rice, Pottery

    • Springer