Rice Paddies In Ancient China

For example while learning about China, I learned that they had very fertile land, but since it was mountainous they couldn’t do much, but made way with Rice paddies. Rice Paddies are flooded fields in warm areas were the rice grows best. Since Rice grows more food per acre than Wheat, according to Document B, it helps support population growth. Which helps influence the civilization. I mentioned before that China was mountainous. These mountains acted as a natural boundary against other places, but it made China very ethnocentric along with their many other natural borders. These mountains caused the people of China to live in river valleys.