Middle+Kingdom

[[image:huangehemap.gif align="right" caption="The Huanghe River was the northern boundary of the Middle Kingdom"]]"Middle Kingdom"
The "Middle Kingdom" was the name of Chinese lands between the Huanghe(Yellow) river and the Yangtze River. Settlers were encouraged to move south by the Zhou dynasty. But it was not truly taken over until theQin Dynasty. It was the core of China from the Qin Dynasty on. The different types of soil in the north and south allowed for diversity in agriculture. The north produced wheat mostly, and the south grew mostly rice. The combination of these two crops allowed for population growth.

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