# Canonical recap data for Rice Domestication in the Yangtze Valley (9000)
# Source: https://recap.at/9000/rice-domestication
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slug: rice-domestication
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9000/rice-domestication"
title: Rice Domestication in the Yangtze Valley
subtitle: Systematic cultivation of wild rice varieties in East Asia established agricultural economy independent of Fertile Crescent grains.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9000-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9000
decade: 9000
country:
name: China
slug: china
summaryShort: The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, and the technological changes that have impacted cultivation over time.
summaryLong: The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, and the technological changes that have impacted cultivation over time.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "History of rice cultivation"
importance: 90
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rice_cultivation"
  title: Rice domestication
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: "The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated "
wikidataQid: Q106611631
taxonomy:
domain: technological
eventTypes:
- scientific_breakthrough
canonicalClasses:
- discovery
- creation
- transformation
impactRadius: civilizational
velocity: gradual
predictability: emergent
intentionality: accidental
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260608195214/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rice_cultivation"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-08
  label: Rice domestication
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rice_cultivation"
gallery:
- url: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/KITLV_40091_-_Kassian_C%C3%A9phas_-_Relief_of_the_hidden_base_of_Borobudur_-_1890-1891.jpg/1280px-KITLV_40091_-_Kassian_C%C3%A9phas_-_Relief_of_the_hidden_base_of_Borobudur_-_1890-1891.jpg"
  thumbnailUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/KITLV_40091_-_Kassian_C%C3%A9phas_-_Relief_of_the_hidden_base_of_Borobudur_-_1890-1891.jpg/800px-KITLV_40091_-_Kassian_C%C3%A9phas_-_Relief_of_the_hidden_base_of_Borobudur_-_1890-1891.jpg"
  caption: History of rice cultivation
  credit: Wikipedia · "History of rice cultivation"
  width: 330
  height: 148
