Where Rice Began: The Yangtze

A shattering swamp grass on the Yangtze becomes the world’s staple: the digs, the films and the short explainers on rice’s 9,000-year start.

Playlist by @rice_domestication

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE - 5000 BCE) (No AI) — The Histocrat
2. The Journey of Rice EP1 The Seed of Civilization — CGTN Documentary
3. Who First Cultivated Rice? | The Story of Rice | CGTN Documentary — CGTN Documentary
4. The Great Ancient Ruins: Liangzhu — CGTN
5. How Did Rice Become a Staple Crop? | Delishtory — PBS Food
6. Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans — TED-Ed
7. Rice: making the world's favourite food | Dig Deeper Episode 1 | Kew — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
8. Discovery of Ancient Rice in the Marianas | Rice in Oceania — PulanSpeaks
9. Splendid Culture: China’s Earliest “Land of Fish and Rice” | Zhejiang Museum — Discover Zhejiang
10. Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City - UNESCO World Heritage Site — World Heritage Journey
11. History of rice cultivation — History Media-HD
12. Neolithic China and Ancient Culture — Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages